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8180438 |
Minimally invasive physiologic parameter recorder and introducer system
An implantable monitoring device includes a flexible lead body that includes at least one sensing element. The device also includes a rigid main body connected to the flexible lead body at an...
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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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8180451 |
System and method for programming an implantable pulse generator
In one embodiment, a method of programming an IPG comprises providing one or several GUI screens on the programmer device, the GUI screens comprising a master amplitude GUI control for controlling...
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8175708 |
System and method for adjusting automatic sensitivity control parameters based on intracardiac electrogram signals
Systems and methods are provided for use by an implantable medical device capable of automatically adjusting the sensitivity with which electrical cardiac signals are sensed within a patient, i.e....
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8145308 |
Method and apparatus for determining a parameter associated with delivery of therapy in a medical device
A medical device and method for determining a parameter for delivery of a predetermined pacing therapy that includes a plurality of electrodes to deliver a pacing therapy, including the...
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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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8065013 |
Method for optimizing search for spinal cord stimulation parameter setting
A method of transitioning stimulation energy (e.g., electrical stimulation pulses) between a plurality of electrodes implanted within a patient is provided. The method comprises selecting a...
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8060205 |
Cardiac rhythm management system with user interface for threshold test
An implantable cardiac rhythm management system includes a user interface, such as an external programmer, for performing therapy energy threshold tests. The threshold tests allow the caregiver to...
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8050761 |
Method for treating myocardial infarction
A method for treating patients after a myocardial infarction which includes pacing therapy is disclosed. A cardiac rhythm management device is configured to deliver pre-excitation pacing to one or...
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8005545 |
Parasympathetic stimulation for prevention and treatment of atrial fibrillation
A method is provided, including identifying that a subject is at risk of suffering from atrial fibrillation (AF). Responsively to the identifying, a risk of an occurrence of an episode of the AF is...
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7979122 |
Implantable sudden cardiac death prevention device with reduced programmable feature set
Preventing sudden cardiac death involves providing an implantable device configured to deliver only two forms of cardiac therapy, the two forms of cardiac therapy including an anti-tachyarrhythmia...
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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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7941215 |
Electrotherapy apparatus and method of treating a person or a mammal using such electrotherapy apparatus
An electrotherapy apparatus comprising a sensor for detecting periodically recurring signal peaks, in particular the R-R peaks of an electrocardiogram of a person, a processor for deriving from the...
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7941217 |
Techniques for promoting biventricular synchrony and stimulation device efficiency using intentional fusion
An exemplary method includes providing an optimal interventricular interval, determining an atrio-ventricular conduction delay for the ventricle having faster atrio-ventricular conduction,...
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7930029 |
Template initialization for evoked response detection
Methods and devices for initializing templates for evoked response detection from pacing stimulation are described. A method of generating templates characterizing a cardiac response to pacing...
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7899532 |
Method and apparatus for minimizing post-infarct ventricular remodeling
A cardiac rhythm management device for in which pre-excitation pacing is applied to one or more sites in proximity to an infarcted region of the ventricular myocardium. Such pacing servers to...
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7877141 |
PAC therapy
An exemplary method includes detecting a first atrial event, initiating a detection window after detecting the first atrial event, detecting a second atrial event during the detection window,...
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7848807 |
Closed loop optimization of A-V and V-V timing
Embodiments of close loop optimization of atrio-ventricular (A-V) delay interval and/or inter-ventricular (V-V) timing are disclosed. An implantable medical device includes a housing that supports...
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7844336 |
Implantable medical device configured as a pedometer
This document discusses, among other things, a system including an implantable medical device. The implantable medical device includes a control circuit and a motion sensing device. The motion...
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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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7805112 |
Power regulation feedback to optimize robustness of wireless transmissions
A wireless communication system with power regulation feedback for improving the robustness of wireless communication transmissions between a receiver and an active emitter irrespective of the...
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7805193 |
Combined remodeling control therapy and anti-remodeling therapy by implantable cardiac device
A method and device for delivering ventricular resynchronization pacing therapy in conjunction with electrical stimulation of nerves which alter the activity of the autonomic nervous system is...
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7778707 |
Method and device for myocardial stress redistribution
Methods and devices are described for delivering electrical stimulation to the heart in a manner that advantageously redistributes myocardial stress during systole for therapeutic purposes in the...
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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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7751889 |
Closed loop programming for individual adjustment of electro-mechanical synchrony
An implantable therapy system including implantable stimulation and control components. The implantable components operate under a set of variable parameters that can be adjusted for improved...
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7742823 |
Neural stimulation system providing auto adjustment of stimulus output as a function of sensed impedance
A neural stimulation system automatically corrects or adjusts the stimulus magnitude (stimulation energy) in order to maintain a comfortable and effective stimulation therapy. Because the changes...
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7725185 |
Cardiac stimulation at high ventricular wall stress areas
An apparatus and method for reversing ventricular remodeling with electro-stimulatory therapy. A ventricle is paced by delivering one or more stimulatory pulses in a manner such that a stressed...
