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7613522 |
Multi-antenna for an implantable medical device
A system for enabling telemetry in implantable medical devices is provided. An implantable medical device has device having radio-frequency telemetry capabilities. The device includes a housing and...
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7613513 |
System and method for determining cardiac geometry
An exemplary method includes delivering an electrical signal to a first position in or adjacent to a cardiac chamber; sensing a potential generated by the delivered electrical signal at a second...
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7610104 |
Methods and apparatus for lead placement on a surface of the heart
The methods and apparatus for lead placement on a surface of the heart are employed using an elongated body having proximal and distal end portions. The body defines a lead receiving passageway...
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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...
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7608064 |
Depth probe for intracranial treatment
A depth probe for intracranial treatment is provided having a body that includes a distal portion with one aperture and at least one element mounted upon the exterior surface, a lumen defined by...
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7603169 |
Stimulation electrode with porous coating
An electrode for medical applications is provided with a PtIr coating which is at least partly porous. The coating contains more than 20% iridium by weight and at least 100 ppm Pt. The coated areas...
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7596415 |
Medical devices incorporating carbon nanotube material and methods of fabricating same
The present invention relates generally to medical devices; in particular and without limitation, to unique electrodes and/or electrical lead assemblies for stimulating cardiac tissue, muscle...
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7593777 |
Fixation of a medical implant to the exterior of a body organ
In general, invention is directed to devices and methods for use in laparoscopic surgical procedures in which a medical implant is affixed to or implanted within an exterior surface of a body...
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7583999 |
Multi-channel connector for brain stimulation system
An implantable connector used with a neurological device and a lead extension includes a male connector having a plurality of electrical contacts axially arranged along the connector, insulated...
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7579555 |
RF shielding cover for RF radiating applicator
A disposable cover for electromagnetic treatment applicators prevents undesired exposure to potentially harmful radiation. The cover is a pouch-like structure having a back surface constructed from...
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7578819 |
Spinal access and neural localization
A method in which a probe is advanced between a neural tissue structure and a non-neural tissue structure such as the intervertebral foramen. The probe includes electrodes on opposite surfaces....
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7572985 |
Disposable protective cover for RF treatment apparatus
A disposable cover for electromagnetic treatment applicators prevents undesired exposure to potentially harmful radiation. The cover is a pouch-like structure having a back surface constructed from...
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7571011 |
Adherent metal oxide coating forming a high surface area electrode
An implantable electrode and method for manufacturing the electrode wherein the electrode has a strong, adherent surface coating of iridium oxide or titanium nitride on a platinum surface, which...
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7571010 |
Cable electrode assembly for a lead terminal and method therefor
A lead assembly includes a lead body and at least one cables at least partially disposed within the lead body. The cable has a non-electrode portion and an electrode portion, where the...
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7558630 |
Medical electrode device, particularly implantable cardiological electrode device
A medical electrode device has a purely mechanical contact connection between electrode and electrical line. For this purpose, a support sleeve is seated in the electrode body, on which the line...
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7544197 |
Rotatable lead introducer
Minimally invasive introducers and methods that can be used for rotationally securing devices within the human body. Introducers can include a distal element for releasably engaging a lead head...
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7536226 |
Electro-nerve stimulator system and methods
An electro-nerve stimulation apparatus includes a pulse generator, a first electrically conductive, insulated lead wire, a second electrically conductive, insulated lead wire, an electrically...
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7529589 |
Intravascular electrophysiological system and methods
The present application describes an intravascular implantable pacing and/or defibrillation system. The described system includes a pulse generator that is implantable within a blood vessel and...
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7519435 |
Methods for maintaining low impedance of electrodes
An implantable tissue-stimulating device for an implantee. The device comprising an elongate member having at least one electrode. At least a portion of the device is coated with a coating that at...
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7519432 |
Implantable medical lead with helical reinforcement
An implantable lead has a lead body construction designed to accommodate loading forces exerted on the lead body during patient movement. The lead body may be sufficiently stretchable to resist...
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7512449 |
Medical electrode
A medical electrode for conducting signals, in particular for conducting signals from the human skin, is built up in at least two layers. A preferably metallic signal conductor can be connected to...
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7503927 |
Multiple therapy system and method
A system that provides multiple therapies to a given area of the body of an animal, the system includes a pad for use against the area of the body. The system includes at least one light source, at...
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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...
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7496408 |
Electrodes array for a pacemaker
A cardiac pacemaker and method of its use. The pacemaker is provided with a pacing electrode array configured for location at a left anterior portion of a patient's thorax between the patients...
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7493161 |
System and method to deliver therapy in presence of another therapy
Various aspects relate to a method. In various embodiments, a therapy of a first therapy type is delivered, and it is identified whether a therapy of a second therapy type is present to affect the...
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7489012 |
Device for confining live neural cells cultivated on a chip of noninvasive neuroelectronic interfacing
The invention is directed to a microdevice for containing electrically coupled cells while allowing their growth that allows the addition or removal of cells from their containment by providing an...
