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7620437 |
Method and apparatus for providing rechargeable power in data monitoring and management systems
Method and apparatus for charging a power supply unit such as a rechargeable battery for use in data monitoring and management system using the ESD protection circuitry of the existing electrode...
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7603169 |
Stimulation electrode with porous coating
An electrode for medical applications is provided with a PtIr coating which is at least partly porous. The coating contains more than 20% iridium by weight and at least 100 ppm Pt. The coated areas...
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7603153 |
Multi-element probe array
A multi-element probe array suitable for sensing or stimulating is disclosed. In one embodiment, the multi-element probe array includes a plurality of microfibers extending longitudinally and...
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7597661 |
Medical instrument having a catheter and method for using a catheter
A medical instrument includes a catheter having a distal end insertable within a body lumen and having longitudinally spaced apart and circumferentially-protruding first and second pods. The first...
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7596415 |
Medical devices incorporating carbon nanotube material and methods of fabricating same
The present invention relates generally to medical devices; in particular and without limitation, to unique electrodes and/or electrical lead assemblies for stimulating cardiac tissue, muscle...
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7577476 |
System and method for transducing, sensing, or affecting vaginal or body conditions, and/or stimulating perineal musculature and nerves using 2-way wireless communications
A system and method are provided for transducing vaginal conditions, affecting vaginal or body conditions, and/or stimulating perineal musculature and nerves. A separate, portable, non-implanted...
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7571010 |
Cable electrode assembly for a lead terminal and method therefor
A lead assembly includes a lead body and at least one cables at least partially disposed within the lead body. The cable has a non-electrode portion and an electrode portion, where the...
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7548774 |
Method and apparatus for the collection of physiological electrical potentials
An apparatus, method and system for collection of physiological electrical potential signals. In one embodiment, an apparatus for use in measuring electrical potentials in a subject (e.g. an animal...
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7532921 |
Measuring electrode system
This invention relates to a measuring electrode arrangement ( 1 ), in particular for electroimpedance tomography, having at least one measurement object ( 5 ) for electric motor contacting of a...
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7520864 |
Muscle stretch sensor
The methods and devices of a multi-functional operating interface for a care-taking machine. The multi-functional operating interface of the care-taking machine includes: muscle stretch sensor,...
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7519409 |
Implantable cell/tissue-based biosensing device
An implantable cell/tissue-based biosensor device detects and/or monitors the amount of one or more specific analytes within a patient. Stimulation circuitry stimulates the cells/tissue of the...
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7499742 |
Electrode structures and methods for their use in cardiovascular reflex control
Devices, systems and methods are described by which the blood pressure, nervous system activity, and neurohormonal activity may be selectively and controllably reduced by activating baroreceptors....
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7489959 |
Physiological recording device
The present invention relates to a dry physiological recording electrode that can be used without skin preparation or the use of electrolytic gels. The dry physiological recording electrode...
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7486988 |
Method and system for adaptive vision modification
Methods and systems for modifying or enhancing vision are described. In exemplary embodiments, neural or neuromuscular activity is analyzed to determine a focus or other quality of a visual input,...
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7481808 |
Flexible electrode device and surgical apparatus equipped with same
An electrode device adapted for use in medical devices, such as tissue ablation apparatus, includes a sheet of flexible fabric including at least one surface electrode formed as part of the fabric....
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7476204 |
Visualization of values of a physical property detected in an organism over time
A system for visually indicating, in real time or post hoc, values of a physical property detected over a period of time along a dimension of an organism to a user on a temporal plot and a profile...
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7473145 |
Return pad cable connector
A return pad cable connector, in accordance with the present disclosure, for use with a disposable return pad, includes a cord having a conductive wire disposed therethrough which conductive wire...
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7463917 |
Electrodes for sustained delivery of energy
Electrodes include a coating that provides a barrier to fluids and ions within a biological environment. The coating increases the overpotential of the electrode. The coating permits the...
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7457667 |
Current producing surface for a wound dressing
In an embodiment, an article includes a primary surface, and a pattern of spaced dissimilar materials, on the primary surface. The pattern is to spontaneously produce electrical surface currents...
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7453354 |
Device arranged for carrying out a bioelectrical interaction with an individual and a method for on-demand lead-off detection
A device to carry out a bioelectrical interaction with an individual by means of electrodes 29, 29 a whereby an on-demand verification of the integrity of the electrical contact of the electrodes...
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7450783 |
Methods and systems for measuring the size and volume of features on live tissues
Methods and systems for measuring volume and size of features such as lesions, tumors, sores, and wounds external to animal, human and plant skin, using 3D structured light scanners are provided....
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7447534 |
Method and apparatus for measuring electro-physiological activity
An electro-optic modulator modulates light in response to a life-form bio-potential to provide a bio-potential modulated light output. Modulation can be carried out as a result of capacitive...
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7435232 |
Noninvasive tissue assessment
Methods and apparatus for non-invasively assessing physiological hard of soft tissue of human and other species are described. In a preferred embodiment, tissue is vibrationally stimulated in vivo...
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7424319 |
Electrode assembly and a system with impedance control
An electrode assembly arranged to carry out a bioelectrical interaction with an individual, said electrode assembly comprising a conductive material having a contact surface arranged to be brought...
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RE40470 |
Body function measuring apparatus
Body function measuring apparatus which provides: (1) an indication of the body function being measured, and (2) a loose probe condition by determining that the difference between the rate of...
