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Norbert Kaula — 139 Patents

NUNuvasive: 71 patents #7 of 328Top 3%
NUNuvectra: 38 patents #1 of 42Top 3%
GRGreatbatch: 15 patents #27 of 357Top 8%
CMCirtec Medical: 13 patents #5 of 42Top 15%
Arvada, CO: #2 of 1,140 inventorsTop 1%
Colorado: #39 of 40,980 inventorsTop 1%
Overall (All Time): #7,296 of 4,157,543Top 1%
139 Patents All Time
Norbert Kaula has been granted 139 US patents while listed as an inventor at Nuvasive. The first was granted in 2002 and the most recent in September 2025. Norbert Kaula ranks #7,296 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 0.18%). Patent records list Norbert Kaula in Arvada, CO, US.

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Showing 1–25 of 139 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12420102 System, device, and method for generating stimulation waveform having a paresthesia-inducing low-frequency component and a spread-spectrum high-frequency component Yohannes Iyassu, Scott Brainard 2025-09-23
12343525 Thin film electrode assembly Dan Oster, Jeremy Lug, Johnny Khith 2025-07-01
12226637 Connection mechanism for thin film stimulation leads Todd Hanson, Daniel C. Oster, Alanna Hentges, Johnny Khith, Jeremy Lug +2 more 2025-02-18
12170150 Automatic lead orientation adjustment Yohannes Iyassu 2024-12-17
11975188 Thin film electrode assembly Dan Oster, Jeremy Lug, Johnny Khith 2024-05-07
11420053 Diagnostic, neurostimulating, and therapeutic method applied to biological targets that are naturally integrated to each other 2022-08-23
11324947 Systems, methods, and devices for evaluating lead placement based on patient physiological responses Yohannes Iyassu 2022-05-10
11318316 Navigation of a hierarchical user interface of a medical therapy programming device Yohannes Iyassu 2022-05-03
11260232 System, method, and device for providing feedback to a patient during electrical stimulation Yohannes Iyassu 2022-03-01
11219440 Surgical access system and related methods Patrick Miles, Scot Martinelli, Eric Finley, James Gharib, Allen Farquhar +1 more 2022-01-11 $10,948,000
11219437 Surgical access system and related methods Patrick Miles, Scot Martinelli, Eric Finley, James Gharib, Allen Farquhar +1 more 2022-01-11 $10,948,000
11135436 System, device, and method for generating stimulation waveform having a paresthesia-inducing low-frequency component and a spread-spectrum high-frequency component Yohannes Iyassu, Scott Brainard 2021-10-05
11116986 Systems, methods, and devices for performing electronically controlled test stimulation Yohannes Iyassu 2021-09-14
11110277 System and method of performing computer assisted stimulation programming (CASP) with a non-zero starting value customized to a patient Yohannes Iyassu 2021-09-07
10993650 System for determining nerve direction to a surgical instrument Allen Farquhar, James Gharib, Jeffrey J. Blewett 2021-05-04 $32,369,000
10980524 Surgical access system and related methods Patrick Miles, Scot Martinelli, Eric Finley, James Gharib, Allen Farquhar +1 more 2021-04-20 $8,348,000
10967186 System and method of developing a program for providing therapeutic electrical stimulation for treating a patient Paul Landers, Yohannes Iyassu 2021-04-06
10716509 System and methods for determining nerve proximity, direction and pathology during surgery Jeffrey J. Blewett, James Gharib, Allen Farquhar 2020-07-21 $10,732,000
10695044 Surgical access system and related methods Patrick Miles, Scot Martinelli, Eric Finley, James Gharib, Allen Farquhar +1 more 2020-06-30 $10,129,000
10668276 Method and system of bracketing stimulation parameters on clinician programmers Yohannes Iyassu 2020-06-02
10507120 Systems and methods for performing surgical procedures and assessments James Gharib, Allen Farquhar, Jeffrey J. Blewett, Eric Finley, Scot Martinelli 2019-12-17 $7,525,000
10470707 System and methods for performing percutaneous pedicle integrity assessments Patrick Miles, Scot Martinelli, Eric Finley, Jamil Elbanna, James Gharib +2 more 2019-11-12 $29,261,000
10391321 Systems, methods, and devices for evaluating lead placement based on generated visual representations of sacrum and lead Yohannes Iyassu, Steven Siegel 2019-08-27 $701,000
10376701 Touch screen safety controls for clinician programmer Yohannes Iyassu 2019-08-13 $519,000
10357238 Surgical access system and related methods Patrick Miles, Scot Martinelli, Eric Finley, James Gharib, Allen Farquhar +1 more 2019-07-23 $12,765,000