Average Co-Inventor Count = 3.09
ph-index = 43
The patent ph-index is calculated by counting the number of publications for which an author has been cited by other authors at least that same number of times.
Company Filing History:
1. Medtronic, Inc. (84 from 8,761 patents)
2. University of Minnesota (11 from 2,318 patents)
3. C. R. Bard, Inc. (4 from 1,719 patents)
4. Other (2 from 832,966 patents)
5. Bard Access Systems, Inc. (2 from 210 patents)
6. Cvdevices, LLC (1 from 114 patents)
7. Medtronic Ablation Frontiers LLC (1 from 91 patents)
8. Medtronics, Inc. (1 from 42 patents)
9. Carleen J. Juran (0 patent)
10. James W. Busacker (0 patent)
11. H. Toby Markowitz (0 patent)
12. Michael F. Hess (0 patent)
13. Tom D. Bennett (0 patent)
95 patents:
1. 12343091 - Apparatus and methods relating to intravascular positioning of distal end of catheter
2. 11759268 - Apparatus and methods relating to intravascular positioning of distal end of catheter
3. 11185374 - Apparatus and methods relating to intravascular positioning of distal end of catheter
4. 11172843 - Devices and systems for navigation and positioning a central venous catheter within a patient
5. 11065422 - Devices, systems, and methods useful to engage tissue using suction and to perform medical procedures during suctional engagement
6. 11000205 - Devices and systems for navigation and positioning a central venous catheter within a patient
7. 10568546 - Devices and methods for sizing valve apertures and luminal organs
8. 10426377 - Determining a location of a member
9. 10159531 - Apparatus and methods relating to intravascular positioning of distal end of catheter
10. 9662041 - Method and apparatus for mapping a structure
11. 9655666 - Catheter with coronary sinus ostium anchor
12. 9332928 - Method and apparatus to synchronize a location determination in a structure with a characteristic of the structure
13. 9179860 - Determining a location of a member
14. 9131872 - Multiple sensor input for structure identification
15. 9101285 - Reference structure for a tracking system