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6970746 |
Microcontact structure for neuroprostheses for implantation on nerve tissue and method therefor
The invention relates to a spatially adaptive, implanted microcontact structure for neuroprostheses suitable for treating functional disorders of the nervous system for the purpose of reversible...
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6950709 |
Low impedance implantable extension for a neurological electrical stimulator
A medical device known as an implantable neurostimulation system is configured for implanting in humans to deliver a therapeutic electrical stimulation to tissue to treat a variety of medical...
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6949763 |
Semiconductor and non-semiconductor non-diffusion-governed bioelectrodes
An implantable electrode and electrode system for contacting living biological material that includes an electrode assembly including at least a portion of the electrode, adapted to contact the...
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6944505 |
Ultrasound echogenic cardiac lead
A lead has a flexible lead body which extends from a proximal end to a distal end. The lead body has a conductor coupled with an electrode. At least a portion of the conductor includes a layer of...
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6944489 |
Method and apparatus for shunting induced currents in an electrical lead
An electrical lead includes an elongate body having a proximal end portion and a distal end portion, a first electrode disposed adjacent and joined to the distal end portion of the elongate body....
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6925333 |
Combination needle for peripheral nerve block
The combination needle is intended for peripheral nerve block. It comprises a plastic cannula ( 1 ) and an essentially cylindrical, solid steel mandrel ( 10 ), which is provided with a pricking...
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6925334 |
Implantable medical lead having multiple, jointly insulated electrical conductors
An implantable lead for transmitting electrical signals between a proximal end and a distal end comprises an elongated lead body defining a longitudinally-extending lumen, and a plurality of...
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6920361 |
Reverse wound electrodes
An implantable lead includes an insulative sheath and a coil member; the coil member including a conductor wound from a proximal end of the coil member to a distal end and reverse wound back toward...
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6916329 |
Optical/electrical acupuncture needle and system
An optical/electrical transmission type acupuncture needle, controller and system for acupuncture treatment. The needle has a sharpened needle point one end configured for penetration into body...
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6912423 |
Terminal connector assembly for a medical device and method therefor
A connector assembly of an electrophysiologial device. The connector assembly includes a substrate forming a tube extending from a proximal end to a distal end an electrical circuit formed on the...
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6907285 |
Implantable defibrillartor with wireless vascular stent electrodes
A cardiac defibrillator includes a fibrillation detector, which determines when a medical patient requires defibrillation at which time a transmitter produces a radio frequency signal. A first...
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6904324 |
Method and apparatus for deploying a percutaneous probe
An apparatus for piercing a skin surface, and methods for operating and manufacturing such an apparatus. In one embodiment, the apparatus can include a support housing having an engaging surface to...
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6901297 |
Stimulation electrode and its use
A stimulation electrode has an electrode surface at least partially covered with a coating of titanium nitride, the titanium nitride having on its side remote from the electrode surface a larger...
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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...
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6878013 |
Connector apparatus for a medical device
A connector block assembly for an implantable medical device is described. The connector block generally includes a first and second housing connected to one another forming an indentation that...
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6876886 |
Magnetically shielded conductor
A magnetically shielded conductor assembly containing a conductor disposed within an insulating matrix, and nanomagentic material and nanoelectrical material disposed around the conductor. The...
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6876885 |
Implantable bifurcated gastrointestinal lead with active fixation
Bifurcated, active fixation, gastrointestinal leads adapted to be implanted within the body at a site of the GI tract to conduct electrical stimulation and electrical signals of the GI tract...
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6844023 |
Alumina insulation for coating implantable components and other microminiature devices
A protective, biocompatible coating or encapsulation material protects and insulates a component or device intended to be implanted in living tissue. The coating or encapsulation material comprises...
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6837886 |
Apparatus and methods for mapping and ablation in electrophysiology procedures
An electrophysiology catheter and method of use for mapping and ablation procedures. The catheter includes a braided conductive member at its distal end that can be radially expanded. The catheter...
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6836687 |
Method and system for delivery of a medical electrical lead within a venous system
A system for delivering a medical electrical lead within a coronary venous system that includes an introducer kit for establishing venous access to the coronary venous system and a plurality of...
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6834200 |
Ceramic based multi-site electrode arrays and methods for their production
Ceramic based multi-site electrode arrays of a polished ceramic substrate patterned with recording sites and bonding pads which are connected via conducting lines are provided. Methods for...
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6827716 |
Method of identifying and treating a pathologic region of an intervertebral disc
This invention relates to a method of treating an intervertebral disc comprising locally identifying a pathologic tissue site and therapeutically treating the identified site.
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6829508 |
Electrically sensing and stimulating system for placement of a nerve stimulator or sensor
An electrically sensing and stimulating outer sheath for ensuring accurate surgical placement of a microsensor or a microstimulator near a nerve in living tissue is disclosed. The electrically...
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6829498 |
Device for creating a neural interface and method for making same
An implant device for creating a neural interface with the central nervous system having a polyimide-based electrode array is presented along with a method for making the device. The device may be...
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6823217 |
Method and apparatus for imparting curves in elongated implantable medical instruments
A medical instrument including a body extending between proximal and distal ends and enclosing an elongated, inelastic, pull wire extending between a pull wire proximal end affixed at a point at or...
