Inventor · Fridley, MN, US

Steven M. Goetz

162Patents
47h-index
105Co-inventors
93Inventor score

Filing activity: Jul 6, 1999 → Dec 31, 2020

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6736810B2 Apparatus and method for creating, maintaining, and controlling a virtual electrode used for the ablation of tissue Human Necessities 1,076 Expired
US6409722B1 Apparatus and method for creating, maintaining, and controlling a virtual electrode used for the ablation of tissue Human Necessities 950 Expired
US6849073B2 Apparatus and method for creating, maintaining, and controlling a virtual electrode used for the ablation of tissue Human Necessities 914 Expired
US7169144B2 Apparatus and method for creating, maintaining, and controlling a virtual electrode used for the ablation of tissue Human Necessities 635 Expired
US7247155B2 Apparatus and method for creating, maintaining, and controlling a virtual electrode used for the ablation of tissue Human Necessities 391 Expired
US7252090B2 Selection of neurostimulator parameter configurations using neural network Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 302 Expired
US7463928B2 Identifying combinations of electrodes for neurostimulation therapy Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 298 Expired
US7617002B2 Selection of neurostimulator parameter configurations using decision trees Human Necessities 286 Expired
US7184837B2 Selection of neurostimulator parameter configurations using bayesian networks Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 270 Expired
US7035690B2 Human-implantable-neurostimulator user interface having multiple levels of abstraction Human Necessities 249 Expired
US7505815B2 Neurostimulation therapy usage diagnostics Physics 230 Expired
US7848802B2 Programming interface with a concentric axial view of a stimulation lead with complex electrode array geometry Human Necessities 229 Active
US7676273B2 Stimulation templates for programming a stimulation lead with complex electrode array geometry Human Necessities 208 Active
US7548786B2 Library for management of neurostimulation therapy programs Human Necessities 203 Expired
US7519431B2 Shifting between electrode combinations in electrical stimulation device Human Necessities 202 Active
US7657319B2 Programming interface with an unwrapped 2D view of a stimulation lead with complex electrode array geometry Human Necessities 200 Active
US7239926B2 Selection of neurostimulator parameter configurations using genetic algorithms Human Necessities 198 Expired
US7623918B2 Human-implantable-neurostimulator user interface having multiple levels of abstraction Human Necessities 192 Active
US7826901B2 Generation of therapy programs and program groups Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 191 Active
US7489970B2 Management of neurostimulation therapy using parameter sets Human Necessities 165 Expired
US7187978B2 Method and apparatus for programming an implantable medical device Human Necessities 153 Expired
US6978171B2 Automated impedance measurement of an implantable medical device Human Necessities 145 Expired
US7747330B2 Global parameter adjustment for multiple stimulation programs Human Necessities 141 Active
US7826902B2 User interface with 2D views for configuring stimulation therapy Human Necessities 136 Active
US7822483B2 Electrical and activation field models for configuring stimulation therapy Human Necessities 120 Active

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