Inventor · Apple Valley, MN, US

Vincent E. Splett

45Patents
17h-index
46Co-inventors
81Inventor score

Filing activity: Mar 17, 1987 → Mar 22, 2023

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US8639333B2 Method and apparatus for adaptive cardiac resynchronization therapy employing a multipolar left ventricular lead Human Necessities 77 Active
US6477422B1 Method and apparatus for capture detection Human Necessities 77 Expired
US9037238B2 Method for efficient delivery of dual site pacing Human Necessities 53 Active
US8897879B2 Method and apparatus for therapies of the cardiovascular and cardiorenal system Human Necessities 50 Active
US8478413B2 Bilateral phrenic nerve stimulation with reduced dyssynchrony Human Necessities 48 Active
US6599242B1 Method and apparatus for data compression of heart signals Human Necessities 45 Expired
US8706235B2 Transvenous method to induce respiration Human Necessities 45 Active
US6128528A Error code calculations for data stored in an implantable medical device Human Necessities 45 Expired
US8504158B2 Phrenic nerve stimulation during cardiac refractory period Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 44 Active
US7233824B2 Secure and efficacious therapy delivery for an extra-systolic stimulation pacing engine Human Necessities 43 Expired
US7184832B2 Refractory period tracking and arrhythmia detection Human Necessities 40 Expired
US8805511B2 Method and apparatus to detect subcerebral ischemia Human Necessities 34 Active
US8391964B2 Detecting electrical conduction abnormalities in a heart Human Necessities 34 Active
US9776009B2 Non-invasive detection of phrenic nerve stimulation Human Necessities 33 Active
US10207116B2 Pacing mode switching in a ventricular pacemaker Human Necessities 27 Active
US6988215B2 Method and apparatus for synchronization of clock domains Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 22 Expired
US10286214B2 Atrial tracking in an intracardiac ventricular pacemaker Human Necessities 18 Active
US4792894A Arithmetic computation modifier based upon data dependent operations for SIMD architectures Physics 15 Expired
US10449366B2 Atrial tracking in an intracardiac ventricular pacemaker Human Necessities 14 Active
US10532212B2 Atrial tracking in an intracardiac ventricular pacemaker Human Necessities 12 Active
US6915167B2 Method and apparatus for hardware/firmware trap Physics 10 Expired
US8527050B2 Method for discriminating anodal and cathodal capture Human Necessities 6 Active
US9101772B2 Secure and efficacious therapy delivery for a pacing engine Human Necessities 6 Active
US8626291B2 Method for discriminating anodal and cathodal capture Human Necessities 4 Active
US7142916B2 Cardiac pacing modality having improved blanking, timing, and therapy delivery methods for extra-systolic stimulation pacing therapy Human Necessities 4 Expired

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