Orhan Soykan's Issued U.S. Patents

“Surgical needle driver ”, U.S. Patent # 7,647,122, 12 January 2010.

“Methods for identifying patients at risk for life threatening arrhythmias ”, U.S. Patent # 7,622,303, 24 November 2009.

“Identifying patients at risk for life threatening arrhythmias”, U.S. Patent # 7,608,458, 27 October 2009.

“Optical detector for enzyme activation ”, U.S. Patent # 7,473,548, 6 January 2009.

“Myocardial stimulation ”, U.S. Patent # 7,349,740, 25 March 2008.

“Method and device to form a sensor using isolated cardiomyocytes”, U.S. Patent # 7,310,545, 18 December 2007.

“Method and system for myocardial infarction repair”, U.S. Patent # 7,155,288, 26 December 2006.

“Method and system for myocardial infarction repair”, U.S. Patent # 7,031,775, 18 April 2006.

“Implantable system with drug-eluting cells for on-demand local drug delivery”, U.S. Patent # 6,824,561, 30 November 2004.

“Stimulation for delivery of molecular therapy”, U.S. Patent # 6,810,286, 26 October 2004.

“Method and System for Myocardial Infarction Repair”, U.S. Patent # 6,775,574, 10 August 2004.

“Method and System for Myocardial Infarction Repair”, U.S. Patent # 6,671,558, 30 December 2003.

"Method and Apparatus for Acoustically Coupling Implantable Medical Device Telemetry Data to a Telephonic Connection", U.S. Patent # 6,236,889, 22 May 2001.

"Implantable System with Drug-Eluting Cells for On-Demand Local Drug Delivery", U.S. Patent # 6,206,914, 27 March 2001.

"Method and System for Myocardial Identifier Repair", U.S. Patent # 6,151,525, 21 November 2000.

"Method and Apparatus to Optimize Pacing Based on Intensity of Acoustic Signal", U.S. Patent # 5,554,177, 10 September 1996.

Contact Information

Orhan Soykan					Orhan Soykan
Department of Biomedical Engineering		Corporate Science and Technology
309 Minerals & Materials Eng Bldg		Medtronic, Inc.  LT-220
Michigan Technological University		710 Medtronic Parkway, N.E.
Houghton, MI 49931-1295				Fridley, MN 55432-5604
U.S.A.						U.S.A.
Tel: 1-906-487-2772				Tel: 1-763-505-4518
Fax: 1-906-487-1717				Fax: 1-763-505-4729
OSoykan@MTU.Edu					Orhan.Soykan@Medtronic.Com