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David K. Swanson
Also filed as: SWANSON DAVID · SWANSON DAVID K · WHAYNE JAMES G
329 granted patents·33 pending applications·81,067 citations·filing 1990–2023
99Inventor score
Files withEP TECHNOLOGIES152SCIMED LIFE SYSTEMS INC57BOSTON SCIENT SCIMED INC45CARDIAC PACEMAKERS INC27ATRICURE INC16
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362 records- 0199US6679269B2Systems and methods for conducting electrophysiological testing using high-voltage energy pulses to stun tissueSCIMED LIFE SYSTEMS INC·Filed 2002·Granted Jan 20, 2004·1.5k cites·14 claims
- 0299US6611793B1Systems and methods to identify and disable re-use single use devices based on detecting environmental changesSCIMED LIFE SYSTEMS INC·Filed 1999·Granted Aug 26, 2003·2.1k cites·37 claims
- 0399US5810802ASystems and methods for controlling tissue ablation using multiple temperature sensing elementsEP TECHNOLOGIES·Filed 1997·Granted Sep 22, 1998·773 cites·50 claims
- 0498US6500172B1Systems and methods for controlling tissue ablation using multiple temperature sensing elementsEP TECHNOLOGIES·Filed 2000·Granted Dec 31, 2002·254 cites·29 claims
- 0598US5865791AAtrial appendage stasis reduction procedure and devicesE P TECHNOLOGIES INC·Filed 1997·Granted Feb 2, 1999·1.2k cites·36 claims
- 0698US5797903ATissue heating and ablation systems and methods using porous electrode structures with electrically conductive surfacesEP TECHNOLOGIES·Filed 1996·Granted Aug 25, 1998·574 cites·99 claims
- 0798US5722403ASystems and methods using a porous electrode for ablating and visualizing interior tissue regionsEP TECHNOLOGIES·Filed 1996·Granted Mar 3, 1998·840 cites·43 claims
- 0898US5203348ASubcutaneous defibrillation electrodesCARDIAC PACEMAKERS INC·Filed 1990·Granted Apr 20, 1993·570 cites·17 claims
- 0997US6387092B1Systems and methods to identify and disable re-used single use devices based on time elapsed from first therapeutic useSCIMED LIFE SYSTEMS INC·Filed 1999·Granted May 14, 2002·1.4k cites·43 claims
- 1097US6237604B1Systems and methods for preventing automatic identification of re-used single use devicesSCIMED LIFE SYSTEMS INC·Filed 1999·Granted May 29, 2001·1.6k cites·34 claims
- 1197US5925038AExpandable-collapsible electrode structures for capacitive coupling to tissueEP TECHNOLOGIES·Filed 1996·Granted Jul 20, 1999·480 cites·42 claims
- 1297US5603732ASubcutaneous defibrillation electrodesCARDIAC PACEMAKERS INC·Filed 1995·Granted Feb 18, 1997·483 cites·11 claims
- 1397US5582609ASystems and methods for forming large lesions in body tissue using curvilinear electrode elementsEP TECHNOLOGIES·Filed 1994·Granted Dec 10, 1996·1.1k cites·18 claims
- 1497US5485849ASystem and methods for matching electrical characteristics and propagation velocities in cardiac tissueEP TECHNOLOGIES·Filed 1994·Granted Jan 23, 1996·476 cites·19 claims
- 1596US9402722B2Steerable lesion excluding heart implants for congestive heart failureBIOVENTRIX INC·Filed 2015·Granted Aug 2, 2016·33 cites·20 claims
- 1696US7184811B2Apparatus for mapping and coagulating soft tissue in or around body orificesBOSTON SCIENT SCIMED INC·Filed 2005·Granted Feb 27, 2007·198 cites·22 claims
- 1796US6904303B2Apparatus for mapping and coagulating soft tissue in or around body orificesBOSTON SCIENT SCIMED INC·Filed 2002·Granted Jun 7, 2005·231 cites·23 claims
- 1896US6792390B1Systems and methods to identify and disable re-used devices based on detecting environmental changesSCIMED LIFE SYSTEMS INC·Filed 2003·Granted Sep 14, 2004·492 cites·8 claims
- 1996US6786905B2Surgical method and apparatus for positioning a diagnostic or therapeutic element within the bodyEP TECHNOLOGIES·Filed 2002·Granted Sep 7, 2004·439 cites·8 claims
- 2096US6652513B2Tissue heating and ablation systems and methods which predict maximum tissue temperatureEP TECHNOLOGIES·Filed 2001·Granted Nov 25, 2003·504 cites·8 claims
- 2196US6529756B1Apparatus for mapping and coagulating soft tissue in or around body orificesSCIMED LIFE SYSTEMS INC·Filed 1999·Granted Mar 4, 2003·745 cites·39 claims
- 2296US6488679B1Systems and methods for controlling power in an electrosurgical probeSCIMED LIFE SYSTEMS INC·Filed 2000·Granted Dec 3, 2002·485 cites·25 claims
- 2396US6179835B1Expandable-collapsible electrode structures made of electrically conductive materialEP TECHNOLOGIES·Filed 1999·Granted Jan 30, 2001·305 cites·7 claims
