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7630760 Neural stimulation therapy system for atherosclerotic plaques  
A neural stimulation therapy system for atherosclerotic plaques is provided. One aspect of this disclosure relates to a medical device for applying neural stimulation therapy for atherosclerotic...
7620451 Methods and apparatus for pulsed electric field neuromodulation via an intra-to-extravascular approach  
Methods and apparatus are provided for pulsed electric field neuromodulation via an intra-to-extravascular approach, e.g., to effectuate irreversible electroporation or electrofusion, necrosis...
7610095 Diagnosis, treatment, and research of brain disorders  
A method and a Cranial Electrical Stimulator CES for operation in a diagnosis, treatment, research, and test mode related to brain disorders, namely to mental disorders, and to neurological...
7610091 Apparatus and method for detecting lead adequacy and quality  
A system and method for detecting lead adequacy and quality is disclosed. The system includes leads attached to a package having known electrical or optical characteristics. The package is adapted...
7583172 Multi-frequency electromagnetic field generator  
Disclosed is a multi-frequency electromagnetic field generator that is capable of generating electromagnetic flux fields that are projected at a distance from the device. Radial fields, horizontal...
7565202 Field focusing and mapping in an electrode array  
The present invention is a system for mapping a high resolution image to a lower resolution electrode array and, by applying varying stimulus to neighboring electrodes, creating a perceived image...
7499747 External baroreflex activation  
Methods and systems for external baroreflex activation allow a physician to characterize a patient's response to baroreflex activation prior to providing baroreflex activation therapy. Methods...
7483743 System for detecting, diagnosing, and treating cardiovascular disease  
An apparatus for treating cardiovascular disease in a medical patient includes one or more sensors, an implantable housing, at least one implantable lead, a signal processor, and a signaling...
7469161 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...
7460906 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...
7437193 Microstimulator employing improved recharging reporting and telemetry techniques  
An implantable microstimulator configured to be implanted beneath a patient's skin for tissue stimulation to prevent and/or treat various disorders, e.g., neurological disorders, uses a...
7429267 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.
7405080 Compositions and methods relating to prevention of chemotherapy-induced alopecia  
The present invention relates to a method for protecting a human patient or a mammalian animal to be subjected to chemotherapy treatment of a tumor not residing in the scalp of the patient or the...
7381404 Treatment for dry macular degeneration  
The present invention relates to altering the physical and/or chemical properties of at least part of at least one tissue in the eye. In a specific embodiment, it relates to the treatment of any...
7308316 Storable implantable medical device assembly allowing in package charging  
A storable implantable medical device assembly. An implantable medical device has a secondary coil operatively coupled to therapeutic componentry. A container holds the implantable medical device,...
7301753 Method and apparatus for a capacitor with flexible bus  
The present subject matter includes a first capacitor stack including a first plurality of anode layers and a first plurality of cathode layers and a second capacitor stack including a second...
7294108 Cardiac event microrecorder and method for implanting same  
A cardiac event microrecorder comprising a hermetically sealed housing is shaped and dimensioned to facilitate the subcutaneous implantation of the microrecorder in a human patient by injection...
7291162 Body jumpers to restore energy flow in a human body to its natural pathway  
A method of restoring energy in the human body to its natural pathway using body jumpers. The body jumpers are either a set of two or three electrical conducting pads which are interconnected. The...
7254443 Implantable medical device including a hermetic connector block extension  
An implantable medical device includes a controlling device for transmitting a first series of command signals, the controlling device comprising a connector block, a first lead body including at...
7211103 Biocompatible bonding method and electronics package suitable for implantation  
The invention is directed to a method of bonding a hermetically sealed electronics package to an electrode or a flexible circuit and the resulting electronics package, that is suitable for...
7171265 Apparatus and method for detecting lead adequacy and quality  
A method and system for detecting lead adequacy and quality for leads used in devices that sense or deliver low levels of electromagnetic energy. The system includes leads attached to a package...
7164572 Multi-path, mono-polar co-fired hermetic electrical feedthroughs and methods of fabrication therfor  
An electrical feedthrough assembly according to the invention can be used as a component of an implantable medical device (IMD) and/or or electrochemical cell. An IMD includes implantable pulse...
7157671 Flat capacitor for an implantable medical device  
One aspect provides a capacitor having a first stack of capacitive elements a second stack of capacitive elements, wherein the first and second stacks are enclosed in separate compartments of a...
7139612 Multi-phasic microphotodiode retinal implant and adaptive imaging retinal stimulation system  
An artificial retina device and a retinal stimulation system and method for stimulating and modulating its function is disclosed. The artificial retina device includes multi-phasic microphotodiode...
7133725 Method and related composition employing nanostructures  
A composition of microscopic devices utilizable in a medical diagnostic or therapeutic procedure. Each microscopic device includes a nanostructure provided with a ligand for effectively coupling...
7131988 Reforming wet-tantalum capacitors in implantable medical devices  
Miniature defibrillators and cardioverters detect abnormal heart rhythms and automatically apply electrical therapy to restore normal heart function. Critical to this function,...
