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8180457 |
System for cardiac resuscitation
System and method for monitoring and controlling, defibrillation and pacing which allows a victim of a cardiac rhythm abnormality immediate access to a medical professional at a central station,...
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8099164 |
Selectively implementable digital signal processing circuit for an implantable medical device
Embodiments of the invention include an implantable medical device having a digital signal processing circuit associated with an implantable medical device function. The digital signal processing...
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8036741 |
Method and system for nerve stimulation and cardiac sensing prior to and during a medical procedure
A method of performing a medical procedure, such as surgery, is provided. A nerve is stimulated in order to adjust the beating of the heart to a first condition, such as a stopped or slowed...
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8032203 |
Method and medical imaging system for acquisition of image data by using a pacemaker signal to control the imaging system
The invention relates to a method and a medical imaging system for acquisition of image data of the heart using a medical imaging procedure during an intervention on the heart, while the heart is...
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8027721 |
Balanced charge waveform for transcutaneous pacing
External pacemaker systems and methods deliver pacing waveforms that minimize hydrolysis of the electrode gel. Compensating pulses are interleaved with the pacing pulses, with a polarity and...
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7996081 |
Resuscitation device with expert system
A resuscitation device for automatic compression of victim's chest using a compression belt which exerts force evenly over the entire thoracic cavity. The belt is constricted and relaxed through a...
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7840277 |
Emergency management system
The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for: 1) displaying all vital central station (CS) information and controls on a single screen;2) linking peripheral central stations (pCSs) to...
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7769465 |
System for cardiac resuscitation
System and method for monitoring and controlling, defibrillation and pacing which allows a victim of a cardiac rhythm abnormality immediate access to a medical professional at a central station,...
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7682745 |
Medical device having lithium-ion battery
A medical device includes a rechargeable lithium-ion battery for providing power to the medical device. The lithium-ion battery includes a positive electrode comprising a current collector and an...
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7590447 |
Pacing system analyzer having three sensing and pacing channels
A pacing system analyzer (PSA) having three or more individually controllable sensing and pacing channels provides for testing and measurement during an operation for implanting a pacemaker having...
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7570997 |
Subcutaneous cardiac rhythm management with asystole prevention therapy
Systems and methods provide for sensing of cardiac activity from a subcutaneous, non-intrathoracic location, and detecting a cardiac condition necessitating treatment in response to the sensed...
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7389138 |
Electrode placement determination for subcutaneous cardiac monitoring and therapy
Methods and devices of cardiac electrode placement involve locating electrodes on a thorax of a patient. Surface pacing levels are determined relative to a pacing limit. Surface electrode locations...
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7386345 |
Apparatus and method for temporary treatment of acute heart failure decompensation
A system for providing temporary therapy, such as cardiac resynchronization therapy, to a patient suffering a decompensation event. The system can include a device having an external module for...
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7373207 |
Treatments for a patient with congestive heart failure
The invention is directed to devices for two minimally invasive therapeutic procedures, particularly for patients with congestive heart failure. One procedure involves providing a valve to form a...
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7277752 |
System for cardiac resuscitation
A system and method for monitoring and controlling the therapy of a cardiac rhythm abnormality victim at a remote site by proving immediate access to a medical professional at a central station....
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7269457 |
Method and system for vagal nerve stimulation with multi-site cardiac pacing
A method of performing a medical procedure is provided. The medical procedure includes stimulation of a patient's heart while stimulating a nerve of the patient in order to modulate the patient's...
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7204846 |
Beauty device
A beauty device includes a light irradiation section that irradiates light of a predetermined wavelength, and an ion generating section that generates an ion. The light irradiation section is...
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7130699 |
Medical lead adaptor assembly
A medical lead adapter assembly is provided for facilitating an electrical connection between an implantable medical lead connector and an external medical device. The adapter includes a housing,...
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7047071 |
Patient stratification for implantable subcutaneous cardiac monitoring and therapy
Systems and methods of verifying that implantable cardiac devices operate as intended in a particular patient involve one or more of determining proper placement of system components, determining...
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7010350 |
Temporary biventricular pacing of heart after heart surgery
Apparatus is disclosed for providing a practitioner the ability to switch from one cardiac pacing mode to another cardiac pacing mode when treating a patient suffering from heart failure due to...
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7010345 |
Method and apparatus to minimize effects of a cardiac insult
A method and apparatus are provided for protecting cardiac tissue from insult. The method comprises identifying the occurrence of an insult, such as a heart attack, and delivering electrical...
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6980856 |
Circuit for performing external pacing and biphasic defibrillation
An external defibrillator/pacer includes an output circuit with four legs arrayed to form an H-bridge. Each leg of the output circuit contains a switch. In a defibrillation mode, pairs of switches...
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6904318 |
Method and system for monitoring and controlling systemic and pulmonary circulation during a medical procedure
A method of performing a medical procedure, such as surgery, is provided. The system comprises a sensor to sense a biological characteristic, such as a chemical, physical or physiological...
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6141589 |
Switch control for external pacing system
Methods are provided for conducting surgical procedures in a patient wherein, during the surgical procedure, autonomous ventricular electrical conductivity and escape beats are reversibly and...
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6127410 |
Compositions, apparatus and methods for facilitating surgical procedures
Methods are provided for conducting surgical procedures in a patient wherein, during the surgical procedure, autonomous ventricular electrical conductivity and escape beats are reversibly and...
