Inventor · Simi Valley, CA, US

Mark W. Kroll

385Patents
77h-index
123Co-inventors
93Inventor score

Filing activity: Jun 10, 1986 → Jan 24, 2022

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5957956A Implantable cardioverter defibrillator having a smaller mass Electricity 379 Expired
US5697953A Implantable cardioverter defibrillator having a smaller displacement volume Electricity 352 Expired
US4763660A Flexible and disposable electrode belt device Human Necessities 324 Expired
US6366808B1 Implantable device and method for the electrical treatment of cancer Human Necessities 271 Expired
US5405363A Implantable cardioverter defibrillator having a smaller displacement volume Electricity 262 Expired
US7149579B1 System and method for determining patient posture based on 3-D trajectory using an implantable medical device Human Necessities 260 Expired
US7200437B1 Tissue contact for satellite cardiac pacemaker Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 246 Expired
US7634313B1 Failsafe satellite pacemaker system Human Necessities 243 Active
US7123961B1 Stimulation of autonomic nerves Human Necessities 231 Expired
US7565195B1 Failsafe satellite pacemaker system Human Necessities 227 Active
US6658292B2 Detection of patient's position and activity status using 3D accelerometer-based position sensor Human Necessities 218 Expired
US7414534B1 Method and apparatus for monitoring ingestion of medications using an implantable medical device Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 205 Expired
US6937896B1 Sympathetic nerve stimulator and/or pacemaker Human Necessities 194 Expired
US5827326A Implantable cardioverter defibrillator having a smaller energy storage capacity Electricity 189 Expired
US7899537B1 Pericardial cardioverter defibrillator Human Necessities 187 Active
US6115597A Disposal emergency cellular phone Electricity 182 Expired
US6738663B2 Implantable device and method for the electrical treatment of cancer Human Necessities 181 Expired
US6411844B1 Fast recovery sensor amplifier circuit for implantable medical device Human Necessities 176 Expired
US5738105A Method and apparatus for sensing R-waves using both near field and far field sensing simultaneously Human Necessities 174 Expired
US5376103A Electrode system for implantable defibrillator Human Necessities 162 Expired
US5441518A Implantable cardioverter defibrillator system having independently controllable electrode discharge pathway Human Necessities 159 Expired
US7386342B1 Subcutaneous cardiac stimulation device providing anti-tachycardia pacing therapy and method Human Necessities 150 Expired
US6645153B2 System and method for evaluating risk of mortality due to congestive heart failure using physiologic sensors Human Necessities 148 Expired
US5658319A Implantable cardioverter defibrillator having a high voltage capacitor Human Necessities 146 Expired
US7340302B1 Treating sleep apnea in patients using phrenic nerve stimulation Human Necessities 143 Expired

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