Inventor · Livermore, CA, US

William Shea

16Patents
11h-index
11Co-inventors
65Inventor score

Filing activity: Sep 28, 1999 → Jan 20, 2017

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6356774B1 Oximeter sensor with encoded temperature characteristic Human Necessities 397 Expired
US7162288B2 Techniques for detecting heart pulses and reducing power consumption in sensors Human Necessities 112 Expired
US7400919B2 Oximeter ambient light cancellation Human Necessities 68 Active
US7499740B2 Techniques for detecting heart pulses and reducing power consumption in sensors Human Necessities 38 Active
US7355539B2 Multi-bit ADC with sigma-delta modulation Electricity 22 Active
US7215985B2 Oximeter cross-talk reduction Human Necessities 22 Expired
US7120479B2 Switch-mode oximeter LED drive with a single inductor Human Necessities 17 Expired
US7373192B2 Oximeter red and IR zero calibration control Human Necessities 16 Expired
US7212847B2 Delta-sigma modulator for outputting analog representation of physiological signal Electricity 13 Expired
US7142142B2 Multi-bit ADC with sigma-delta modulation Electricity 13 Expired
US7120480B2 LED forward voltage estimation in pulse oximeter Human Necessities 11 Expired
US7190985B2 Oximeter ambient light cancellation Human Necessities 9 Expired
US8315684B2 Oximeter ambient light cancellation Human Necessities 3 Active
US11166671B2 Differentiation of fluid volume change Human Necessities 2 Active
US8195262B2 Switch-mode oximeter LED drive with a single inductor Human Necessities 2 Active
US8874181B2 Oximeter ambient light cancellation Human Necessities 0 Active

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