- 2496US6142994ASurgical method and apparatus for positioning a diagnostic a therapeutic element within the bodyEP TECHNOLOGIES·Filed 1998·Granted Nov 7, 2000·825 cites·20 claims
- 2596US6071279ABranched structures for supporting multiple electrode elementsEP TECHNOLOGIES·Filed 1996·Granted Jun 6, 2000·784 cites·21 claims
- 2696US6023638ASystem and method for conducting electrophysiological testing using high-voltage energy pulses to stun tissueSCIMED LIFE SYSTEMS INC·Filed 1998·Granted Feb 8, 2000·816 cites·12 claims
- 2796US5991650ASurface coatings for catheters, direct contacting diagnostic and therapeutic devicesEP TECHNOLOGIES·Filed 1997·Granted Nov 23, 1999·500 cites·14 claims
- 2896US5688267ASystems and methods for sensing multiple temperature conditions during tissue ablationEP TECHNOLOGIES·Filed 1995·Granted Nov 18, 1997·1k cites·28 claims
- 2996US5545202ABody implantable defibrillation systemCARDIAC PACEMAKERS INC·Filed 1994·Granted Aug 13, 1996·378 cites·9 claims
- 3096US5531779AStent-type defibrillation electrode structuresCARDIAC PACEMAKERS INC·Filed 1995·Granted Jul 2, 1996·613 cites·36 claims
- 3196US5509419ACardiac mapping and ablation systemsEP TECHNOLOGIES·Filed 1993·Granted Apr 23, 1996·357 cites·5 claims
- 3295US9072518B2High-voltage pulse ablation systems and methodsSWANSON DAVID K·Filed 2011·Granted Jul 7, 2015·87 cites·32 claims
- 3395US8430875B2Magnetic navigation systems and methodsIBRAHIM TAMER·Filed 2010·Granted Apr 30, 2013·81 cites·20 claims
- 3495US7753908B2Apparatus for securing an electrophysiology probe to a clampENDOSCOPIC TECHNOLOGIES INC ES·Filed 2002·Granted Jul 13, 2010·402 cites·16 claims
- 3595US7582084B2Systems and methods for controlling power in an electrosurgical probeBOSTON SCIENT SCIMED INC·Filed 2002·Granted Sep 1, 2009·383 cites·9 claims
- 3695US6658279B2Ablation and imaging catheterEP TECHNOLOGIES·Filed 2001·Granted Dec 2, 2003·435 cites·19 claims
- 3795US6578579B2Systems and methods for preventing automatic identification of re-used single use devicesSCIMED LIFE SYSTEMS INC·Filed 2001·Granted Jun 17, 2003·432 cites·23 claims
- 3895US6389311B1Systems and methods using annotated images for controlling the use of diagnostic or therapeutic instruments in interior body regionsSCIMED LIFE SYSTEMS INC·Filed 2000·Granted May 14, 2002·442 cites·9 claims
- 3995US6379366B1Devices for installing stasis reducing means in body tissueEP TECHNOLOGIES·Filed 2000·Granted Apr 30, 2002·330 cites·22 claims
- 4095US6245065B1Systems and methods for controlling power in an electrosurgical probeSCIMED LIFE SYSTEMS INC·Filed 1998·Granted Jun 12, 2001·927 cites·24 claims
- 4195US6214002B1Structures and methods for deploying electrode elementsEP TECHNOLOGIES·Filed 2000·Granted Apr 10, 2001·356 cites·30 claims
- 4295US6132438ADevices for installing stasis reducing means in body tissueEP TECHNOLOGIES·Filed 1995·Granted Oct 17, 2000·543 cites·11 claims
- 4395US6123702ASystems and methods for controlling power in an electrosurgical probeSCIMED LIFE SYSTEMS INC·Filed 1998·Granted Sep 26, 2000·764 cites·33 claims
- 4495US5904651ASystems and methods for visualizing tissue during diagnostic or therapeutic proceduresEP TECHNOLOGIES·Filed 1996·Granted May 18, 1999·765 cites·63 claims
- 4595US5820591AAssemblies for creating compound curves in distal catheter regionsE P TECHNOLOGIES INC·Filed 1996·Granted Oct 13, 1998·342 cites·13 claims
- 4695US5800432ASystems and methods for actively cooling ablation electrodes using diodesEP TECHNOLOGIES·Filed 1995·Granted Sep 1, 1998·513 cites·6 claims
- 4795US5740808ASystems and methods for guilding diagnostic or therapeutic devices in interior tissue regionsEP TECHNOLOGIES·Filed 1996·Granted Apr 21, 1998·984 cites·28 claims
- 4895US5314459ADefibrillation electrode system having smooth current distribution with floating electrodeCARDIAC PACEMAKERS INC·Filed 1991·Granted May 24, 1994·387 cites·10 claims
- 4995US5309910ACardiac mapping and ablation systemsEP TECHNOLOGIES·Filed 1992·Granted May 10, 1994·617 cites·5 claims
- 5094US8636639B2Signal transmitting and lesion excluding heart implants for pacing, defibrillating, and/or sensing of heart beatANNEST LON S·Filed 2012·Granted Jan 28, 2014·51 cites·9 claims
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