Inventor · Plymouth, MN, US

Thomas M. Soukup

17Patents
14h-index
18Co-inventors
75Inventor score

Filing activity: Aug 3, 1983 → Dec 9, 2005

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6776765B2 Steerable stylet Human Necessities 266 Expired
US5609622A Implantable electrode with conductive polytetrafluoroethylene elecrode Human Necessities 147 Expired
US6755794B2 Adjustable stylet Human Necessities 122 Expired
US5466252A Implantable lead Human Necessities 91 Expired
US6901289B2 System for providing electrical stimulation to a left chamber of a heart Human Necessities 89 Expired
US5152299A Implantable endocardial lead with spring-loaded screw-in fixation apparatus Human Necessities 82 Expired
US5020545A Cardiac lead assembly and method of attaching a cardiac lead assembly Human Necessities 73 Expired
US6697676B2 Medical electrical lead having an expandable electrode assembly Human Necessities 60 Expired
US5097843A Porous electrode for a pacemaker Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 53 Expired
US5205286A Subcutaneous electrical data port Human Necessities 38 Expired
US6704604B2 System and method for promoting selective tissue in-growth for an implantable medical device Human Necessities 26 Expired
US5014720A Lead to electrode joint assembly and method of manufacture thereof Human Necessities 20 Expired
US7892186B2 Handle and articulator system and method Human Necessities 18 Active
US4874372A Non-reusable syringe Human Necessities 16 Expired
US4534366A Carbon fiber pacing electrode Human Necessities 14 Expired
US5330700A Porous electrode for a pacemaker and method of making same Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 12 Expired
US7079902B2 System for promoting selective tissue in-growth for an implantable medical device Human Necessities 10 Expired

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