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7621906 Method and apparatus to deliver drug and pacing therapy for treatment of cardiac disorders  
A drug delivery system uses an electrically sensitive polymer to store a drug and applies an electric field onto the electrically sensitive polymer for quantitatively and temporally controlled drug...
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...
7584005 Steroid eluting pacing tip electrode  
An implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) including a set of leads having electrodes disposed therein. The electrodes may include a weld electrode connected to an internal wire of the lead...
7547301 Device and method to slow or stop the heart temporarily  
Implantable cardiac drug delivery systems. The systems are installed endocardially into a chamber in the heart, and are variously capable of delivering anti-arrhythmia agents into the heart wall,...
7529592 Subcutaneous electrode and lead with temporary pharmacological agents  
An implantable subcutaneous device and method employ a lead and an electrode for cardiac monitoring and intervention. The device includes an implantable lead having a lead body, a subcutaneous...
7499757 Absorbable myocardial lead fixation system  
A myocardial lead attachment system for securing a distal end of a lead within a myocardium of a patient's heart. The system includes a lead body, an anchor mechanism formed of a bioabsorbable or...
7460914 Devices and methods to stimulate therapeutic angiogenesis for ischemia and heart failure  
A method for stimulating angiogenesis is provided that includes the use of an electrical output channel adapted to deliver a sub-threshold voltage, a lead that includes a proximal end adapted to be...
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...
7398126 Drug dispensing medical electrode lead and method for making same  
In an electrically conductive lead adapted for implantation in a human or animal body, and a method for making such a lead, a drug-dispensing member is disposed at a distal end portion of the lead,...
7386350 Combination electrical stimulating and infusion medical device  
A combined electrical and chemical stimulation lead is especially adapted for providing treatment to intervertebral discs. The combination lead may be placed proximate to intervertebral disc...
7366573 Polymer lead covering with varied material properties  
This document discusses, among other things, a lead assembly including a lead body, at least one conductor extending through the lead body, and a covering having varied material properties. In an...
7363091 Method of molding silicone elastomer drug carrier in an endocardial lead  
A drug-eluting endocardial lead and method of manufacture. The silicone elastomer of the present invention is ideally suited to a manufacturing environment due to its extended pot life and...
7337011 System and method for enhancing cardiac signal sensing by cardiac pacemakers through genetic treatment  
The present invention provides delivery systems for and methods of delivering ion channel protein genetic material to cardiac cells in areas adjacent to where an electrode is to be positioned in a...
7289856 Medical electrical lead containing a pyroelectric material  
A medical electrical lead containing a pyroelectric material is provided. The pyroelectric material is capable of dissipating heat generated in the lead due to radio frequency energy. The...
7282213 Method for applying a drug coating to a medical device  
A method for coating a medical device with a drug is provided. Energy, preferably thermal energy, is applied to a crystalline deposit of a drug on the surface of a medical device to increase the...
7274966 Medical fluid delivery system  
A medical fluid delivery system includes an implantable medical lead including a fixation element adapted to secure the lead to a tissue site and a fluid delivery device including a tissue piercing...
7245973 His bundle mapping, pacing, and injection lead  
A cardiac rhythm management system includes a lead assembly for intracardiac mapping, pacing, and drug delivery. The lead assembly includes an implantable endocardial lead having a proximal end for...
7236834 Electrical lead body including an in-line hermetic electronic package and implantable medical device using the same  
An assembly is provided for an implantable medical lead. The assembly includes a first lead body comprising one or more electrical leads, and a hermetic encasement. The encasement comprises a...
7211063 Pressure sensor for therapeutic delivery device and method  
The present invention is an apparatus for treating a selected patient tissue or organ region, at the surface of such region. The apparatus has an accessing tool for accessing the patient region,...
7209792 RF-energy modulation system through dynamic coil detuning  
An RF-energy modulation system dynamically adjusts tuned receiving circuits within a plurality of slave devices, thereby regulating the level of power reception in each slave device. The slave...
7203550 Implantable medical device with a current generated for infection control  
In a cardiac stimulating device, an infection control current is generated and applied to a subject in whom a medical device is implanted by completing a circuit including an entirely electrically...
7195776 Patch stabilization of rods for treatment of cardiac muscle  
The present invention relates to a system and method for the delivery of therapeutic agents, such as therapeutic drugs or genetic material, into the muscle or tissue that minimizes the loss of...
7187980 Cardiac lead with steroid eluting ring  
A cardiac lead is disclosed which includes an elongated lead body having opposed proximal and distal ends, a tip electrode operatively associated with the distal end of the elongated lead body, a...
7184839 Catheter-delivered cardiac lead  
A lead for delivering electrical signals to and/or receive electrical signals from a human heart that includes a solid inner conductor, and a fixation device having a titanium nitride coated...
7174221 Method of manufacturing a drug-eluting endocardial lead utilizing silicone elastomer as a drug carrier  
A drug-eluting endocardial lead and method of manufacture. The silicone elastomer of the present invention is ideally suited to a manufacturing environment due to its extended pot life and...
7155292 Active fixation assembly for an implantable device  
An implantable device such as a lead is adapted for implantation on or about the heart and for connection to a system for monitoring or stimulating cardiac activity. The implantable device includes...
