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8182859 |
Using magnetism to prepare a medical device
The present invention is directed to methods, processes, and systems for delivering therapeutic agent to a medical device. Under some methods, processes, and systems of the invention, particles...
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8185206 |
Electrical stimulation therapy to promote gastric distention for obesity management
The disclosure is directed to techniques for delivering electrical stimulation therapy to support obesity management. The electrical stimulation therapy is configured to cause at least partial...
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8180445 |
Use of interphase to incrementally adjust the volume of activated tissue
A neurostimulation system comprises one or more electrical contacts, output stimulation circuitry capable of outputting a multiphasic waveform (e.g., a biphasic waveform) to the electrical...
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8180439 |
Ischemia detection using intra-cardiac signals
An implanted cardiac rhythm management device is disclosed that is operative to detect myocardial ischemia. This is done by evaluating electrogram features to detect an electrocardiographic change;...
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8175705 |
System and method for sustained baroreflex stimulation
Various aspects of the present subject matter provide an implantable medical device. In various embodiments, the device comprises a baroreflex stimulator and a controller. The baroreflex stimulator...
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8168958 |
Ionizing-radiation-responsive compositions, methods, and systems
A method, composition and system respond to ionizing radiation to adjust biological activity. In some approaches the ionizing radiation is X-ray or extreme ultraviolet radiation that produces...
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8164074 |
Ionizing-radiation-responsive compositions, methods, and systems
A method, composition and system respond to ionizing radiation to adjust biological activity. In some approaches the ionizing radiation is X-ray or extreme ultraviolet radiation that produces...
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8157848 |
System for characterizing patient tissue impedance for monitoring and treatment
A system provides early prediction of heart tissue malfunction and electrophysiological pathology by determining anatomical tissue impedance characteristics for use in medical patient monitoring...
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8155747 |
Electric and acoustic stimulation fitting systems and methods
Methods and systems for modifying the parameters of at least one hearing device for a patient with residual hearing provide needed orchestration of acoustic and electric stimulation of patients...
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8155746 |
Cochlear implant sound processor with permanently integrated replenishable power source
A cochlear implant sound processor is powered by a rechargeable battery that is permanently integrated into the sound processor. The sound processor contains an inductive coil that may be tuned to...
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8155748 |
Methods of converting a behind-the-ear speech processor unit into a body worn speech processor unit
Apparatus and methods for converting one type of speech processor unit into another type of speech processor unit.
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8150527 |
Electric and acoustic stimulation fitting systems and methods
Methods and systems for modifying the parameters of at least one hearing device for a patient with residual hearing provide needed orchestration of acoustic and electric stimulation of patients...
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8150508 |
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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8140170 |
Method and apparatus for renal neuromodulation
An apparatus for renal neuromodulation includes an expandable support member having a main body portion for engaging a wall of a blood vessel proximate a renal vasculature and at least one...
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8135472 |
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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8128573 |
Methods and apparatus for locating the fossa ovalis and performing transseptal puncture
A method of identifying the fossa ovalis in a patient by positioning one or more electrodes against the tissue of the interatrial septum of the patient and acquiring unipolar and/or bipolar...
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8128674 |
System for outer eyelid heat and pressure treatment for treating meibomian gland dysfunction
A system for treating meibomian gland dysfunction. A controller controls heat applied to the outside of the eyelid to provide conductive heat transfer to the meibomian glands. The application of...
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8128673 |
System for inner eyelid heat and pressure treatment for treating meibomian gland dysfunction
A system for treating meibomian gland dysfunction. A controller controls heat applied to the inside of the eyelid to provide conductive heat transfer to the meibomian glands. The application of...
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8121693 |
Baroreflex stimulation to treat acute myocardial infarction
An aspect of the present subject relates to an implantable medical system. An embodiment of the system includes a baroreflex stimulator, a myocardial infarction detector, and a controller. The...
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8116864 |
Assessing medical electrode condition
An apparatus and techniques for determining whether a medical electrode, such as a defibrillation electrode coupled to an automated external defibrillator, is in a condition for replacement. The...
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8105337 |
Medical electrical lead implant tool
A medical electrical lead implant tool includes a gripping assembly, terminating a distal end of an elongate shaft, adapted to alternately grasp the lead and release the lead and to rotate the...
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8103359 |
Systems and methods for fixating transvenously implanted medical devices
A transvenously implantable medical device (TIMD) includes an electrical lead and a control module. The electrical lead includes one or more electrodes and is adapted for transvenous implantation....
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8083787 |
Method and apparatus for treating meibomian gland dysfunction
A method and apparatus for treating gland dysfunction caused by gland obstruction in order to restore the natural flow of secretion from the gland comprises the application of a combination of...
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8075605 |
Methods and devices for treatment of migraines
Methods for treating a migraine by cooling a patient's nasopharyngeal cavity are described. In one method, a cooling assembly is inserted into a nasal cavity through a patient's nostril. The...
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8073549 |
Method of electrogenically controlling pump molecules
Activation of electrogenic pump molecules can be realized by a dynamic entrainment procedure which includes two steps: synchronization of individual pump molecules to work at the same pumping pace,...
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8068918 |
Remote monitoring and control of implantable devices
A treatment system includes a regulator implanted within a patient, a computing device storing at least one patient database associated with the patient in whom the regulator is implanted, and a...
