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US20090312835 |
DIELECTRIC FLUID FILLED ACTIVE IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICES
Active implantable medical devices (AIMDs) are backfilled with a dielectric fluid to increase the volts per mil dielectric breakdown strength between internal circuit elements. In a method for...
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US20090306728 |
METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR STIMULATING AND/OR SENSING NEURONS IN A PATIENT
Instruments and method of using instruments for implanting electrodes into a patient. The instrument can include a body configured to be implanted into a patient, an electrode contact carried by...
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US20090299435 |
Systems and Methods for Enhancing or Affecting Neural Stimulation Efficiency and/or Efficacy
Systems and methods for enhancing or affecting neural stimulation efficiency and/or efficacy are disclosed. In one embodiment, a system and/or method may apply electromagnetic stimulation to a...
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US20090299126 |
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TREATING AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS (ASD) AND RELATED DYSFUNCTIONS
Systems and methods for treating autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and related dysfunctions are disclosed. A method in accordance with a particular embodiment includes determining that a patient...
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US20090292336 |
NEURAL INTERFACE SYSTEMS AND METHODS
In one embodiment, a neural interface system includes an implantable neural probe having a flexible substrate, electrodes that extend from the substrate that are adapted to contact neural tissue of...
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US20090287273 |
Clinician programmer system interface for monitoring patient progress
A therapy tracking system and method may include a processor that obtains physiological information regarding a patient and a time period during which a deep brain stimulation (DBS) therapy is...
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US20090287272 |
Clinician programmer system and method for steering volumesof activation
A system and method for selection of stimulation parameters for Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) may include a processor that displays in a display device and in relation to a displayed model of a...
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US20090287271 |
Clinician programmer system and method for calculating volumes of activation
A system and method for providing a volume of activation (VOA) of a stimulation electrode leadwire may include a processor that calculates a VOA for each of a plurality of sets of parameter...
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US20090270943 |
Blocking Exogenous Action Potentials by an Implantable Medical Device
I disclose an implantable medical device (IMD) to treat a medical condition in a patient, comprising an electrical signal generator; a cathode and an anode operatively coupled to the electrical...
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US20090270944 |
METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR TREATING A PSYCHOTIC DISORDER
Methods of treating a psychotic disorder include applying at least one stimulus to a stimulation site within a patient with an implanted stimulator in accordance with one or more stimulation...
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US20090264952 |
Pacemaker for treating physiological system dysfunction
Disclosed is a device and method for preventing seizures due to physiological system dysfunction. The method is based on a conjectural model of the brain wherein each brain site is modeled as a...
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US20090264957 |
ANALYZING A WASHOUT PERIOD CHARACTERISTIC FOR PSYCHIATRIC DISORDER THERAPY DELIVERY
A characteristic of a washout period following the delivery of therapy to a patient according to a therapy program may be determined based on a physiological parameter of the patient. A washout...
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US20090264958 |
Method For Suppressing And Reversing Epileptogenesis
A method for identifying, suppressing, and reversing epileptogenesis, which is considered to be a learned response due to brain plasticity. The method includes identifying three epileptogenic...
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US20090264955 |
ANALYZING A STIMULATION PERIOD CHARACTERISTIC FOR PSYCHIATRIC DISORDER THERAPY DELIVERY
A characteristic of a stimulation period, which occurs during the delivery of stimulation therapy to a patient according to a therapy program, may be determined based on a physiological parameter...
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US20090264956 |
PSYCHIATRIC DISORDER THERAPY CONTROL
A therapy system for managing a psychiatric disorder of the patient may be controlled based on a patient mood state. Therapy may be delivered to a patient according to a therapy program, and a...
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US20090264954 |
THERAPY TARGET SELECTION FOR PSYCHIATRIC DISORDER THERAPY
Target tissue sites for therapy delivery to a patient may be selected based on the patient symptoms or a patient mood state. The therapy delivery may be used to manage a psychiatric disorder of the...
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US20090264953 |
NEUROSTIMULATOR
Neurostimulator ( 20 ) comprising a signal generator ( 40 ) for generating stimulation pulses, connected or connectable to at least one electrode ( 10 ) implantable in the brain of a patient,...
