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7604605 |
Device, system, and method for detecting and localizing obstruction within a blood vessel
The present invention is of system, device, and method for detecting and localizing obstruction in a blood vessel. More particularly, the present invention is of a balloon catheter having an...
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7604602 |
Disposable blood pressure transducer and monitor interface
A medical blood pressure transducer that provides an identifier to a monitor that conveys characteristics of the transducer. The monitor can use the information to decide whether to function, or in...
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7597666 |
Access pressure ratio device and testing method
The present invention discloses a detection device for detecting irregular intravascular pressure, the device including an analyzer for automatically analyzing intravascular pressure upstream of...
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7591185 |
Pressure sensor configurations for implantable medical electrical leads
An implantable pressure sensor, which may be incorporated within an implantable medical electrical lead, includes an insulative sidewall, which contains a gap capacitor and an integrated circuit....
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7590449 |
Patient signaling method for treating cardiovascular disease
A method of treating cardiovascular disease in a medical patient is provided. The method includes the steps of generating a sensor signal indicative of a fluid pressure within the left atrium of...
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7572228 |
Devices for fixing a sensor in a lumen
Apparatus for positioning at least one sensor in a body lumen, the apparatus including a fixation element, a sensor, and a connecting element that connects the sensor to the fixation element, the...
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7566308 |
Method and apparatus for pulmonary artery pressure signal isolation
An implantable system senses a pulmonary artery pressure (PAP) signal using an implantable sensor placed in the pulmonary artery and isolates a plurality of signals from the PAP signal for...
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7530953 |
Electrical connector
An electrical connector is described. In one implementation, the connector includes a female portion including one or more electrical contacts and a male portion including one or more electrical...
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7520858 |
Catheter with pressure sensor and guidance system
A catheter terminates at a tip that includes an array of pressure sensors. The sensors are responsive to detect and alert the user to variations of pressure that indicate the tip is either...
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7493164 |
Application of blood pressure profile parameter to assess circadian state of patients
A monitoring and/or stimulation device to receive a signal from a lead sensor positioned in the heart of patient. The monitoring and/or stimulation device processes the blood pressure data received...
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7488291 |
Methods for detecting and monitoring sleep disordered breathing using an implantable medical device
A method of identifying sleep disordered breathing (SDB) in a patient includes monitoring a hemodynamic pressure, deriving high, middle, and low values representative of the distribution of the...
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7481774 |
Catheter with physiological sensor
The disclosed embodiments present improved catheters with physiological sensors. In one embodiment, the catheter includes, generally, a pressure transducer/electronics assembly connected to a...
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7481771 |
Implantable wireless sensor for pressure measurement within the heart
The progress of a endovascular cardiac repair can be monitored by inserting a pressure transducer sensor using a catheter into a chamber of the heart during endovascular repair and then using a...
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7464601 |
Disposable manometer for use with patient breathing systems
A disposable manometer for use with a breathing system for monitoring a patient during positive pressure ventilation. The disposable manometer includes a housing with an upper and lower portion, a...
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7435229 |
System for transcutaneous monitoring of intracranial pressure (ICP) using near infrared (NIR) telemetry
A system for measuring and converting to an observer intelligible form an internal physiological parameter of a medical patient. The invention allows transcutaneous telemetry of the measured...
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7427265 |
Endoluminal implant with therapeutic and diagnostic capability
An apparatus includes an endoluminal implant, a RF coupling coil coupled to the endoluminal implant and a therapeutic transducer electrically coupled to the RF coupling coil and physically coupled...
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7425200 |
Implantable sensor with wireless communication
An implantable sensor device, such as a pressure monitor, is implanted in the left ventricle (LV), in other heart chambers, or elsewhere, from which it wirelessly communicates pressure information...
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7416530 |
Medical devices
There is disclosed a medical device adapted to be implanted in the heart of a patient and operable therein i) as a heart valve; or ii) to assist in the functioning of one of the patient's heart...
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7413547 |
Reference sensor correction for implantable sensors
Implantable medical device systems and methods for measuring a body parameter utilizing an implantable functional pressure sensor and a fixed reference sensor, wherein the reference sensor...
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7404800 |
Hybrid LVEDP monitor
An apparatus for validating a non-invasively obtained estimate of LVEDP includes a non-invasive system for non-invasively obtaining a first estimate of the LVEDP; an invasive system for invasively...
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7378056 |
Circuits for in vivo detection of biomolecule concentrations using fluorescent tags
Methods are disclosed wherein labeled antibodies can be provided in vivo to tissue having antigens that specifically bind the labeled antibody. A first optical radiation is emitted into the tissue...
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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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7344505 |
Barriers and methods for pressure measurement catheters
Methods and apparatus of the present invention provide viscoelastic barrier materials for use as barriers in devices such as pressure measurement catheters. Improved barrier materials sometimes...
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7318838 |
Smart textile vascular graft
The smart textile vascular graft is used with an electrical control unit. The vascular graft includes a tube structure formed of a textile material. At least one active fiber is incorporated in the...
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7285097 |
Technique to confirm correct positioning with respect to arterial wall
Methods and systems related to sealing punctures in blood vessels (such as following an angio or PTCA procedure) are disclosed. The invention provides a system to sense the location of a distal...
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7264593 |
Method for determining, monitoring and updating correction data for liquid-filled transmission systems
Method for determining, monitoring and updating correction data for correcting measured value distortions and for calibrating liquid-filled transmission systems, via which signals from the patient...
