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7146222 |
Reinforced sensing and stimulation leads and use in detection systems
A reinforced medical electrical lead for neurological applications has a reinforced construction for resisting the detachment of electrodes and lead connection terminals, thereby improving the...
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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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7130697 |
Apparatus and method for the treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia
An apparatus and method for treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia is disclosed wherein the apparatus includes an applicator having a probe having proximal and distal probe sections wherein the...
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7130700 |
Multilumen body for an implantable medical device
A splined multilumen body for use in elongated medical devices is provided for carrying multiple conductors, wires or cables to multiple device components along the device body. Open lumens may be...
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7127301 |
Flexible retinal electrode array
An electrode array which has applications for neural stimulation and sensing. The electrode array can include a large number of electrodes each of which is flexibly attached to a common substrate...
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7113821 |
Tissue electroperforation for enhanced drug delivery
The present invention relates to a method and a device for transporting a molecule through a mammalian barrier membrane of at least one layer of cells comprising the steps of: ablating the membrane...
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7110827 |
Electrical connectors for medical lead having weld-less wiring connection
Low resistivity, implantable electrical connectors and biomedical leads having the connectors mechanically coupled in a non-welded attachment to low resistivity wires to extend implanted device...
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7104965 |
Interactive system and method for peripheral nerve mapping and blocking
A system for providing nerve mapping in human patients, which includes a processor coupled to a pulse generator and to a multi-position switch. The system further includes a conductive needle...
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7107097 |
Articulated neural electrode assembly
Apparatuses, devices, and/or systems that may be configured for placement at one or more cortical and/or other neuroanatomical sites to provide electrical stimulation and/or monitor neuroelectric...
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7107104 |
Implantable cortical neural lead and method
A neural lead and method of treating neurological disorders by stimulation of the cerebral cortex of the brain is provided. The lead is designed for reduction of strain between the lead body and...
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7103416 |
Visual prosthesis including enhanced receiving and stimulating portion
A visual prosthesis including an enhanced receiving and stimulating portion for electrically stimulating retinal tissue to present an apparent image to a user. The prosthesis includes an...
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7096070 |
Medical implant device for electrostimulation using discrete micro-electrodes
An improved medical implant device is provided which has a plurality of micro-electrodes. The use of a plurality of micro-electrodes allows a clinically effective electrical stimulation pathway to...
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7094234 |
Interstitial brain cooling probe and sheath apparatus
Disclosed is an apparatus and method for preventing secondary ischemic injury in the brain. The apparatus includes an interstitial brain probe and an introducer sheath, which are placed into an...
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7092765 |
Non-sheath based medical device delivery system
A non-sheath based medical device delivery system is provided including an elongated tubular guide body having a distal end fixedly attached to a resilient collet with a longitudinal opening to...
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7091412 |
Magnetically shielded assembly
A shielded medical device implanted in a biological organism. The device has a magnetic shield, and the magnetic shield contains a layer of nanomagnetic material; such layer has a morphological...
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7089065 |
Modified guidewire for left ventricular access lead
An improved guidewire for assisting in implantation of a cardiac lead includes three sections. The most distal zone is sufficiently floppy to prevent trauma to the vessel walls through which the...
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7085605 |
Implantable medical assembly
An implantable medical assembly is disclosed. The implantable medical assembly comprises at least one electrode, at least one undulated wire connected to said electrode to provide stimulation...
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7082336 |
Implantable intravascular device for defibrillation and/or pacing
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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7079902 |
System for promoting selective tissue in-growth for an implantable medical device
A system including an implantable defibrillation electrode includes a first layer of porous Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) adjacent to at least one surface of the defibrillation electrode, the...
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7079903 |
Low polarization coatings for implantable electrodes
Coatings for implantable electrodes such as pacing electrodes, neurostimulator electrodes, and electroporating electrodes and sensing electrodes are described. The coatings are highly...
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7072719 |
Implantable percutaneous stimulation lead with interlocking elements
A percutaneous neurological stimulation lead has at least a first lead body and a second lead body that interlock during implantation using interlocking elements. The first lead body has at least...
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7065411 |
Electrical medical leads employing conductive aerogel
Conductive aerogels are employed in fabrication of electrical medical leads adapted to be implanted in the body and subjected to bending stresses. An elongated, flexible and resilient, lead body...
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7065412 |
Implantable trial neurostimulation device
The invention provides an implantable trial neurostimulator. The implantable trial neurostimulator may be equipped with limited, short-term battery resources. The limited battery resources are...
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7062329 |
Implantable cardiac system with a selectable active housing
The housing of an implantable cardiac device is selectively made active or passive by an external connector member, such as a shorting plug or lead connector inserted in its header. Advantageously,...
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7058454 |
Stimulation/sensing electrodes for use with implantable cardiac leads in coronary vein locations
A lead assembly for a body implantable medical system adapted to transmit electrical signals between proximal and distal end portions of the lead assembly to thereby stimulate selected body tissue...
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7058455 |
Interface for making spatially resolved electrical contact to neural cells in a biological neural network
An interface for selective excitation or sensing of neural cells in a biological neural network is provided. The interface includes a membrane with a number of channels passing through the...