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US20090259275 |
METHODS OF TREATING BRAIN DAMAGES
Provided herein are methods of repairing, treating, managing or preventing brain damages. In some embodiments, the methods comprise applying a direct current electric field to direct or modulate...
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US20090254146 |
DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION IMPLANT WITH MICROCOIL ARRAY
An implant for deep brain stimulation (DBS) has an array of electromagnetic microcoils dispersed over the length of the implant. The microcoils produce magnetic fields that are directed into, and...
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US20090248099 |
Systems and methods for improving memory in Alzheimer's patients
In many aspects, the invention relates to systems and methods for providing memory therapy by modulating neural firing rhythms, in particular in Alzheimer's patients. The stimulation of neurons is...
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US20090248110 |
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING ELECTRICAL STIMULATION
An apparatus and method for controlling an electrical stimulation system to increase the resolution of the stimulation region with multiple independent power source electrodes is proposed. In the...
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US20090234419 |
SELECTIVE NEUROSTIMULATION FOR TREATING EPILEPSY
A method and device for treating epilepsy are disclosed which provide for electrical, chemical or magnetic stimulation of certain areas of the brain to modulate neuronal activity of areas...
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US20090228066 |
Intracranial electrode and method for producing same
With use of three-dimensional data of a brain shape, a mold for forming a sheet-shaped structure having a three-dimensional shape of the gyrus or sulcus surface, or the interhemispheric fissure or...
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US20090222059 |
Shaped implantation device
A custom medical device for implanting an implantable device may be fabricated based on a patient image with a rapid prototyping machine.
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US20090216288 |
FEEDBACK METHOD FOR DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION WITH DETECTION OF GENERALIZED EFFERENCE COPY SIGNALS
Disclosed is a method for improving cognitive function or for improving coordination of function across a patient's cortical regions. The method includes applying electrical stimulation to at least...
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US20090210018 |
Method for treating neurological /psychiatric disorders with stimulation to the subcaudate area of the brain
A method for treating a patient with a neurological or psychiatric disorder, comprising applying stimulation to at least a portion of the patient's subcaudate white matter of the subcaudate area...
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US20090210026 |
SPG STIMULATION FOR ENHANCING NEUROGENESIS AND BRAIN METABOLISM
A method is provided, including identifying an electrical stimulation protocol as being suitable for augmenting genesis of one or more cell populations in at least one brain region of the subject....
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US20090192568 |
METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR TREATING SEIZURES CAUSED BY BRAIN STIMULATION
Methods for treating seizures caused by brain stimulation include providing a stimulator, programming the stimulator with one or more stimulation parameters configured to treat a medical condition,...
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US20090192569 |
CORTICAL ELECTRODE ARRAY AND METHOD FOR STIMULATING AND RECORDING BRAIN ACTIVITY
An electrode device and a method of installing the electrode device in the vicinity of the brain. The electrode device includes a plurality of electrode assemblies, each with at least one electrode...
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US20090192564 |
Changeable electrode polarity stimulation by an implantable medical device
We disclose a method of treating a medical condition in a patient using an implantable medical device including coupling at least a first electrode and a second electrode to a cranial nerve of the...
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US20090192567 |
Method, Apparatus and System for Bipolar Charge Utilization During Stimulation by an Implantable Medical Device
We disclose a method, apparatus, and system of treating a medical condition in a patient using an implantable medical device. A first electrode is coupled to a first portion of a cranial nerve of...
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US20090177243 |
TRANSCRANIAL ELECTROSTIMULATION DEVICE
The device refers to physiotherapy and is intended to protective brain mechanisms stimulation during the treatment of different diseases. The device of transcranial electrostimulation contains the...
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US20090171405 |
VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION METHOD
An implanted electrical signal generator delivers a novel exogenous electrical signal to a vagus nerve of a patient. The vagus nerve conducts action potentials originating in the heart and lungs to...
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US20090156886 |
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING AUTOMATIC EYE FOCUSED THERAPY
A method and system for providing therapy to a patient. A headset can be used that automatically provides stimulation to the eyes. A stimulator device may be worn over the chest that provides...