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7252006 |
Implantable mechanical pressure sensor and method of manufacturing the same
A biocompatible, mechanical, micromachined pressure sensor and methods of manufacturing such a pressure sensor are provided. The pressure sensor of the current invention includes a...
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7229415 |
Method for anchoring a medical device between tissue
A method for implanting a medical device between tissue comprises the steps of providing a catheter having a body and a distal end thereof wherein the catheter includes an implantable device...
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7229403 |
Intra-aortic balloon catheter having a dual sensor pressure sensing system
A balloon catheter has a balloon membrane, a tip connected to the distal end of the balloon membrane and an outer tube connected to the proximal end of the balloon membrane for supplying a medium...
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7211048 |
System for monitoring conduit obstruction
A system for non-invasively monitoring one or more physiological parameters such as pressure and/or pressure gradients in a cardiac conduit adapted for blood bypass flow. The system includes the...
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7198603 |
Apparatus and methods using acoustic telemetry for intrabody communications
Systems and methods provide intrabody communication using acoustic telemetry. The system includes a first or control implant including a first acoustic transducer, and a second implant including a...
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7192400 |
Device and method for vascular monitoring
A vascular coupler adapted to be fixed into position upon a blood vessel and there retain and position a matable sensing device. In a preferred embodiment, the vascular coupler is an anastomotic...
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7181283 |
System and method for controlling implantable medical device parameters in response to atrial pressure attributes
In an implantable medical device a real-time left atrial pressure (“LAP”) signal obtained from a patient's heart is used as a feedback control mechanism to adjust one or more device parameters....
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7169111 |
Multi-channel blind system identification for cardiovascular monitoring
Multi-channel blind system identification is utilized to identify a patient's cardiac functions without catheterization. The approach is adaptive to each patient's cardiovascular system variations....
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7137953 |
Implantable system and method for measuring left atrial pressure to detect, diagnose and treating congestive heart failure
The invention provides improved apparatus and methods for treating congestive heart failure in a medical patient. The apparatus includes a pressure transducer permanently implantable within the...
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7115095 |
Systems and methods for detecting, diagnosing and treating congestive heart failure
The invention provides improved apparatus and methods for treating congestive heart failure in a medical patient. The apparatus includes a pressure transducer permanently implantable within the...
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7112170 |
Intra-aortic balloon catheter having a dual sensor pressure sensing system
A balloon catheter has a balloon membrane, a tip connected to the distal end of the balloon membrane and an outer tube connected to the proximal end of the balloon membrane for supplying a medium...
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7097620 |
Guidewire with pressure and temperature sensing capabilities
A guide wire having pressure sensing capabilities for measuring the pressure of liquid in a vessel comprising a flexible elongate member and having proximal and distal extremities and having an...
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7074191 |
Method and device for non-intrusive measurement of blood pressure in a circuit of a dialysis machine
A method for the non-intrusive measurement of blood pressure in a circuit of a dialysis machine, using a device provided with a sleeve forming a portion of the blood circuit and having at least one...
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7033322 |
Implantable sensor
A sensor is disclosed, for implantation within a blood vessel to monitor an analyte in blood. In one embodiment, the analyte is glucose. A signal indicative of glucose level is transmitted to an...
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7025727 |
Pressure measurement device
A device measures pressures in animals and humans and includes a pressure transmission catheter (PTC) filled with a pressure transmitting medium and implantable in an area in having a physiological...
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7018336 |
Implantable sensor flush sleeve
A apparatus and method for cleaning a sensor tip of an implantable sensor includes a flush sleeve directed towards the sensor tip, a fluid conduit in fluid communication with the flush sleeve,...
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6986742 |
Pressure transducer protection valve
A pressure activated valve for a three-way connection between a catheter, an injector and a pressure transducer is disclosed. The valve includes a body that has an inlet for connection to an...
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6976965 |
Ultra miniature pressure sensor
A guide wire having pressure sensing capabilities for measuring the pressure of liquid in a vessel comprising a flexible elongate member and having proximal and distal extremities and having an...
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6976964 |
Pressure measurement device comprising a motorized load sensor and a process for controlling the device
A device for measuring the pressure of blood, intended to engage with a section ( 16 ) for measuring the pressure of blood, which section includes a membrane ( 38 ) which is axially deformable...
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6974422 |
Catheter pressure transducer with pressure sensing module
The present invention relates to a catheter pressure transducer having a pressure sensing module operable to provide a signal representative of pressure. The pressure sensor includes a sensing side...
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6964661 |
Endovenous ablation mechanism with feedback control
A vessel occlusion system includes one or more ablation elements that, when activated, is configured for at least partially closing a vessel segment of a patient. The vessel occlusion system...
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6926674 |
Combined pressure-volume sensor and guide wire assembly
The invention relates to a sensor and guide wire assembly including a pressure sensor having a plurality of terminals, the sensor being mounted in the distal end region of a core wire. It also...
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6918873 |
Inverted sensor module
An inverted sensor module for sensing physical and chemical fluid characteristics in a vessel in a living body. The inverted sensor module includes an inverted sensor bonded to a hollow carrier so...
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6913478 |
Multi-contact connector for electrode for example for medical use
Multiple contact connector for an electrode, for example, for medical use. The present invention relates to a multiple contact connector with reduced space requirement and weight regardless of the...
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