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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...
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7463932 |
Fastening device for an epicardial lead
An epicardial pacing lead including a flexible, elongated lead body. The epicardial pacing lead has a proximal end and a distal end. An electrode is coupled to the lead body near the distal end. A...
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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...
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7454251 |
Excess lead retaining and management devices and methods of using same
A device and method for retaining an excess portion of a lead implanted within or on a surface of a brain of a patient is disclosed. The device comprises a burr hole ring configured to be secured...
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7450996 |
Medical device with an electrically conductive anti-antenna geometrical shaped member
A medical device having electrically conductive properties includes an electrically conductive member. The electrically conductive member has an anti-antenna geometrical shape. The anti-antenna...
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7437197 |
Medical lead and manufacturing method therefor
A method of manufacturing a medical lead comprising a lead body with at least one conductor and an elongate paddle having an electrode array. A first section is formed having a first butt bond by...
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7437191 |
Intermittent stress augmentation pacing for cardioprotective effect
A device and method for delivering electrical stimulation to the heart in a manner which provides a protective effect is disclosed. The protective effect is produced by configuring a cardiac pacing...
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7433739 |
Passive fixation mechanism for epicardial sensing and stimulation lead placed through pericardial access
An implantable lead having an elongated lead body that includes an electrical conductor extending between a distal end of the lead body and a proximal end of the lead body is disclosed. The lead...
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7421295 |
Implantable cardiac lead having removable fluid delivery port
An implantable cardiac lead includes an elongated lead body having opposed proximal and distal end portions, and a fluid delivery lumen extending therethrough. A connector assembly is operatively...
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7410497 |
Stimulation of cell growth at implant surfaces
The present invention is directed to medical devices that contain at least one tissue contacting surface that is configured to undergo a variation in surface charge in response to a time-dependent...
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7400922 |
Multi-site active implantable medical device including a mode of resynchronization of the ventricles
An active implantable medical device comprising circuits for right ventricular, left ventricular, right atrial and eventually left atrial detection, as well as circuits for right and left...
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7395119 |
Implantable electrode assembly having reverse electrode configuration
Methods and apparatus for generating an electric field inside a patient include at least a first electrode and a second electrode on a common implantable substrate. Each of the electrodes has a...
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7383089 |
Bunion treating device
A pulse generating apparatus has two like output channels that apply generated pulse signals of selected characteristics to two electrodes attached to a strap, each electrode receiving a different...
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7379766 |
CMOS-process compatible high-DC surface coating for capacitive detection and stimulation of biological tissues
Biochip for capacitive stimulation and/or detection of biological tissues. The biochip has a carrier structure, at least one stimulation and/or sensor device, which is arranged in or at the carrier...
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7376467 |
Portable assemblies, systems and methods for providing functional or therapeutic neuromuscular stimulation
Neuromuscular stimulation assemblies, systems, and methods make possible the providing of short-term therapy or diagnostic testing by providing electrical connections between muscles or nerves...
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7353061 |
Biventricular stimulation device with shortened inter-ventricular delay
A biventricular cardiac stimulation device has a pulse generator for delivering stimulation pulses at least to the ventricles of a patient's heart. An evoked response detector has independent first...
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7347751 |
Cardiac lead implantation system
Cardiac lead implantation systems and methods including an electronics arrangement provided with a user interface and a coupler assembly. A coupler body is configured to detachably grasp a cardiac...
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7347342 |
Container for holding sterile goods and sterile goods dispenser
A container ( 100 ) for holding sterile goods ( 10 ) is described, including a container body ( 20 ) with at least one continuous receiving channel ( 21 ) having a cover ( 30 ) at least at one end,...
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7346389 |
Dilation enhancer with pre-medicated contact lenses
A contact lens with a conductive outer shell (one electrode of a two-electrode electrophoresis device) and a preferably soft, preferably disposable contact lens for contacting a patient's eye,...
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7346382 |
Brain stimulation models, systems, devices, and methods
This document discusses, among other things, brain stimulation models, systems, devices, and methods, such as for deep brain stimulation (DBS) or other electrical stimulation. A model computes a...
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7340309 |
Method and apparatus for controlling the depth of percutaneous applications
Methods and apparatuses for deploying percutaneous probes. An apparatus in accordance with one embodiment of the invention includes a housing and a percutaneous probe having a sharp end and...
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7333853 |
Implantable medical device having a controlled diagnostic function
Methods and systems for providing an implantable medical device with a controlled diagnostic function adapted to convert from a monitoring mode to a therapeutic mode upon sensing an actionable...
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7330764 |
Implantable medical electrical stimulation lead fixation method and apparatus
An implantable medical electrical lead particularly for stimulation of the sacral nerves comprises a lead body extending between a distal end and a proximal end, and the distal end having at least...
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7326207 |
Surgical weight control device
This invention provides a method and system for the curative treatment of obesity. A first aspect of this invention is that it enables identification of the nerves responsible for the relaxation of...
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