Top Inventors at Cryolife All Time
| Rank | Name | Patents |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kirby S. Black | 19 |
| 2 | Steven Goldstein | 11 |
| 3 | K. Yuksel | 7 |
| #4 | Steven P. Walsh | 7 |
| #5 | Albert E. Heacox | 7 |
| #6 | Kelvin G. M. Brockbank | 6 |
| #7 | Robert T. McNally | 6 |
| #8 | Brenda S. Morse | 4 |
| #9 | Harvey L. Bank | 4 |
| #10 | Jeremy Ollerenshaw | 4 |
| #11 | John Carpenter | 4 |
| #12 | Joseph Hamby | 4 |
| #13 | Umit Yuksel | 4 |
| #14 | Carl W. Gilbert | 3 |
| #15 | Cameron McCaa | 3 |
| #16 | Eleanor B. McGowan | 3 |
| #17 | T. Gregory P. Harper | 3 |
| #18 | A. Denise Turner | 3 |
| #19 | Ana T. Bird | 3 |
| #20 | Daniel Cerundolo | 2 |
| #21 | Steve Gundry | 2 |
| #22 | David C. Gale | 1 |
| #23 | Edward Shanbrom | 1 |
| #24 | Henry B. Kopf | 1 |
| #25 | Judson A. Herrig | 1 |
| #26 | Judith K. Sheldon | 1 |
| #27 | Patti E. Dawson | 1 |
| #28 | Stacy Arnold | 1 |
| #29 | Stephen Andrew Entrekin | 1 |
| #30 | Aaron J. Trygstad | 1 |
| #31 | Brenda Smith Morse | 1 |
| #32 | Chigoke Adoma | 1 |
| #33 | Mark John Yosick | 1 |
| #34 | Katherine A. Anderegg | 1 |
| #35 | Al Heacox | 1 |
| #36 | Ann Sands Updegrove | 1 |