Top Inventors at Heartware 2017
| Rank | Name | Patents |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Charles R. Shambaugh | 5 |
| 2 | Jeffrey A. LaRose | 5 |
| 3 | Lance Lynn Andrus | 3 |
| #4 | Richard A. Marquis | 3 |
| #5 | Barry M. Yomtov | 2 |
| #6 | Daniel G. White | 2 |
| #7 | John Rudser | 2 |
| #8 | Kartikeyan Trichi | 2 |
| #9 | Neil Voskoboynikov | 2 |
| #10 | Paul A. Spence | 2 |
| #11 | Alfredo Garcell | 1 |
| #12 | Andre J. Castillo | 1 |
| #13 | Antonio Luiz Silva Ferreira | 1 |
| #14 | Brad D. Aurilia | 1 |
| #15 | Carlos Reyes | 1 |
| #16 | Daniel Tamez | 1 |
| #17 | Dan Tamez | 1 |
| #18 | Fernando Casas | 1 |
| #19 | James F. Schuermann | 1 |
| #20 | Joel Graham | 1 |
| #21 | Justin Wolman | 1 |
| #22 | Landon H. Tompkins | 1 |
| #23 | Martin Strueber | 1 |
| #24 | Michael C. Brown | 1 |
| #25 | Michael Tajima | 1 |
| #26 | Mustafa Ertan Taskin | 1 |
| #27 | Rajesh Pandey | 1 |
| #28 | Raffy Yaghdjian | 1 |
| #29 | Robert Acland | 1 |
| #30 | Steven A. White | 1 |
| #31 | Timothy McSweeney | 1 |
| #32 | Vitrote Indravudh | 1 |