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6006138 |
Non-invasive cardiac pacing
Device and method for effecting ventricular cardiac pacing by inserting electrodes which are supported by a carrier into the stomach of a patient via the patient's esophagus, and pressing the...
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5843132 |
Self-contained, self-powered temporary intravenous pacing catheter assembly
A self-powered, self-contained, intravenous pacing catheter assembly for use in temporary intravenous cardiac pacing therapy, wherein all components of the assembly may be operated and maintained...
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5782892 |
Medical lead adaptor for external medical device
A medical lead adaptor that provides a rapid, secure, insulated connection of the lead connector end assembly of one or more implantable cardiac lead with an external medical device is disclosed....
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5782882 |
System and method for administering transcutaneous cardiac pacing with transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation
A transcutaneous cardiac pacing system has one or more cutaneous electrodes suitable for attachment to a human patient and a transcutaneous pacing system coupled to supply pacing pulses to the...
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5755763 |
Pacemaker connector with sealable access openings and methods for its use
A pacemaker lead is disclosed of the type comprising a flexible cord formed of at least one spiralled electric conductor and surrounded by a sheath of insulating material and connected, at a...
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RE35779 |
Post-heart surgery cardioverting system and method
A post-surgical cardioverting system and method applies cardioverting electrical energy to the atria of the heart of a post-surgical heart patient. The system includes a first lead including a...
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5662691 |
System and method for implanting an implantable cardiac device
A system for use in implanting an implantable cardiac device includes an external device operable to emulate the operation of the implantable cardiac device in accordance with a set of modality and...
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5651378 |
Method of using vagal nerve stimulation in surgery
The invention comprises a method for facilitating coronary surgery on the beating heart wherein the vagal nerve is electrically stimulated to temporarily stop or substantially reduce the beating of...
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5626621 |
Dual chamber, multi-mode external pacemaker
One embodiment of the present invention is a mode switching method and apparatus for an external, dual chamber cardiac pacemaker having multiple single chamber and dual chamber primary pacing modes...
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5593428 |
Emergency external cardiac defibrillator and pacing method and apparatus
An emergency external defibrillator and pacing apparatus for applying electrical stimulation to a heart. The apparatus includes a tubular sleeve having an axial passage therethrough, which is...
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5431688 |
Method and apparatus for transcutaneous electrical cardiac pacing
Method and apparatus for transcutaneously pacing the heart using two or more pairs of electrodes to reduce patient discomfort during pacing. The pacing stimuli are divided into two or more series...
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5387232 |
Method and apparatus for esophageal pacing
A method and apparatus for emergency pacing of a surgical patient's heart through an esophageal catheter. Pacing electrodes are connected to the external wall of the catheter having sufficient...
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5356427 |
Catheter for temporary pacing and pacemaker
A temporary pacing catheter having an integrally attached temporary pacemaker function is disclosed. The pacemaker integrally built in this catheter for temporary pacing has a very small size and...
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5330506 |
Reduced current cardiac pacing apparatus
A cardiac pacing apparatus and method. A cardiac pacing apparatus (24) provides a cardiac pacing signal to a plurality of electrode pairs (20, 22), each comprising a positive electrode (20a, 22a)...
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5304209 |
Remote-control temporary pacemaker
A temporary pacemaker combines technologies of the implantable pacemaker, the waterproof watch, with a separate remote-control programming unit that communicates with the pacemaker via IR...
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5282843 |
Electrodes and method for transcutaneous cardiac pacing
Method and apparatus for transcutaneously pacing the heart with background stimuli occurring in the intervals between pacing stimuli to reduce patient discomfort during pacing, and including...
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5243977 |
Pacemaker
The pacemaker includes a casing housing a pulse generator having at least one electrode tip preferably projecting out of said casing and being insulated therefrom, whereby no plug-receptacle nor...
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5191885 |
Method of terminating an arrhythmia
A single use disposable esophageal electrode structure is formed with a planar sheet body member. The body member carries a plurality of spaced-apart conductive electrode members. A temperature...
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5154169 |
Pacing unit with catheter holder
A pacing unit is disclosed. The pacing unit incorporates a catheter with pacing electrodes and leads extending from the pacing electrodes through the body of the catheter, a catheter holder for...
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5109851 |
Multiple electrode affixable sheet
A single use disposable esophageal electrode structure is formed with a planar sheet body member. The body member carries a plurality of spaced-apart conductive electrode members. A layer of...
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5099839 |
Catheter for temporary pacing
A temporary pacing catheter having an integrally attached temporary pacemaker function is disclosed. The pacemaker integrally built in this catheter for temporary pacing has a very small size and...
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5078134 |
Portable device for sensing cardiac function and automatically delivering electrical therapy
A patient-worn harness or vest protects at-risk patients from the possibly fatal results of heart arrhythmias. The harness or vest incorporates sensing electrodes for monitoring heart condition, a...
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5050600 |
Cardiac pacemaker
A battery-powered pacemaker includes an electrical pulse generating device enclosed in a portable case. The pulse generating device is connected to a disposable electrode insertion unit that can...
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5044367 |
Method and apparatus for switching cardiac stimulation signals
Cardiac stimulation signals are routed through a switching network to select only one cardiac stimulation signal as an output signal. The selected output signal may be routed to one of two patient...
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5024221 |
Programmable band-pass amplifier for use with implantable medical device
A switched-capacitor, band-pass, programmable amplifier is used as a sense amplifier in an implantable cardiac pacemaker. Switching means are used to switchably connect various capacitors to the...
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