Inventor · Shoreview, MN, US

Kent Lee

123Patents
43h-index
75Co-inventors
93Inventor score

Filing activity: Oct 27, 1980 → May 23, 2024

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7787946B2 Patient monitoring, diagnosis, and/or therapy systems and methods Human Necessities 301 Expired
US7189204B2 Sleep detection using an adjustable threshold Physics 233 Expired
US7591265B2 Coordinated use of respiratory and cardiac therapies for sleep disordered breathing Human Necessities 202 Active
US7572225B2 Sleep logbook Human Necessities 188 Active
US7975115B2 Method and apparatus for separating snapshot preserved and write data Physics 186 Active
US7678061B2 System and method for characterizing patient respiration Human Necessities 175 Active
US7252640B2 Detection of disordered breathing Physics 163 Expired
US7672728B2 Neural stimulator to treat sleep disordered breathing Human Necessities 150 Active
US7797050B2 Neural stimulator to treat sleep disordered breathing Human Necessities 134 Active
US8522779B2 Coordinated use of respiratory and cardiac therapies for sleep disordered breathing Human Necessities 126 Active
US7468040B2 Methods and systems for implantably monitoring external breathing therapy Human Necessities 124 Active
US7396333B2 Prediction of disordered breathing Human Necessities 119 Expired
US7469697B2 Feedback system and method for sleep disordered breathing therapy Human Necessities 113 Expired
US7747323B2 Adaptive baroreflex stimulation therapy for disordered breathing Human Necessities 112 Active
US8442638B2 Adaptive baroreflex stimulation therapy for disordered breathing Human Necessities 92 Active
US7664546B2 Posture detection system and method Human Necessities 89 Expired
US7610094B2 Synergistic use of medical devices for detecting medical disorders Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 87 Active
US7532934B2 Snoring detection system and method Human Necessities 79 Expired
US7596413B2 Coordinated therapy for disordered breathing including baroreflex modulation Human Necessities 78 Expired
US7887493B2 Implantable device employing movement sensing for detecting sleep-related disorders Human Necessities 72 Active
US7329226B1 System and method for assessing pulmonary performance through transthoracic impedance monitoring Physics 70 Expired
US7477932B2 Cardiac waveform template creation, maintenance and use Human Necessities 69 Expired
US7577479B2 Methods and devices for implementing time of day pacing adjustments Human Necessities 65 Expired
US8656123B2 Snapshot preserved data cloning Physics 64 Active
US8002553B2 Sleep quality data collection and evaluation Human Necessities 63 Expired

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.