7120992 Method of making an electronic module  
Compact electronic modules, which may be used with implantable microstimulators and other medical and non-medical devices, and manufacture/assembly of such modules are described. Component and...
7108711 Protection apparatus for implantable medical device  
A method and apparatus for protecting an electronic implantable medical device prior to it being implanted in a patient's body. The apparatus affords protection against electronic component damage...
7079898 Pain relieving and healing device  
Pain Relieving and Healing Device with a rigid tubular member being relatively open at the forward use end and closed by an end plate at the rear end. The inside of the tube contains a rigid piston...
7035078 Folded plate electrode assemblies for battery cathodes  
An electrode assembly in embodiments of the invention can include a unitary member formed from an electrically conductive material having a central portion, and tab and plate portions extending...
6933819 Multifrequency electro-magnetic field generator  
Disclosed is a multifrequency electro-magnetic field generator that is capable of generating electro-magnetic flux fields that are projected at a distance from the device. Radial fields, horizontal...
6899704 Devices and methods for intracardiac procedures  
The invention provides devices and methods for performing less-invasive surgical procedures within an organ or vessel. In an exemplary embodiment, the invention provides a method of closed-chest...
6879861 Polymeric materials with improved dielectric breakdown strength  
A novel polymeric electrically insulating material that includes a linked voltage stabilizing agent. Also provided are methods of making the novel material and articles and devices that incorporate...
6860896 Therapeutic method and apparatus  
An energy therapy device is provided that utilizes an array of energy-emitting elements to stimulate Qi energy flow along acupuncture meridians. Energy-emitting elements are activated and...
6772026 System and method for rapidly customizing design, manufacture and/or selection of biomedical devices  
The rapid design and manufacture of biomedical devices such as implants, oral dosage pills and implantable pharmaceuticals employs electronic data and modeling transmissions via a computer network....
6736831 Method for operating an ion beam therapy system by monitoring the distribution of the radiation dose  
A method for operation of an ion beam therapy system that comprises a grid scanner device, arranged in a beam guidance system ( 6, 8 ), having vertical deflection means ( 13 ) and horizontal...
6716219 Surgical operation system  
The invention relates to an operation system for supporting microsurgery operations, e.g., operations through which the natural crystalline lens is replaced by an artificial intraocular lens. The...
6685729 Process for testing and treating aberrant sensory afferents and motors efferents  
A process for treating aberrant sensory afferents and motor efferents includes performing a singular sensory or motor function test, and identifying an area of dysfunction. A nerve root and pathway...
6684886 Intervertebral disc repair methods and apparatus  
Minimally invasive spinal surgery techniques include expanding an incision with an expanding cannula, inserting a retractor for retracting a nerve root, and inserting a thermal probe for repairing...
6676686 Noninvasive detection and activation of the lymphatic system in treating disease and alleviating pain  
A method is provided for treating disease and alleviating pain associated with the lymphatic system in a living mammalian body. The method generally relates to a noninvasive method for alleviating...
6663658 Phototherapy method for treatment of acne  
The present invention is directed to methods for treating acne. The methods include exposing the subject afflicted with acne to ultraviolet light having a wavelength between about 320 to about 350...
6654627 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR RECORDING POLARIZED ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION OF INACTIVATED STRAIN OF PATHOGENIC MICROORGANISMS ONTO A CRYSTAL, METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CHANGING ACTIVITY OF STRAIN OF PATHOGENIC MICROORGANISMS, METHOD FOR ELIMINATING STRAIN OF PATHOGENIC MICROORGANISMS FROM HUMAN OR ANIMAL ORGANISM  
The present invention relates to a method for recording polarized electromagnetic radiation of an inactivated strain of pathogenic microorganisms onto a crystal, a method and a device for changing...
6645229 Slimming device  
Slimming device capable of effectively activating an uncoupling protein to provide a good slimming action. The slimming device physically stimulates an uncoupling protein that is responsible for...
6626931 Implantable medical electronics using high voltage flip chip components  
An implantable medical device having reduced volume includes a high voltage die mounted to a substrate and assembled into a device body. The die is flip chip mounted, reducing the size of the...
6620186 Method and system for medical lead impedance test  
An apparatus for testing the impedance of a medical lead connecting an implantable stimulation device to a nerve or a muscle. The implantable device is of the type comprising a capacitor for...
6585731 Medical-technical system workstation  
A medical-technical system workstation for open or minimally invasive surgery has a patient support mechanism and at least one medical device with at least one applicator connected to the medical...
6551345 Protection apparatus for implantable medical device  
A method and apparatus for protecting an electronic implantable medical device prior to it being implanted in a patient's body. The apparatus affords protection against electronic component damage...
6514276 Metallized film capacitor for use in implantable defibrillator  
A thin film capacitor for use in an implantable defibrillator. A first dielectric polymer film layer has a metallized film on one side thereof. A second dielectric polymer film layer has a...
6511500 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...
6503187 Stimulator head and method for attenuating the sound emitted by a stimulator coil  
The present invention relates to a stimulator head of a magnetic stimulator used in the stimulation of living tissue such as the human brain. Such a stimulator bead comprises a stimulator head body...
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