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David E. Francischelli — 74 Patents

Medtronic: 73 patents #53 of 6,367Top 1%
Anoka, MN: #1 of 225 inventorsTop 1%
Minnesota: #411 of 52,454 inventorsTop 1%
Overall (All Time): #26,215 of 4,157,543Top 1%
74 Patents All Time
David E. Francischelli has been granted 74 US patents while listed as an inventor at Medtronic. The first was granted in 1997 and the most recent in January 2022. David E. Francischelli ranks #26,215 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 0.63%). Patent records list David E. Francischelli in Anoka, MN, US.

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Showing 1–25 of 74 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
11219434 Method of surgical dissection and/or guidance of other medical devices into body Mark Thompson, Darrin Dickerson, Brett Bowman, Christopher F. Kelly, William Malecki +8 more 2022-01-11 $69,895,000
10856932 Sub-xiphoid ablation clamp and method of sub-xiphoid ablation Mark T. Stewart, Thomas Daigle, John R. Liddicoat, Paul Rothstein, Steven F. Bolling 2020-12-08 $58,042,000
10589130 Methods of using high intensity focused ultrasound to form an ablated tissue area containing a plurality of lesions James Britton Hissong, Mark T. Stewart, James R. Keogh, Hotaik LEE, Nadine B. Smith +1 more 2020-03-17 $57,199,000
10335280 Method for ablating target tissue of a patient James R. Keogh, Timothy R. Ryan, Carol E. Eberhardt, Mark T. Stewart, James Skarda +3 more 2019-07-02 $51,736,000
10098618 Method of surgical dissection and/or guidance of other medical devices into body Mark Thompson, Darrin Dickerson, Brett Bowman, Christopher F. Kelly, William Malecki +8 more 2018-10-16 $40,837,000
9949831 Image-guided heart valve placement James R. Keogh, Timothy R. Ryan, Carol E. Eberhardt, Mark T. Stewart, James Skarda +3 more 2018-04-24 $42,983,000
9931134 Methods of using high intensity focused ultrasound to form an ablated tissue area containing a plurality of lesions James Britton Hissong, Mark T. Stewart, James R. Keogh, Hotaik LEE, Nadine B. Smith +1 more 2018-04-03 $29,906,000
9724119 Methods of using high intensity focused ultrasound to form an ablated tissue area containing a plurality of lesions James Britton Hissong, Mark T. Stewart, James R. Keogh, Hotaik LEE, Nadine B. Smith +1 more 2017-08-08 $24,226,000
9693819 Vibration sensitive ablation device and method Scott E. Jahns, James R. Keogh 2017-07-04
9681911 Sub-xiphoid ablation clamp and method of sub-xiphoid ablation Mark T. Stewart, Tom P. Daigle, John R. Liddicoat, Paul Rothstein, Steven F. Bolling 2017-06-20 $52,159,000
9554848 Ablation catheters and associated systems and methods Mark T. Stewart, Rahul Mehra, James Skarda 2017-01-31 $37,296,000
9227088 Methods of using high intensity focused ultrasound to form an ablated tissue area containing a plurality of lesions James Britton Hissong, Mark T. Stewart, James R. Keough, James Skarda, Hotaik LEE +1 more 2016-01-05 $30,683,000
8926635 Methods and devices for occlusion of an atrial appendage Roderick E. Briscoe, Leonard H. Leuer, Daniel C. Haeg, Tom P. Daigle, David Kim +11 more 2015-01-06 $21,091,000
8834464 Ablation catheters and associated systems and methods Mark T. Stewart, James Skarda, Rahul Mehra 2014-09-16
8821488 Tissue lesion evaluation Mark T. Stewart, Jinback Hong, Sarah Ahlberg 2014-09-02 $18,069,000
8801707 Method and devices for treating atrial fibrillation by mass ablation Mark T. Stewart, James Skarda 2014-08-12 $8,491,000
8702703 Sub-xiphoid ablation clamp and method of sub-xiphoid ablation Mark T. Stewart, Tom P. Daigle, John R. Liddicoat, Paul Rothstein, Steven F. Bolling 2014-04-22 $6,813,000
8663245 Device for occlusion of a left atrial appendage Roderick E. Briscoe, Leonard H. Leuer, Daniel C. Haeg, Tom P. Daigle, David Kim +11 more 2014-03-04 $12,729,000
8623010 Cardiac mapping instrument with shapeable electrode Jon M. Ocel, Roderick E. Briscoe, Scott E. Jahns, James R. Keogh, Katherine Jolly +1 more 2014-01-07 $8,368,000
8556892 Systems and methods for transmural ablation Jinback Hong, Mark T. Stewart 2013-10-15 $12,058,000
8512337 Method and system for treatment of atrial tachyarrhythmias Rahul Mehra 2013-08-20 $7,300,000
8414573 Device and method for ablation of cardiac tissue 2013-04-09 $10,011,000
8333764 Device and method for determining tissue thickness and creating cardiac ablation lesions Eduardo N. Warman, Rahul Mehra 2012-12-18 $16,375,000
8262649 Method and apparatus for tissue ablation 2012-09-11 $14,924,000
8241274 Method for guiding a medical device James R. Keogh, Timothy R. Ryan, Carol E. Eberhardt, Mark T. Stewart, James Skarda +3 more 2012-08-14 $10,882,000