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| Circumferential ablation device assembly CJ Diederich, MD Lesh, JC Peacock III, MR Ross US Patent 6,117,101, 2000 | 1114 | 2000 |
| Circumferential ablation device assembly MD Lesh, MR Ross, JJ Langberg, JC Peacock III US Patent 6,024,740, 2000 | 1109 | 2000 |
| Device and method for forming a circumferential conduction block in a pulmonary vein MD Lesh US Patent 6,012,457, 2000 | 1089 | 2000 |
| Medical system and method for remodeling an extravascular tissue structure RT Lashinski, MJ Birdsall, MD Lesh US Patent 6,989,028, 2006 | 1053 | 2006 |
| Method and device for left atrial appendage occlusion MD Lesh, EJ van der Burg US Patent 6,152,144, 2000 | 993 | 2000 |
| Method and apparatus for closing a body lumen AGC Frazier, EJ van der Burg, MD Lesh US Patent 6,231,561, 2001 | 982 | 2001 |
| Cardiac imaging and ablation catheter MD Lesh, PM Owens, J Jackson US Patent 5,385,148, 1995 | 980 | 1995 |
| Percutaneous mitral annuloplasty with hemodynamic monitoring JJ Langberg, MD Lesh US Patent 6,709,456, 2004 | 969 | 2004 |
| Positioning system and method for orienting an ablation element within a pulmonary vein ostium MA Maguire, MF O'sullivan, EL Carcamo, MD Lesh, AK Schaer, KJ Taylor, ... US Patent 6,514,249, 2003 | 915 | 2003 |
| Percutaneous mitral annuloplasty and cardiac reinforcement JJ Langberg, MD Lesh, E van der Burg US Patent 6,537,314, 2003 | 896 | 2003 |
| Medical device with sensor cooperating with expandable member MA Maguire, MF O'sullivan, EL Carcamo, MD Lesh, AK Schaer, KJ Taylor, ... US Patent 6,869,431, 2005 | 839 | 2005 |
| Method and apparatus for closing intracardiac septal defects CC Roue, AGC Frazier, MD Lesh, EJ van der Burg US Patent 6,290,674, 2001 | 820 | 2001 |
| Percutaneous mitral annuloplasty and cardiac reinforcement JJ Langberg, MD Lesh US Patent 6,402,781, 2002 | 737 | 2002 |
| Tissue ablation device and method of use MD Lesh US Patent 5,971,983, 1999 | 737 | 1999 |
| Systems and methods for ablating body tissue MD Lesh, SD Edwards US Patent 5,921,982, 1999 | 727 | 1999 |
| Porous implant with effective extensibility and methods of forming an implant MD Lesh, S Kume, RJ Kesten, L Centeno, J Zalewski US Patent App. 12/413,240, 2010 | 711 | 2010 |
| Percutaneous left atrial appendage transcatheter occlusion to prevent stroke in high-risk patients with atrial fibrillation: early clinical experience H Sievert, MD Lesh, T Trepels, H Omran, A Bartorelli, P Della Bella, ... Circulation 105 (16), 1887-1889, 2002 | 680 | 2002 |
| Method and apparatus for patching a tissue opening AGC Frazier, MD Lesh, CC Roue, EJ van der Burg US Patent 6,419,669, 2002 | 650 | 2002 |
| Radiofrequency catheter ablation of atrial arrhythmias. Results and mechanisms. MD Lesh, GF Van Hare, LM Epstein, AP Fitzpatrick, MM Scheinman, ... Circulation 89 (3), 1074-1089, 1994 | 650 | 1994 |