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7054692 |
Fixation device for implantable microdevices
A fixation device fixes the position of an implantable microminiature device residing proximally to a target site such as a nerve or a muscle. In one embodiment, the device comprises a sheath and a...
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7047082 |
Neurostimulating lead
A neurostimulating lead is provided for use in stimulating the spinal chord, spinal nerves, or peripheral nerves or for use in deep brain stimulation that comprises an elongated, flexible lead...
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7047084 |
Apparatus for directionally stimulating nerve tissue
This invention relates to an apparatus and method for making such apparatus for providing controlled and directional stimulation patterns for tissue stimulation. The apparatus may be useful in...
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7047085 |
Nerve stimulator output control needle with depth determination capability and method of use
An improved nerve stimulator needle which allows for improved ease of use and efficacy in the performance of targeted drug delivery to nerve. A variable control mechanism is contained in a housing...
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7047083 |
Method and apparatus for identifying lead-related conditions using lead impedance measurements
A method and apparatus for automatically detecting and diagnosing lead-related conditions is provided. Specifically, relatively short-term and relatively long-term impedance parameters are...
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7027873 |
Catheter for neural blockades
The invention relates to a catheter ( 10 ) for neural blockades in anaesthesia. Said catheter consists of a flexible plastic tube in which a wire ( 16 ) is arranged for electrostimulation. The...
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7027875 |
Intravascular pump
The pump ( 10 ) comprises a drive portion ( 11 ) and a pump portion ( 12 ) which have such a small diameter that they can be pushed through a blood vessel ( 31 ). The pump portion ( 12 ) has a...
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7027874 |
Body electronic implant and artificial vision system thereof
A miniaturized body electronic implant for providing artificial vision to a blind person or for other uses as neuro-muscular sensors and microstimulators. The implant has a high resolution...
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7013180 |
Conditioning of coupled electromagnetic signals on a lead
A method and an apparatus for reducing coupled electrical energy resulting from an electromagnetic field. Embodiments of the present invention provide for an elongate body having a proximal end...
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7012192 |
Feedthrough terminal assembly with lead wire bonding pad for human implant applications
A terminal assembly for active implantable medical devices includes a structural pad, in the form of a substrate or attached wire bond pad, for convenient attachment of wires from the circuitry...
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7010357 |
Electromagnetic interference immune tissue invasive system
An electromagnetic immune tissue invasive system includes a primary device housing. The primary device housing having a control circuit therein. A shielding is formed around the primary device...
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7010356 |
Multichannel electrode and methods of using same
The invention provides a multichannel electrode (“MC electrode”) which can perform multiple functions such as recording, stimulating and lesioning simultaneously or sequentially upon a single...
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7008269 |
Hospital bed equipment support apparatus
An equipment support for use with a patient assist apparatus having a signal source includes a receptacle adapted to mount to the patient assist apparatus having a plurality of contacts adapted to...
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7004948 |
Cranial sealing plug
Various embodiments of a burr hole plug assembly offer significant improvements for allowing lead and/or cannula access through a burr hole drilled through a patient's skull in connection with a...
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6997941 |
Method and apparatus for treating annular fissures in intervertebral discs
A device is described that may be positioned at a location in an intervertebral disc for diagnosis or treatment of the disc. Treatment may include, for example, applying energy or removing...
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6990378 |
Abrasion-resistant implantable medical lead and a method of fabricating such a lead
An implantable medical lead comprises an insulating lead body housing having an outer surface. A thin, flexible membrane surrounds the insulating housing, the membrane having an inner surface...
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6985775 |
Method and apparatus for shunting induced currents in an electrical lead
An electrical lead end cap includes a body defining a bore therein capable of receiving and retaining an end of an electrical lead and a connector capable of electrically coupling conductors...
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6981314 |
Method of forming a lead
An implantable, substantially isodiametric, low resistance implantable lead having at least one electrode positioned in a stimulation/sensing portion of the lead as well as a method of...
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6980865 |
Implantable shielded medical device
An implantable device that contains a power source, a device for producing electrical signals, and a conductor assembly for communicating the electrical signals to biological matter. The conductor...
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6980863 |
Neurological stimulation lead extension
The invention is directed to neurological lead extensions without set screws, set screw blocks, or set screw inserts. Such elimination of set screws, blocks and inserts can reduce the amount of...
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6980864 |
High contact count, sub-miniature, full implantable cochlear prosthesis
A fully implantable cochlear prosthesis includes (1) an implantable hermetically sealed case wherein electronic circuitry, including a battery and an implantable microphone, are housed, (2) an...
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6973342 |
Flexible bio-probe assembly
A method of producing an electrode brain probe assembly, using a flexible substrate comprising a polymeric layer bearing a conductive material coating. Photolithography and electroplating are used...
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6971391 |
Protective assembly
An assembly for protecting biological tissue from the effects of heating. The assembly contains a conductor in contact with the biological tissue and forming an electrical circuit comprising the...
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6970747 |
Neurostimulation lead stylet handle
An implantable neurological stimulation lead with improved stylet handle comprises a lead body, at least one conductor, at least one electrical contact, at least one electrode, a stylet wire, and a...
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