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Mark Krans — 11 Patents

SMSt. Jude Medical: 9 patents #105 of 785Top 15%
AMAga Medical: 1 patents #17 of 26Top 70%
St. Louis Park, MN: #81 of 602 inventorsTop 15%
Minnesota: #6,919 of 52,454 inventorsTop 15%
Overall (All Time): #435,149 of 4,157,543Top 15%
11 Patents All Time
Mark Krans has been granted 11 US patents. The first was granted in 2015 and the most recent in June 2024. Mark Krans ranks #435,149 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 10.5%). Patent records list Mark Krans in St. Louis Park, MN, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2015 to 2024Bar chart with a peak of 3 patents in 2020.peak 32015: 1 patents20152016: 1 patents20162018: 2 patents20182019: 2 patents20192020: 3 patents20202022: 1 patents20222024: 1 patents2024

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–11 of 11 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
12016621 Force sensing catheter sealed electrode tip assembly and methods of assembling same James Holmberg, John Jason Buysman 2024-06-25
11369470 Mitral valve loading tool Theodore Paul Dale, Andrea N. Para, Mathias Charles Glimsdale, Thomas M. Benson, Peter N. Braido 2022-06-28
10856974 Heart valve repair and replacement Peter N. Braido, Mina S. Fahim, Thomas M. Benson, Theodore Paul Dale, Andrea N. Para +1 more 2020-12-08
10743992 Prosthetic mitral valve Theodore Paul Dale, Andrea N. Para, Mathias Charles Glimsdale, Thomas M. Benson, Peter N. Braido 2020-08-18
10531954 Mitral valve loading tool Theodore Paul Dale, Andrea N. Para, Mathias Charles Glimsdale, Thomas M. Benson, Peter N. Braido 2020-01-14
10456256 Heart valve repair Peter N. Braido, Mina S. Fahim, Thomas M. Benson, Theodore Paul Dale, Andrea N. Para +1 more 2019-10-29
10179042 Heart valve repair and replacement Peter N. Braido, Mina S. Fahim, Thomas M. Benson, Theodore Paul Dale, Andrea N. Para +1 more 2019-01-15
10070954 Mitral heart valve replacement Peter N. Braido, Mina S. Fahim, Thomas M. Benson, Theodore Paul Dale, Andrea N. Para +1 more 2018-09-11
9962260 Prosthetic mitral valve Theodore Paul Dale, Andrea N. Para, Mathias Charles Glimsdale, Thomas M. Benson, Peter N. Braido 2018-05-08
9486348 Vascular delivery system and method Matthew C. Heidner, Bryan Clare Patrick, Grant Mauch 2016-11-08
9039752 Device and method for delivering a vascular device Patrick P. Russo, Matthew C. Heidner 2015-05-26