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US20090149898 |
Systems and Methods for Providing Targeted Neural Stimulation Therapy to Address Neurological Disorders, Including Neuropyschiatric and Neuropyschological Disorders
Systems and methods for providing targeted neural stimulation therapy to address neurological disorders, including neuropsychiatric and neuropsychological disorders are disclosed. A method for...
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US20090149914 |
Method for reversible chemical modulation of neural activity
Methods and related systems for modulating neural activity by repetitively blocking conduction in peripheral neural structures with chemical blocking agents are disclosed. Methods and systems for...
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US20090149911 |
System for electrical modulation of neural conduction
Methods and related systems for modulating neural activity by repetitively blocking conduction in peripheral neural structures with electrical stimuli are disclosed. Methods and systems for...
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US20090149913 |
Wireless System for Epilepsy Monitoring and Measurement
A wireless system for monitoring a patient's brain tissue including (1) a plurality of electrodes abutting brain tissue, (2) main circuitry outside the patient's body to transmit power at radio...
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US20090149912 |
Method for electrical modulation of neural conduction
Methods and related systems for modulating neural activity by repetitively blocking conduction in peripheral neural structures with electrical stimuli are disclosed. Methods and systems for...
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US20090137921 |
DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETECTING AN EPILEPTIC EVENT
The invention discloses an epileptic event alert system, capable of detecting and analyzing whether motions sensed by at least one motion sensor of the system, are related to an epileptic seizure...
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US20090131995 |
MICRODEVICE-BASED ELECTRODE ASSEMBLIES AND ASSOCIATED NEURAL STIMULATION SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS
Microdevice-based electrode assemblies and associated neurostimulation systems, devices and methods are disclosed. A system in accordance with a particular embodiment includes a microdevice...
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US20090125080 |
INTRAVENTRICULAR ELECTRODES FOR ELECTRICAL STIMULATION OF THE BRAIN
An electrode—preferably an anode (current sink)—is implanted within a ventricle of the brain so that the cerebrospinal fluid therein, which is highly conductive, effectively makes the ventricle...
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US20090125079 |
ALTERNATIVE OPERATION MODE FOR AN IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE BASED UPON LEAD CONDITION
The present invention provides for a method, apparatus, and system for determining an adverse operational condition associated with a lead assembly in an implantable medical device used for...
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US20090118787 |
Closed-loop feedback for steering stimulation energy within tissue
Methods, systems, and external programmers provide therapy to a patient having a dysfunction. In one aspect, electrical energy is conveyed between electrodes to create a stimulation region in...
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US20090118786 |
AUTOMATED FITTING SYSTEM FOR DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION
Methods, systems, and external programmers provide therapy to a patient having a dysfunction. In one aspect, stimulation energy is conveyed from a neurostimulator to electrodes located within a...
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US20090112280 |
SYSTEMS, METHODS AND DEVICES FOR A SKULL/BRAIN INTERFACE
Systems, methods and devices are disclosed for directing and focusing signals to the brain for neuromodulation and for directing and focusing signals or other energy from the brain for measurement,...
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US20090105784 |
MINIATURE WIRELESS SYSTEM FOR DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION
An implantable system and method for deep brain stimulation (DBS) treatments. The implantable system is sufficiently small and self-contained to enable implantation of the entire system within the...
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US20090105783 |
LONG-TERM SPG STIMULATION THERAPY FOR PREVENTION OF VASCULAR DEMENTIA
A method is provided that includes identifying that a subject is at risk of suffering from vascular dementia (VaD). Responsively to the identifying, a risk of development of the VaD is reduced by...
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US20090105521 |
Systems and methods for assessing and treating medical conditions related to the central nervous system and for enhancing cognitive functions
Systems and methods for diagnosing and treating various brain-related conditions, and/or for modifying at least one of cognitive, behavioral, or affective functions or skills in individuals. The...
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US20090105782 |
VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION APPARATUS, AND ASSOCIATED METHODS
Methods and apparatus for providing vagus nerve stimulation for the treatment of diseases such as depression and epilepsy that do not require an onboard, implanted power supply. Power may be...
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