Inventor · New Brighton, MN, US

Michael W. Heinks

21Patents
8h-index
40Co-inventors
75Inventor score

Filing activity: Jan 2, 1991 → Dec 20, 2022

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US9278229B1 Anti-tachyarrhythmia shock detection Human Necessities 111 Active
US7714757B2 Chopper-stabilized analog-to-digital converter Electricity 89 Active
US7623053B2 Implantable medical device with low power delta-sigma analog-to-digital converter Electricity 58 Active
US7474247B1 Detecting overloading of an analog-to-digital converter of an implantable medical device Electricity 57 Active
US5140496A Direct microcircuit decoupling Electricity 45 Expired
US7479910B1 Capacitive digital-to-analog converter reset in an implantable medical device analog-to-digital converter Electricity 44 Active
US7123963B2 Method of automatic evoked response sensing vector selection using evoked response waveform analysis Human Necessities 40 Expired
US10252071B2 Multi-threshold sensing of cardiac electrical signals in an extracardiovascular implantable cardioverter defibrillator Human Necessities 13 Active
US7345607B1 Implantable medical device with adjustable sigma-delta analog-to-digital conversion clock rate Electricity 8 Active
US10583306B2 Detection of electromagnetic interference in a cardiac electrical signal by an implantable medical device Human Necessities 5 Active
US9643024B2 Anti-tachyarrhythmia shock detection Human Necessities 5 Active
US10799710B2 Multi-threshold sensing of cardiac electrical signals in an implantable medical device Human Necessities 4 Active
US6925331B2 EGM signal acquisition and processing system Human Necessities 3 Expired
US10493291B2 Multi-threshold sensing of cardiac electrical signals in an extracardiovascular implantable cardioverter defibrillator Human Necessities 2 Active
US11524169B2 Charge balanced cardiac pacing from high voltage circuitry of an extra-cardiovascular implantable cardioverter defibrillator system Human Necessities 1 Active
US11547864B2 Multi-threshold sensing of cardiac electrical signals in an implantable medical device Human Necessities 1 Active
US12311189B2 Multi-threshold sensing of cardiac electrical signals in an extracardiovascular implantable cardioverter defibrillator Human Necessities 0 Active
US12186571B2 Multi-threshold sensing of cardiac electrical signals in an implantable medical device Human Necessities 0 Active
US11413469B2 Multi-threshold sensing of cardiac electrical signals in an extracardiovascular implantable cardioverter defibrillator Human Necessities 0 Active
US12005263B2 Charge balanced cardiac pacing from high voltage circuitry of an extra-cardiovascular implantable cardioverter defibrillator system Human Necessities 0 Active
US11786739B2 Ventricular sensing control in a cardiac pacing system Human Necessities 0 Active

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