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John R. Helland — 63 Patents

PAPacesetter: 55 patents #19 of 832Top 3%
SPSiemens Pacesetter: 5 patents #10 of 62Top 20%
INIncon-Trol: 2 patents #15 of 31Top 50%
Tallahassee, FL: #6 of 1,073 inventorsTop 1%
Florida: #375 of 67,251 inventorsTop 1%
Overall (All Time): #35,470 of 4,157,543Top 1%
63 Patents All Time
John R. Helland has been granted 63 US patents while listed as an inventor at Pacesetter. The first was granted in 1992 and the most recent in February 2017. John R. Helland ranks #35,470 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 0.85%). Patent records list John R. Helland in Tallahassee, FL, US.

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Showing 1–25 of 63 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
9561106 Cardiac access methods and apparatus Yougandh Chitre, Gene A. Bornzin, Eric Falkenberg, Kevin L. Morgan, Sheldon Williams +2 more 2017-02-07
9421360 Medical device lead assembly having integrated pressure-resisting member Steven R. Conger, Michael Childers, Yoheng Hanson Chang, Tyler J. Strang 2016-08-23 $55,062,000
8718794 Method for indicating embedment of a helical anchor in cardiac tissue via fluoroscopy 2014-05-06 $17,725,000
8538555 Cardiac access methods and apparatus Yougandh Chitre, Gene A. Bornzin, Eric Falkenberg, Kevin L. Morgan, Sheldon Williams +2 more 2013-09-17 $11,154,000
8311648 Cardiac access methods and apparatus Yougandh Chitre, Gene A. Bornzin, Eric Falkenberg, Kevin L. Morgan, Sheldon Williams +2 more 2012-11-13 $16,869,000
8108054 Active fixation implantable medical lead configured to indicate via fluoroscopy embedment of helical anchor in cardiac tissue 2012-01-31 $18,663,000
7881810 Cardiac access methods and apparatus Yougandh Chitre, Gene A. Bornzin, Eric Falkenberg, Kevin L. Morgan, Sheldon Williams +2 more 2011-02-01 $7,953,000
7848821 Apparatus and method for electrode insertion in heart tissue Kyungmoo Ryu, Gene A. Bornzin 2010-12-07 $7,258,000
7751882 Method and system for determining lead position for optimized cardiac resynchronization therapy hemodynamics 2010-07-06 $8,441,000
7403823 Super plastic design for CHF pacemaker lead Mark W. Kroll, Yougandh Chitre, Michael Yang 2008-07-22 $15,560,000
7397166 Electroactive polymer-actuated peristaltic pump and medical lead incorporating such a pump Kevin L. Morgan, Anne M. Shelchuk, Jeffery D. Snell, Nils Holmstrom 2008-07-08 $28,011,000
7369901 Myocardial lead and lead system Kevin L. Morgan, Sheldon Williams, Yougandh Chitre, Andrew W. McGarvey, Christopher Fleck +3 more 2008-05-06 $38,940,000
7363091 Method of molding silicone elastomer drug carrier in an endocardial lead Cole Chen, Phong D. Doan, Yougandh Chitre 2008-04-22 $11,988,000
7353067 Implantable leads, electrode portions and methods for securing Gene A. Bornzin 2008-04-01 $41,407,000
7305270 Cardiac pacing/sensing lead providing far-field signal rejection Mark W. Kroll 2007-12-04 $38,730,000
7280875 High strength, low resistivity electrode Yougandh Chitre, Steven R. Conger 2007-10-09 $82,750,000
7229450 Kink resistant introducer with mapping capabilities Yougandh Chitre, Kevin L. Morgan 2007-06-12 $24,321,000
7212870 Dual helix active fixation stimulation lead 2007-05-01 $10,375,000
7174221 Method of manufacturing a drug-eluting endocardial lead utilizing silicone elastomer as a drug carrier Cole Chen, Phong D. Doan, Yougandh Chitre 2007-02-06 $23,279,000
7174220 Construction of a medical electrical lead Yougandh Chitre 2007-02-06 $23,279,000
7058454 Stimulation/sensing electrodes for use with implantable cardiac leads in coronary vein locations Yougandh Chitre 2006-06-06 $39,721,000
7031774 Switch for electrode selections in Single-pass Atrial/Ventricular leads Phong D. Doan 2006-04-18 $19,784,000
7027852 Lead with distal tip surface electrodes connected in parallel 2006-04-11 $44,483,000
7010358 Single lead system for high voltage CHF device Mark W. Kroll 2006-03-07 $52,149,000
6988007 Single pass telescoping cardiac lead for the left heart Kevin L. Morgan, Gene A. Bornzin, Joseph J. Florio 2006-01-17 $60,735,000