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7697987 |
Method and system for detecting cardiac arrhythmias during overdrive pacing
A method and apparatus are provided for detecting cardiac arrhythmias during overdrive pacing. A maximum paced rate and a reduced paced rate for a heart are determined, the maximum paced rate being...
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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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7672729 |
Multi-variable feedback control of stimulation for inspiratory facilitation
An exemplary method includes delivering stimulation according to one or more stimulation parameters to cause contraction of the diaphragm, monitoring chest activity related to respiration and, in...
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7672733 |
Methods and apparatus for sensing cardiac activity via neurological stimulation therapy system or medical electrical lead
According to the present invention at least a pair of neurological stimulation electrodes are disposed in, on, about, adjacent and/or within excitable neural tissue of a subject. Cardiac activity...
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7650184 |
Cylindrical multi-contact electrode lead for neural stimulation and method of making same
An implantable lead includes a tubular polymer body having a plurality of wire conductors embedded or carried within the inner tube body. A ring contact, e.g., a platinum ring contact, is...
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7623916 |
Implantable cardiac stimulus devices and methods with input recharge circuitry
An illustrative embodiment includes an implantable cardiac stimulus device comprising input circuitry configured to reduce the time required to return to small signal operation after a disturbance...
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7596411 |
Apparatus and method for two-component bioelectrical impedance ratio measuring and monitoring
An implantable cardiac stimulation and rhythm management device includes an impedance measuring circuit which determines a patient's intra-thoracic impedance and the resistance and reactance...
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7577480 |
System for waveform stimulation compensating electrode polarization
Upon delivery of a pacing pulse to a heart by an electrode of an implantable medical device (IMD), a deleterious pace polarization artifact is generally created at the electrode-tissue interface...
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7502594 |
Power regulation feedback to optimize robustness of wireless transmissions
A wireless communication system with power regulation feedback for improving the robustness of wireless communication transmissions between a receiver and an active emitter irrespective of the...
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7499751 |
Cardiac signal template generation using waveform clustering
Cardiac devices and methods using cardiac waveform clustering for template generation are described. A method of characterizing a cardiac response involves delivering pacing pulses to heart, the...
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7499749 |
Method and apparatus for minimizing post-infarct ventricular remodeling
A cardiac rhythm management device for in which pre-excitation pacing is applied to one or more sites in proximity to an infarcted region of the ventricular myocardium. Such pacing servers to...
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7486990 |
Electrocardiogram monitoring and cardiac therapy pulse delivery system and method
A cardiac therapy pulse delivery system includes a plurality of electrodes, an ECG signal processor circuit, and a pulse generator circuit. Each of the electrodes has at least one therapy element...
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7480532 |
Baroreflex activation for pain control, sedation and sleep
Systems and methods provide baroreflex activation to treat or reduce pain and/or to cause or enhance sedation or sleep. Methods involve activating the baroreflex system to provide pain reduction,...
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7463931 |
Electrical stimulation of tissue for therapeutic and diagnostic purposes
Electrobiological stimulation is carried out transcranially by applying high frequency squarewave bursts exhibiting no d.c. term across the cranial region. Such stimulation is commenced employing...
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7403819 |
Parasympathetic nerve stimulation for control of AV conduction
Exemplary methods for affecting conduction and/or operation of the AV node and/or AV bundle. Various exemplary methods include delivery of one or more stimulation pulses to affect conduction and/or...
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7366567 |
Method for treating myocardial infarction
A method for treating patients after a myocardial infarction which includes pacing therapy is disclosed. A cardiac rhythm management device is configured to deliver pre-excitation pacing to one or...
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7317948 |
Neural stimulation system providing auto adjustment of stimulus output as a function of sensed impedance
A neural stimulation system automatically corrects or adjusts the stimulus magnitude (stimulation energy) in order to maintain a comfortable and effective stimulation therapy. Because the changes...
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7299093 |
Method and apparatus for avoidance of phrenic nerve stimulation during cardiac pacing
A cardiac rhythm management device in which an accelerometer is used to detect diaphragmatic or other skeletal muscle contraction associated with the output of a pacing pulse. Upon detection of...
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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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7254446 |
System and method for stimulus calibration for an implantable pulse generator
A system, method, and computer program product for calibrating a stimulation device such as an implantable pulse generator (IPG). An IPG, whether it is a self-contained implantable pulse generator...
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7245965 |
Implantable cardiac device providing mode switching and automatic atrial sensitivity control and method
An implantable cardiac stimulation device, mode switchable between atrial tracking and atrial non-tracking pacing modes includes a threshold control for controlling atrial sensing threshold. The...
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7233824 |
Secure and efficacious therapy delivery for an extra-systolic stimulation pacing engine
An extra-systolic stimulation (ESS) therapy addresses cardiac dysfunction including heart failure. ESS therapy employs atrial and/or ventricular extra-systoles via pacing-level stimulation to a...
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7181280 |
System and method of automatically adjusting auto capture safety margin
An implantable stimulation device delivers a stimulation pulse in a chamber of a patient's heart and perform periodic threshold tests for generating a statistical model of the threshold data, to...
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