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7620457 |
Kit for penetrating the cardiac septum and for the placement of a trans-septal device, in particular a stimulation probe, in a left cardiac cavity
A kit for penetrating the cardiac septum and for the placement of a trans-septal device, in particular of a stimulation probe, in a left heart cavity. This kit includes a penetration guide ( 16 ),...
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7613672 |
Medical device user interface automatically resolving interaction between programmable parameters
This document discusses, among other things, a user interface capable of resolving interactions between programmable parameters for operation of a personal medical device. Programming these devices...
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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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7610106 |
Epicardial heartwire with chest tube
A heartwire comprises a wire having a proximal end and a distal end, at least part of the distal end being conductive so as to be usable in heart stimulation; and attached to said distal end, an...
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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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7596409 |
Cardiac shock electrode system and corresponding implantable defibrillator system
An implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) system includes an internal electrode placed in the right ventricle of the heart, and a quasi-Faraday cage (which includes a single or multiple...
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7578816 |
Method and system of increasing safety of cardiac ablation procedures
Method and system of increasing safety of ablation of cardiac arrythmias, especially AVNRT and antero-septal accessory pathway ablations. A computer based system acquires, conditions, and analyzes...
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7555350 |
Electromagnetic interference immune pacing/defibrillation lead
An electromagnetic interference immune defibrillator lead has a first electromagnetic insulating layer. A first layer is formed on the first electromagnetic insulating layer, the first layer having...
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7542807 |
Conduction block verification probe and method of use
Devices and methods provide for ablation of cardiac tissue for treating cardiac arrhythmias such as atrial fibrillation. Although the devices and methods are often to be used to ablate epicardial...
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7536228 |
Activation device for dynamic ring manipulation
An activation device for applying energy to an implanted annuloplasty ring is described. In some embodiments, the activation device includes an outer elongate member having an outer elongate member...
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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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7526342 |
Apparatus for endoscopic cardiac mapping and lead placement
Apparatus and surgical methods establish temporary suction attachment to a target site on the surface of a beating heart for analyzing electrical signals or hemodynamic responses to applied signals...
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7526336 |
Left heart implantable cardiac stimulation system with clot prevention and method
An implantable cardiac stimulation device provides pacing stimulation therapy from within the left ventricle of a heart. The device includes a pulse generator adapted to be coupled to an...
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7515971 |
Left atrial pressure sensor lead
An apparatus for and method of measuring pressure through a septum in a patient's heart is provided. A lead inserted into the right side of a heart is routed through the septum to gain access to...
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7509172 |
Stabilizing guide wire apparatus for use with implantable device
An apparatus is usable for guiding and stabilizing a body implantable medical device. The apparatus includes a guide wire with an enlarged distal tip. The enlarged distal tip may include a...
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7499756 |
Lead locking device and method
A lead locking device has a lead engaging member with a mandrel extending along a lumen and attached to the distal end of the lead engaging member such that it extends beyond the proximal end of...
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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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7493173 |
Electrode line
An electrode line for intraluminal or intracardiac use for connection to a cardiac pacemaker, comprises an elongate, flexurally soft electrode line body having a distal end at which or in the...
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7477946 |
Fixation device for coronary venous lead
In one embodiment, the present invention provides a cardiac lead device including a fixation mechanism slidably attached to the lead such that when the fixation mechanism is expanded into contact...
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7474923 |
Micro electromechanical switches and medical devices incorporating same
An apparatus for conducting electrical energy to a part of the body (e.g. the heart) and/or for providing sensor data from the body to a device suitably includes an input lead configured to...
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7463917 |
Electrodes for sustained delivery of energy
Electrodes include a coating that provides a barrier to fluids and ions within a biological environment. The coating increases the overpotential of the electrode. The coating permits the...
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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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7421300 |
Implantation of medical device with measurement of body surface potential
Methods of implanting at least one lead for a cardio defibrillator using body surface potential (BSP) electrodes are disclosed. The methods may include installing defibrillation electrodes in a...
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7412289 |
Multi-electrode lead
This invention is a lead ( 10 ) for modifying the activity of a tissue, particularly the heart. Electrodes are provided for performing sensing ( 15 p ) ( 15 d ), and/or signal delivery ( 16 p ) (...
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7403823 |
Super plastic design for CHF pacemaker lead
An implantable lead assembly for a body implantable medical system adapted to transmit electrical signals between a proximal end portion of the lead assembly and a distal end portion of the lead...
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7398125 |
Suture collar with a flexible constraining means
A device for fastening an electrode in the pacemaker bed before the entry of the electrode into a vein is provided, and includes a sheath having two parts and, with a hose extending through their...