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RE42961 |
Use of autonomic nervous system neurotransmitters inhibition and atrial parasympathetic fibers ablation for the treatment of atrial arrhythmias and to preserve drug effects
Atrial arrhythmias, a major contributor to cardiovascular morbidity, are believed to be influenced by autonomic nervous system tone. The main purpose of this invention was to highlight new findings...
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8060215 |
Implantable microstimulator having a battery unit and methods of use therefor
An implantable microstimulator arrangement includes at least one implantable microstimulator unit; an implantable battery unit separate from the implantable microstimulator unit(s); and at least...
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8046083 |
Device for influencing brain functions of a human being
Device for influencing brain functions of a human being by targeted stimulation of at least one region of the human body, comprising stimulating means that permit a stimulation of the region that...
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8046082 |
Method and apparatus for stimulating a nerve of a patient
Single-use electrical leads for a nerve stimulator include a status flag element such as a fuse, which is deliberately blown after use of the leads has begun to indicate that the leads are not to...
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8039727 |
Method and apparatus for shunt for in vivo thermoelectric power system
One embodiment of the present subject matter includes an apparatus with a first housing portion which is thermally conductive and which has a first case opening; a second housing portion which is...
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8032227 |
Method for controlling telemetry in an implantable medical device based on power source capacity
An implantable microstimulator configured for implantation beneath a patient's skin for tissue stimulation to prevent and/or treat various disorders, uses a self-contained power source. Periodic or...
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8029927 |
Thin printable electrochemical cell utilizing a “picture frame” and methods of making the same
A thin printed flexible electrochemical cell, and its method of manufacture, using a “picture frame” structure sealed, for example, with a high moisture and oxygen barrier polymer film and fea...
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8019423 |
Laparoscopic implantation of neurostimulators
A method for altering operation of a nerve related to a given body condition includes the steps of identifying at least one nerve root of a nerve related to the given body condition;...
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8003879 |
Method and apparatus for in vivo thermoelectric power system
The present subject matter includes a first housing portion which is thermally conductive and which has a first housing opening, a second housing portion which is thermally conductive and which has...
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8000788 |
Implantable medical device for treating neurological conditions including ECG sensing
An implantable medical device such as an implantable pulse generator that includes EEG sensing for monitoring and treating neurological conditions, and leadless ECG sensing for monitoring cardiac...
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7986996 |
Passive monitoring of bioelectical signals and active electrical anesthesia stimulation
Passive monitoring of bioelectric signals is made in the presence of active electrical anesthesia stimulation signal such that the bio-electric signals have interference artifacts from the active...
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7982198 |
Particle beam irradiation system
It is an object of the present invention to provide a charged particle beam extraction method and particle beam irradiation system that make it possible to exercise intensity control over an...
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7972367 |
Device and method using integrated neuronal cells and an electronic device
The present invention provides a device of integrated neuronal cells interfaced with an electronic device and a method of producing the same.
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7966066 |
Apparatus and method for optimizing atrioventricular delay
Systems and methods to optimize atrioventricular delay during sensing or pacing of the atrium and for a plurality of sensed rates or pacing rates. In one example, a paced atrioventricular delay is...
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7963977 |
Devices and related methods for targeted pressure and temperature therapies for pelvic region disorders and syndromes
Disclosed herein are devices and related methods for using those devices in the relieving and/or treating of pain, discomfort, and/or inflammation in the pelvic region using targeted pressure and...
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7962214 |
Non-surgical device and methods for trans-esophageal vagus nerve stimulation
A method and apparatus for providing trans-esophageal electrical signal therapy to a portion of a vagus nerve of a patient to treat a medical condition. An implantable medical device comprising at...
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7962224 |
Stimulation lead, stimulation system, and method for limiting MRI-induced current in a stimulation lead
In one embodiment, a stimulation lead for delivering electrical pulses from a pulse generator to tissue of a patient, comprises: a plurality of electrodes; a plurality of terminals; a plurality of...
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7957796 |
Using physiological sensor data with an implantable medical device
A method, system, and apparatus for providing an electrical neurostimulation therapy to a neural structure of a patient's body using an implantable medical device (IMD). A first electrical signal...
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7957803 |
Atrial capture verification
Methods and systems for classifying cardiac responses to pacing stimulation and/or preventing retrograde cardiac conduction are described. Following delivery of a pacing pulse to an atrium of the...
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7952081 |
Device for determining aim position of charged particle beam, method of using the device, and treatment device employing device for determining aim position
A subject is imaged for treatment of the subject such as an eye to be inspected, while irradiating a charged particle beam on the eye, so that an aim position of a charged particle beam for...
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7949401 |
Electromagnetic signal delivery for tissue affected by neuronal dysfunction, degradation, damage, and/or necrosis, and associated systems and methods
Electromagnetic signal delivery for tissue affected by neuronal dysfunction, degradation, damage, and/or necrosis, and associated systems and methods are disclosed. A method in accordance with one...
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7945327 |
Systems and methods for monitoring and managing power consumption of an implantable medical device
In one embodiment, an external programming device is operable to determine and graphically display power consumption of an implantable medical device (“IMD”). In accordance with this particular emb...
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7930033 |
Appendicular and rectal stimulator device for digestive and eating disorders
A method of using a stimulation device to emit a medium to an appendicular region and/or rectal region of a user for treatment of a gastrointestinal disorder is described. The method includes...
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7908008 |
Treatment for disorders by parasympathetic stimulation
A treatment method is provided, including identifying a subject as one who is selected to undergo an interventional medical procedure, and, in response to the identifying, reducing a likelihood of...
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