Inventor · St. Francis, MN, US

Shawn D. Knowles

15Patents
11h-index
30Co-inventors
64Inventor score

Filing activity: Apr 2, 2003 → Apr 13, 2010

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7068491B1 Implantable co-fired electrical interconnect systems and devices and methods of fabrication therefor Human Necessities 75 Expired
US7502217B2 Filtering capacitor feedthrough assembly Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 62 Active
US7706124B2 Filtering capacitor feedthrough assembly Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 57 Active
US7187535B1 Multipolar feedthrough assembly with customizable filter and method of manufacture Electricity 31 Expired
US7281305B1 Method of attaching a capacitor to a feedthrough assembly of a medical device Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 26 Expired
US7210966B2 Multi-polar feedthrough array for analog communication with implantable medical device circuitry Electricity 22 Expired
US7725190B2 Implantable medical device feedthrough assembly including flange plate Human Necessities 21 Active
US8160707B2 Method and apparatus for minimizing EMI coupling in a feedthrough array having at least one unfiltered feedthrough Human Necessities 17 Active
US7748093B2 Filtered feedthrough assembly and method of manufacture Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 14 Active
US7590450B2 Filtered electrical interconnect assembly Human Necessities 13 Active
US8275432B2 Implantable optical sensor and method for manufacture Human Necessities 11 Active
US8290557B2 Implantable optical sensor and method for use Human Necessities 5 Active
US7916448B2 Methods of forming a filtering capacitor feedthrough assembly Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 4 Active
US8229570B2 Implantable electrodes having zirconium nitride coatings Human Necessities 1 Active
US6866886B2 Method of coating the interior surface of hollow objects with a diffusion coating Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 1 Expired

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