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6814733 |
Radio frequency pulmonary vein isolation
A catheter introduction apparatus provides a radially expandable helical coil as a radiofrequency emitter. In one application the emitter is introduced percutaneously, and transseptally advanced to...
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6799074 |
Microprobe system for stereotactic neurotherapy
In a microprobe system for medical applications particularly for use in neurophysiology and neurosurgery a target determining arrangement is provided which can be mounted on a patients head by...
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6792316 |
Cardiac implant cable having a coaxial lead
A cardiac implant electric cable, comprising a conductive lead adapted to supply power to a cardiac implant and a coaxial lead adapted to provide an expanded information conduit to and from said...
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6792314 |
Miniature implantable array and stimulation system suitable for eyelid stimulation
An implantable miniature eyelid electrode apparatus that causes a paralyzed eyelid to close or open by passing an electrical stimulating current to a nerve or muscle, is comprised of a...
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6778861 |
Bone screw comprising a device for electrostimulation
Bone screw ( 10 a ) having a hollow, tubular shaft ( 12 a ) consisting of metal, such as titanium, the shaft having a head ( 14 a ) at one end and a self-tapping external thread ( 18 a ) at the...
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6741892 |
Movable contact locking mechanism for spinal cord stimulator lead connector
A moveable contact connector system provides easy lead insertion, lead retention, and reliable electrical connection for implantable devices. The connector system may be used with in-line leads...
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6738673 |
Method for catheter mapping and ablation
A multipolar electrode catheter includes a central and four side electrodes at its distal end. The catheter is actuable from a retracted or collapsed mode wherein the side electrodes are arranged...
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6735481 |
RF diathermy and faradic muscle stimulation treatment
An RF diathermy coil assembly, including a generally elastically deformable patient conforming garment and a conductive coil secured to the garment. The conductive coil having a woven wire...
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6728579 |
“Medical electrode lead”
A member for modifying the stiffness of a cardiac electrode lead is flexible and elongated and contains a longitudinal cavity extending along the member. The member has an interior cross-sectional...
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6721604 |
Reduced diameter, low resistance medical electrical lead
The present invention provides an implantable electrical lead having a reduced diameter and a relatively low resistance. The lead includes a lead body having at least one conductor manufactured...
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6704604 |
System and method for promoting selective tissue in-growth for an implantable medical device
Disclosed is an improved system and method to selectively promote tissue in-growth on, or adjacent to, an implantable medical device. In one embodiment, at least one surface of the housing of a...
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6697675 |
Laser welded joint for implantable lead
A method of joining a wound element, or coiled wire strand, and a mating component, or integral ledge member, of a body implantable lead assembly wherein the former has a interior passage and an...
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6671560 |
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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6668197 |
Treatment using implantable devices
A method of treatment using implantable devices is disclosed. he method comprises (a) implanting into the body of the human or non-human animal (i) a rectenna capable of receiving electromagnetic...
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6659968 |
Activity monitor for pain management efficacy measurement
An activity monitoring system measures the effectiveness of pain management using using data from motion or activity sensors attached to the patient's body to compute measures of exertion level of...
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6662035 |
Implantable lead connector assembly for implantable devices and methods of using it
This is an implantable lead connector assembly for connecting electrode leads implanted into the brain to implantable devices. The lead connector assembly preferably includes at least one...
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6658302 |
Insertion needle for use with implantable, expandable, multicontact electrodes
An insertion needle facilitates the implantation of an electrode array carried on a flexible, foldable or compressible, subcarrier or substrate. Such subcarrier or substrate folds or compresses...
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6654643 |
Insulation piercing electrical contact, especially for medical disposable articles such as fetal scalp electrodes
The insulation piercing electrical contact in accordance with the invention consists of a first contact element ( 20 ) for establishing an electrical contact with a second contact element ( 30 ), a...
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6648928 |
Method of making an implantable medical device having a flat electrolytic capacitor with miniaturized epoxy connector droplet
Implantable medical devices (IMDs) and their various components, particularly a simplified, miniature capacitor connector block and wiring harness utilizing an epoxy droplet and method of making...
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6643552 |
Implantable devices having a liquid crystal polymer substrate
An implantable medical device (IMD) is disclosed that is formed on a substrate composed of liquid crystal polymer (LCP). In one embodiment, the IMD can be an interconnection module for...
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6634364 |
Method of deploying a ventricular lead containing a hemostasis mechanism
A seal adapted for use with medical devices is provided. The medical device may be a lead having a distal tip adapted for implantation on or about the heart and for connection to a system for...
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6632223 |
Pulmonary vein ablation stent and method
A system for treating atrial fibrillation includes a stent and a delivery catheter for carrying the stent to a treatment site. The stent is self-expanding, for example, being formed of a shape...
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6625495 |
Body-cavity probe with body conformable member
A probe insertable into a body cavity for applying an electrical stimulation to tissue therein includes a flexible hollow member of biocompatible material to enable the member to be inserted into...
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6622051 |
Percutaneous electrical therapy system with electrode entry angle control
A percutaneous electrical therapy system with electrode angle of entry control, wherein the system includes a control unit; an electrode electrically connectable to the control unit to deliver...
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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...
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