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Thomas M. Bourne — 28 Patents

ETEp Technologies: 25 patents #9 of 70Top 15%
Intel: 2 patents #13,316 of 30,777Top 45%
Mountain View, CA: #672 of 11,022 inventorsTop 7%
California: #19,067 of 386,348 inventorsTop 5%
Overall (All Time): #134,628 of 4,157,543Top 4%
28 Patents All Time
Thomas M. Bourne has been granted 28 US patents while listed as an inventor at Ep Technologies. The first was granted in 1996 and the most recent in December 2010. Thomas M. Bourne ranks #134,628 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 3.2%). Patent records list Thomas M. Bourne in Mountain View, CA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1996 to 2010Bar chart with a peak of 8 patents in 2000.peak 81996: 2 patents19961997: 1 patents1998: 4 patents19981999: 4 patents2000: 8 patents20002001: 1 patents2002: 3 patents20022003: 1 patents2004: 1 patents20042005: 1 patents2007: 1 patents20072010: 1 patents2010

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 28 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
7857822 Device for installing stasis reducing means in body tissue Sidney D. Fleischman, James G. Whayne, David K. Swanson 2010-12-28
7297144 Methods for electrically isolating a portion of the atria Sidney D. Fleischman, James G. Whayne, David K. Swanson 2007-11-20
6939349 Structures for deploying electrode elements Sidney D. Fleischman, James G. Whayne, David K. Swanson 2005-09-06
6830576 Apparatus for electrically isolating a portion of the atria Sidney D. Fleischman, James G. Whayne, David K. Swanson 2004-12-14
6514246 Systems and methods for forming large lesions in body tissue using curvilinear electrode elements David K. Swanson, Sidney D. Fleischman 2003-02-04
6471699 Systems and methods for forming elongated lesion patterns in body tissue using straight or curvilinear electrode elements Sidney D. Fleischman, Dorin Panescu, David K. Swanson, James G. Whayne 2002-10-29
6379352 Large surface cardiac ablation catherter that assumes a low profile during introduction into the heart Jeffrey N. Reynolds, Jerome Jackson, Gloria Alvarez, Stuart D. Edwards 2002-04-30
6379366 Devices for installing stasis reducing means in body tissue Sidney D. Fleischman, James G. Whayne, David K. Swanson 2002-04-30
6171306 Systems and methods for forming large lesions in body tissue using curvilinear electrode elements David K. Swanson, Sidney D. Fleischman, Dorin Panescu, James G. Whayne 2001-01-09
6132438 Devices for installing stasis reducing means in body tissue Sidney D. Fleischman, James G. Whayne, David K. Swanson 2000-10-17
6129724 Systems and methods for forming elongated lesion patterns in body tissue using straight or curvilinear electrode elements Sidney D. Fleischman, Dorin Panescu, David K. Swanson, James G. Whayne 2000-10-10
6113591 Systems and methods for sensing sub-surface temperatures in body tissue James G. Whayne, David K. Swanson, Sidney D. Fleischman, Dorin Panescu 2000-09-05
6106522 Systems and methods for forming elongated lesion patterns in body tissue using straight or curvilinear electrode elements Sidney D. Fleischman, Dorin Panescu, David K. Swanson, James G. Whayne 2000-08-22
6086581 Large surface cardiac ablation catheter that assumes a low profile during introduction into the heart Jeffrey N. Reynolds, Jerome Jackson, Gloria Alvarez, Stuart D. Edwards 2000-07-11
6083205 Multiple valve single port manifold Anant V. Hegde, Harm TenHoff 2000-07-04
6053912 Systems and methods for sensing sub-surface temperatures in body tissue during ablation with actively cooled electrodes Dorin Panescu, David K. Swanson, Sidney D. Fleischman 2000-04-25
6030379 Systems and methods for seeking sub-surface temperature conditions during tissue ablation Dorin Panescu 2000-02-29
5984907 Transition sleeve assembly for catheters David McGee, Jamil Ahmad, Michael Idaomi, Simplicio Velilla, David K. Swanson 1999-11-16
5911720 Ablation catheter with segmented tip David McGee, Thomas F. Kordis 1999-06-15
5871523 Helically wound radio-frequency emitting electrodes for creating lesions in body tissue Sidney D. Fleischman, Russell A. Houser 1999-02-16
5865791 Atrial appendage stasis reduction procedure and devices James G. Whayne, Sidney D. Fleischman, David K. Swanson, Patrick M. Owens 1999-02-02
5853409 Systems and apparatus for sensing temperature in body tissue David K. Swanson, Sidney D. Fleischman, Dorin Panescu 1998-12-29
5836947 Flexible structures having movable splines for supporting electrode elements Sidney D. Fleischman, James G. Whayne 1998-11-17
5788708 Multiple balloon stent delivery catheter and method Anant V. Hegde, Deepak Gandhi, James R. Kermode 1998-08-04
5725535 Multiple balloon stent delivery catheter and method Anant V. Hegde, Deepak Gandhi, James R. Kermode 1998-03-10