7127302 Electrode lead  
An intracardial electrode lead comprises a distal end, a proximal end and an elongate electrode lead body which includes a helical coil having a lumen and a sheath enclosing the helical coil. The...
7104988 Cardiac drug delivery system  
A system is disclosed, for administering a therapeutic agent locally and to a depth within cardiac tissue. An elongate, flexible catheter contains a flexible electric conductor and supports at its...
7103418 Active fluid delivery catheter  
A medical system incorporating fluid delivery and lead delivery lumens dispense fluid into a volume of tissue. The fluid comprises or contains a pharmacologic, genetic, or biologic agent. The fluid...
7092753 Drug delivery device  
Apparatus ( 800 ) for targeted release of a molecule carried in a circulating reservoir, comprising: at least one electrode ( 804 ); and a controller ( 810 ) adapted to electrify said electrode (...
7031769 Dosage control electrode for iontophoresis device  
An electrode assembly for use in an iontophoresis device for the transcutaneous administration of an active therapeutic species includes a base layer of conductive material which is consumed...
7029466 Cardiac drug delivery system and method for use  
Implantable cardiac drug delivery systems. The systems are installed endocardially into a chamber in the heart, and are variously capable of delivering anti-arrhythmia agents into the heart wall,...
7013181 Coronary vein lead having combination fixation features with lumen restriction and method therefor  
A lead assembly includes insulative tubing with at least one tine coupled thereto, and a lumen extends through the tubing. The tine has a first position that extends away from the exterior of the...
7001372 Apparatus and method for treating body tissues with electricity or medicaments  
A therapeutic device and therapeutic method for delivering electrical energy or a medicament to a body tissue or organ utilizing ultrasonic vibration to cause a device implanted in the body tissue...
6978184 Optimization method for cardiac resynchronization therapy  
The patterns of contraction and relaxation of the heart before and during left ventricular or biventricular pacing are analyzed and displayed in real time mode to assist physicians to screen...
6965798 Implantable device for treating atrial fibrillation and method of using same  
A device for treating atrial fibrillation includes a pad which houses the distal end of an electrode which is adapted to deliver a substantially uniform shock gradient to an atrial surface of a...
6931286 Delivery of active fixation implatable lead systems  
An implantable lead system includes an elongated device slideably engaged within a lumen of a lead body. A distal portion of the elongated device is slidable through a helix tip coupled to a distal...
6889092 High impedance electrode assembly  
A lead having an electrode assembly has a high impedance electrode. The high impedance electrode includes a partially insulated sleeve electrode or a wire filament. The high impedance electrode...
6856840 Ionically conductive polymeric composition  
An ionically conductive polymeric composition is disclosed. The composition is especially useful for coating an implantable hot can defibrillator electrode. The polymeric composition, for example,...
6775570 Iontophoretic treatment device  
A low cost, accurate, single use, disposable, iontophoretic fluid delivery device having cationic and anionic chambers separated by container structure and arranged to promote a flow of treatment...
6748653 Method of making a temporary medical lead having biodegradable electrode mounting pad loaded with therapeutic drug  
A method of making a temporary medical electrical lead for pacing or defibrillating a heart of a patient. The method comprises providing at least one electrical conductor having proximal and distal...
6733485 Microstimulator-based electrochemotherapy methods and systems  
A small implantable stimulator(s) includes at least two electrodes for delivering electrical stimulation to surrounding tissue and/or a pump and at least one outlet for delivering a drug or drugs...
6702777 Apparatus and method for intracardiac therapy using sensor for heart wall thickness  
Apparatus for intracardiac drug administration, including a catheter which is inserted into a chamber of the heart and brought into engagement with a site in the heart wall. The catheter includes...
6671562 High impedance drug eluting cardiac lead  
A high impedance bipolar cardiac lead is disclosed that includes a lead body with a distal electrode assembly that includes an anodic ring electrode and a coaxially disposed cathodic tip electrode,...
6671561 Catheter with electrode having hydrogel layer  
A catheter having an improved electrode that minimizes irritation to the heart tissue and counters the occurrence of foreign body reactions is provided. The catheter comprises an elongated,...
6547787 Drug delivery catheters that attach to tissue and methods for their use  
A drug delivery catheter suited for cardiac procedures including transmyocardial revascularization. The catheter includes a distal helical coil or other fixation and penetrating element, which can...
6511477 Method of drug delivery to interstitial regions of the myocardium  
A method of treating the heart and other body tissues by injecting a compound comprised of microsphere encapsulated macromolecule therapeutic agents into the myocardium, such that the microsphere...
6405091 Lead assembly with masked microdisk tip electrode and monolithic controlled release device  
A passive fixation, body implantable lead assembly has a cylindrical tip electrode whose outer side surface is covered with a thin dielectric insulating layer so as to mask an active, disk-shaped...
6385491 Temporary medical electrical lead having biodegradable electrode mounting pad loaded with therapeutic drug  
A temporary cardiac electrical stimulating lead comprises a stimulating electrode mounted in or on a biodegradable electrode mounting pad disposed at a distal end of the lead. The electrode...
6370427 Method and apparatus for dual chamber bi-ventricular pacing and defibrillation  
Device and method are disclosed in which leads with pacing and defibrillating electrodes are implanted into both the right and left ventricles of a patient's heart to enable simultaneous pacing of...
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