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7383090 |
Connection for a coiled lead to an electrical contact for an implantable medical device
High reliability electrical connections between a helical strand and flat electrodes, such as strip electrodes found in implantable neurostimulator systems, are described. The connection consists...
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7379776 |
Stylet design
A stylet unit is provided for implanting in a body, with the aid of an earlier installed tubular delivery sheath having a lumen with an inner diameter, a lead system including a distal electrode...
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7369901 |
Myocardial lead and lead system
An implantable myocardial stimulation lead comprises a lead body having a distal end and a proximal end, and an electrical connector carried by the proximal end of the lead body. An electrode...
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7359756 |
Method of removing an elongated structure implanted in biological tissue
Disclosed is a lead removal apparatus for removing an implanted pacemaker or defibrillator lead from the heart. The lead removal apparatus includes a proximal handle that further includes a...
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7353066 |
Self-sealing insulation employed on a catheter or lead
An implantable electrical medical lead for a pulse generator includes a distal electrode, a connector for electrical connection with the pulse generator, an electrical conductor within the lead...
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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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7330765 |
Cardiac lead having self-expanding fixation features
A cardiac lead for placement in the vicinity of a patient's heart is described. The lead includes a self-expanding fixation mechanism, which in a retracted position, is contained within a cavity...
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7317955 |
Virtual operating room integration
A virtual control system for an operating room establishes virtual control devices to control surgical equipment and patient monitoring equipment and to display control, status and functionality...
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7317954 |
Virtual control of electrosurgical generator functions
A virtual control panel controls the functionality of an electrosurgical generator in response to interrogating, preferably optically, an object, such as a user's finger, interacting with a control...
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7308319 |
Delivery system and method using pulmonary artery for placement of RV leads
A delivery system and method for delivering a right ventricular lead into a right ventricle includes a delivery device having an inflatable balloon at a distal end. The device is inserted into the...
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7305270 |
Cardiac pacing/sensing lead providing far-field signal rejection
A proximal end of a lead body carries a connector assembly. A first electrical conductor within the lead body electrically connects a tip electrode to a first electrical contact on the connector...
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7302299 |
Electrical connector to terminate, insulate and environmentally isolate a temporary cardiac pacing wire
A connector device, for a temporary cardiac pacing wire, includes a conductive adaptor and a cover section which completely electrically insulates the adaptor and environmentally isolates it. The...
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7299092 |
Subcutaneous electrode for transthoracic conduction with low profile installation appendage
Electrical cardiac therapy devices including electrode lead assemblies having appendages coupled to an electrode. The appendage may take the form of a riser and a head having various...
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7292895 |
Ready-to-install electrode system for cardioversion and assembly of said system and an endoscope
A ready-to-install electrode system designed for use with an endoscope for performing cardioversion through the esophagus, and an assembly of the system and an endoscope. The system is...
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7289846 |
Multi-lumen medical electrical lead body
A medical electrical lead includes an elastomeric multi-lumen tube, which includes a lumen having a substantially elliptical cross-section through which a conductor having a substantially circular...
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7283878 |
Lead stabilizer and extension wire
A lead stabilization and extension wire that enables the withdrawal of a guide catheter over an electrical medical lead body without dislodging an electrode or sensor from an implantation site or...
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7274962 |
Subcutaneous electrode with improved contact shape for transthoracic conduction
Electrical cardiac therapy devices including electrode assemblies having openings for receiving an electrode insertion tool, and methods of inserting such electrode assemblies. The opening(s) are...
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7272448 |
Medical lead for placement in the pericardial sac
The lead body of a medical lead comprises a distal end portion carrying at least one electrode for placement in the pericardial sac of a human heart. The distal end portion of the lead body...
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7263401 |
Implantable medical device with a nonhermetic battery
An implantable medical device (IMD) including a nonhermetic battery is described. The IMD includes components and a power source module that includes the nonhermetic battery. The IMD also includes...
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7254450 |
Atraumatic sensor lead assemblies
The invention is directed to lead configurations for sensors that allow for less invasive sensor replacement procedures. In one configuration, a sensor lead assembly includes an outer lead body and...
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7242987 |
Medical lead adaptor
An adaptor couples multiple high-voltage connector elements included on a plurality of medical electrical lead connectors to a single connector port of an implantable medical device thereby...
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7239925 |
Subcutaneous electrode for transthoracic conduction with improved installation characteristics
Electrical cardiac therapy devices including lead electrode assemblies for implantation into a patient comprising an electrode having a first face and a second face, and an appendage extending...
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7239923 |
Lead having varying stiffness and method of manufacturing thereof
An apparatus includes a lead body extending from a proximal end to a distal end and having an intermediate portion therebetween. The lead body includes two or more individually insulated...
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