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7407503 |
Medical-treatment electrode assembly having treatment-monitoring application
A medical-treatment electrode assembly includes at least three spaced-apart electrodes contactable with patient tissue and includes at least three leads electrically connected one each to a...
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7403807 |
Medical electrode with peripheral edge of conductor sealed from electrolyte
A medical electrode for conducting an electrical current to or from the skin of a patient. The electrode comprises a thin, flexible metallic conductor, a layer of electrolyte in electrical contact...
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7395105 |
Wearable device for bioelectrical interaction with motion artifact correction means
The invention relates to a wearable device arranged for enabling a bioelectrical interaction with an individual when being brought into contact with the individual's skin I, said device comprising...
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7389148 |
Electrode design for defibrillation and/or sensing capabilities
A ring electrode for an implantable medical device includes a conductive tubular member adapted to be attached to a lead body and having a continuous generally helical slot formed therein to form a...
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7379766 |
CMOS-process compatible high-DC surface coating for capacitive detection and stimulation of biological tissues
Biochip for capacitive stimulation and/or detection of biological tissues. The biochip has a carrier structure, at least one stimulation and/or sensor device, which is arranged in or at the carrier...
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7373196 |
Physiological signal detection module, multi-channel connector module and physiological signal detection apparatus using the same
Provided is a physiological signal detection module which has a heating member and a multi-channel connector. The heating member maintains an electrode's contact with a user skin at a constant...
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7366557 |
Flower catheter
A catheter having an elongated catheter body including a proximal end, a distal end and at least one lumen extending longitudinally therethrough is provided. A mapping assembly is mounted at the...
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7347826 |
Packaging sensors for long term implant
According to this technique of packaging a sensor device implantable in a living body so as to provide protection of the sensor device and to the living body itself, an electrical conductor of the...
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7346389 |
Dilation enhancer with pre-medicated contact lenses
A contact lens with a conductive outer shell (one electrode of a two-electrode electrophoresis device) and a preferably soft, preferably disposable contact lens for contacting a patient's eye,...
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7340309 |
Method and apparatus for controlling the depth of percutaneous applications
Methods and apparatuses for deploying percutaneous probes. An apparatus in accordance with one embodiment of the invention includes a housing and a percutaneous probe having a sharp end and...
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7335377 |
Transdermal delivery system for dried particulate or lyophilized medications
The present invention provides a system for transdermal delivery of dried or lyophilized pharmaceutical compositions and methods using thereof. The system comprises an apparatus for facilitating...
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7335168 |
Monitoring system for animal husbandry
A monitoring system ( 800 ) is operative for receiving sensor signals and analyzing the sensor signals to identify events or conditions of interest, such as colic, with respect to a monitored...
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7330756 |
Implantable microstimulator with conductive plastic electrode and methods of manufacture and use
An implantable microstimulator includes a plastic housing having a first end; an electronic subassembly; and a conductive plastic electrode disposed at the first end of the plastic housing and in...
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7329262 |
Stereoguide for clamping neurosurgical instruments
The present invention relates to apparatus for use in neurosurgery, and to a method of positioning neurosurgical apparatus. The stereoguide comprises first and second guide elements through which...
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7310545 |
Method and device to form a sensor using isolated cardiomyocytes
A method and device are described to form a sensor using a cardiomyocyte by advancing a catheter into the tissue of interest, cardiac in the preferred embodiment, and using the catheter to ablate a...
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7299084 |
Precordial overlay and dual backing assembly
A precordial overlay and dual backing assembly is expeditiously affixed together in a manner which allows it to be packaged in an unalterable form. When needed to obtain an ECG reading, the...
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7299083 |
Electrode for, and method of, indicating signal characteristics at particular positions in a patient's body
A chadd disposed on a patient's skin generates heat at a substantially constant temperature for an extended period of time (e.g., hours and days) when exposed to air. The chadd becomes porous when...
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7286864 |
Dry physiological recording device
The present invention relates to a dry physiological recording electrode that can be used without skin preparation or the use of electrolytic gels. The dry physiological recording electrode...
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7286863 |
Device and process for putting an electrode carrier on a patient
A device is provided for putting an electrode carrier on a recumbent patient. The device includes a first lifting cushion that supports the shoulder region and the head of the patient at the same...
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7274956 |
Connector for interfacing intravascular sensors to a physiology monitor
A connector for connecting a flexible elongate member having a sensor mounted thereon to a physiology monitor includes a housing, an electrical contact member disposed within the housing, the...
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7272427 |
Conductor
A conductor, especially a conductor for measuring bio-electric signals occurring in an MRI environment, which comprises an electrically conductive part made of a non-metal material and a sheath...
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7262703 |
System for generating a signal indicative of a state of a user's body
A system for generating a signal indicative of a state of a user's body. The system has a housing assembly and first and second spaced electrodes on the housing situated so that an electrical...
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7240416 |
Process for manufacturing electrically conductive components
A method of forming a device, such as an electrode array for a cochlear implant. The method comprises a step of forming a predetermined pattern of relatively electrically conductive regions and...
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7236825 |
Cardiac activity sensing during pacing in implantable devices
A method and device for sensing cardiac activity that includes a first plurality of electrodes forming a first electrode configuration to sense cardiac activity, a second plurality of electrodes...
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7223245 |
Method and apparatus for automatic non-cooperative frequency specific assessment of hearing impairment and fitting of hearing aids
A method and device for automatically assessing loss of hearing sensitivity and compression (recruitment) with user defined frequency resolution by means of extrapolated DPOAE I/O functions and...
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