Top Inventors at Physio-Control 2017
| Rank | Name | Patents |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joseph L. Sullivan | 9 |
| 2 | Robert G. Walker | 7 |
| 3 | Fred W. Chapman | 4 |
| #4 | Daniel W. Piraino | 3 |
| #5 | Ronald E. Stickney | 3 |
| #6 | Ethan Albright | 2 |
| #7 | Isabelle Banville | 2 |
| #8 | Kenneth J. Peterson | 2 |
| #9 | Mitchell A. Smith | 2 |
| #10 | Paul S. Tamura | 2 |
| #11 | Richard C. Nova | 2 |
| #12 | Alex Otman | 1 |
| #13 | Andres Belalcazar | 1 |
| #14 | Anders Nilsson | 1 |
| #15 | Barry D. Curtin | 1 |
| #16 | Cheryl Protas | 1 |
| #17 | D. Craig Edwards | 1 |
| #18 | Dana S. Lewis | 1 |
| #19 | David B. Stewart | 1 |
| #20 | David W. Tecklenburg | 1 |
| #21 | Gary Debardi | 1 |
| #22 | Gregory T. Kavounas | 1 |
| #23 | James S. Neumiller | 1 |
| #24 | Jeffery Scott Edwards | 1 |
| #25 | Jennifer Elaine Hoss | 1 |
| #26 | Jennifer Jensen | 1 |
| #27 | John Robert Knapinski | 1 |
| #28 | Kelly Locke | 1 |
| #29 | Matthew Lawrence Bielstein | 1 |
| #30 | Mark B. Gausman | 1 |
| #31 | Maren L. Nelson | 1 |
| #32 | Peter Wesley Bristol | 1 |
| #33 | Peter Sebelius | 1 |
| #34 | Ramesh Ammanath | 1 |
| #35 | Richard J. Cardin | 1 |
| #36 | Scott Owen Schweizer | 1 |
| #37 | Shawn R. Bertagnole | 1 |
| #38 | Tyler R. Hart | 1 |
| #39 | Zhong Qun Lu | 1 |