Inventor · Woodbury, MN, US

Robert J. Sweeney

110Patents
33h-index
52Co-inventors
93Inventor score

Filing activity: Nov 14, 1985 → Aug 28, 2020

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6272377A Cardiac rhythm management system with arrhythmia prediction and prevention Physics 664 Expired
US6400982B2 Cardiac rhythm management system with arrhythmia prediction and prevention Physics 439 Expired
US7043305B2 Method and apparatus for establishing context among events and optimizing implanted medical device performance Human Necessities 389 Expired
US6689117B2 Drug delivery system for implantable medical device Human Necessities 283 Expired
US6654638B1 Ultrasonically activated electrodes Human Necessities 281 Expired
US6684100B1 Curvature based method for selecting features from an electrophysiologic signals for purpose of complex identification and classification Physics 195 Expired
US7127290B2 Cardiac rhythm management systems and methods predicting congestive heart failure status Human Necessities 187 Expired
US6628985B2 Data logging system for implantable medical device Human Necessities 180 Expired
US6950702B2 Use of curvature based features for beat detection Human Necessities 136 Expired
US7392090B2 Data logging system for implantable medical device Human Necessities 124 Expired
US7801604B2 Controlled titration of neurostimulation therapy Human Necessities 112 Active
US7142912B2 Method and apparatus for assessing and treating atrial fibrillation risk Human Necessities 109 Expired
US4996984A Defibrillation method Human Necessities 102 Expired
US6456871B1 System and method of classifying tachyarrhythmia episodes as associated or disassociated Human Necessities 100 Expired
US8195290B2 Controlled titration of neurostimulation therapy Human Necessities 93 Active
US7752059B2 Optimization of timing for data collection and analysis in advanced patient management system Physics 76 Active
US6526313B2 System and method for classifying cardiac depolarization complexes with multi-dimensional correlation Physics 71 Expired
US6298269A Cardiac rhythm management system with ultrasound for autocapture or other applications Human Necessities 70 Expired
US7050846B2 Cardiac rhythm management system with arrhythmia prediction and prevention Physics 68 Expired
US7479112B2 Acoustic physiological sensor Human Necessities 63 Expired
US7805199B2 Method and apparatus for establishing context among events and optimizing implanted medical device performance Human Necessities 59 Active
US6641541B1 Method and apparatus for a morphology-preserving smoothing filter Human Necessities 55 Expired
US7561912B2 Use of periodicity in medical data analysis Human Necessities 47 Active
US8005543B2 Heart failure management system Human Necessities 47 Active
US7294109B2 Method and apparatus for a morphology-preserving smoothing filter Human Necessities 45 Expired

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