Ronald W. Heil, Jr.
76Patents
39h-index
95Co-inventors
91Inventor score
Filing activity: Oct 26, 1987 → Dec 21, 2012
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US5935160A | Left ventricular access lead for heart failure pacing | Human Necessities | 290 | Expired |
| US4819662A | Cardiac electrode with drug delivery capabilities | Human Necessities | 288 | Expired |
| US6689117B2 | Drug delivery system for implantable medical device | Human Necessities | 283 | Expired |
| US5397342A | Resilient structurally coupled and electrically independent electrodes | Human Necessities | 233 | Expired |
| US5041107A | Electrically controllable, non-occluding, body implantable drug delivery system | Human Necessities | 216 | Expired |
| US5016808A | Implantable tapered spiral endocardial lead for use in internal defibrillation | Human Necessities | 213 | Expired |
| US6584362B1 | Leads for pacing and/or sensing the heart from within the coronary veins | Human Necessities | 199 | Expired |
| US6256541A | Endocardial lead having defibrillation and sensing electrodes with septal anchoring | Human Necessities | 195 | Expired |
| US6628985B2 | Data logging system for implantable medical device | Human Necessities | 180 | Expired |
| US4819661A | Positive fixation cardiac electrode with drug elution capabilities | Human Necessities | 157 | Expired |
| US5063932A | Controlled discharge defibrillation electrode | Human Necessities | 134 | Expired |
| US6212434A | Single pass lead system | Human Necessities | 134 | Expired |
| US6361522B1 | Drug delivery system for implantable cardiac device | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 129 | Expired |
| US7392090B2 | Data logging system for implantable medical device | Human Necessities | 124 | Expired |
| US5020544A | Low energy defibrillation electrode | Human Necessities | 123 | Expired |
| US5191901A | Controlled discharge defibrillation electrode | Human Necessities | 107 | Expired |
| US7496410B2 | Spring fixation mechanism for epicardial leads | Human Necessities | 106 | Active |
| US7643875B2 | Baroreflex stimulation system to reduce hypertension | Human Necessities | 105 | Expired |
| US6304786A | Implantable lead with dissolvable coating for improved fixation and extraction | Human Necessities | 95 | Expired |
| US5755765A | Pacing lead having detachable positioning member | Human Necessities | 88 | Expired |
| US5052407A | Cardiac defibrillation/cardioversion spiral patch electrode | Human Necessities | 88 | Expired |
| US5133365A | Implantable tapered spiral endocardial lead for use in internal defibrillation | Human Necessities | 87 | Expired |
| US4969463A | Defibrillation electrode and method for employing gatling discharge defibrillation | Human Necessities | 83 | Expired |
| US6240321A | Expandable seal for use with medical device and system | Human Necessities | 80 | Expired |
| US6505082B1 | Single pass lead system | Human Necessities | 77 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.