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7331960 |
Linear ablation assembly
An intravascular device for the formation of linear lesions which has particular utility in the treatment of atrial fibrillation and flutter. The intravascular device has an outer delivery member...
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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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7326083 |
Modular assembly of medical electrical leads
A modular terminal assembly, which may be a connector assembly, for a medical electrical lead includes at least one contact conductor extending therefrom that may or may not be coupled to a lead...
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7317950 |
Cardiac stimulation system with delivery of conductive agent
A cardiac stimulation assembly includes an energy source coupled to an energy emitter that extends form a delivery member into a region of tissue in the heart. An array of the emitters are adapted...
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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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7311705 |
Catheter apparatus for treatment of heart arrhythmia
A catheter apparatus is provided for use in the treatment of heart arrhythmia having a catheter shaft, a mapping and ablation catheter disposed within the shaft, and a control mechanism coupled to...
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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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7300438 |
Electrophysiology catheter for mapping and/or ablation
Catheters for mapping and/or ablation are disclosed. In one embodiment, the catheter comprises a handle, a flexible shaft, a tip assembly, and a cable. The handle includes an actuator and is...
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7302285 |
Catheter and method for mapping purkinje fibers
An improved catheter is provided that is particularly useful for mapping the Purkinje fibers for potential diagnosis of ventricular fibrillation. The catheter comprises an elongated catheter body...
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7292894 |
Methods and apparatus for joining small diameter conductors within medical electrical leads
A conductor assembly and methods for mechanically and electrically coupling a small diameter conductor to a lead component having a relatively larger sized conductor bore is provided. The assembly...
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7292886 |
Bifocal cardiac stimulation device and methods
A cardiac stimulation system for implantation in a patient is disclosed. The cardiac stimulation system comprises first and second electrodes configured for positioning in a bifocal arrangement. A...
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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...
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7286884 |
Implantable lead including sensor
An implantable medical lead includes an adaptor coupled to a body of the lead. The adaptor holds a sensor capsule between a first portion and a second portion of the lead body.
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7285120 |
Balloon centered radially expanding ablation device
A device and associated method for performing ablation procedures on anatomical structures accessible from within the chambers of the heart to form lesions that electrically isolate the tissue.
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7285119 |
Ablation catheter assembly and method for isolating a pulmonary vein
A catheter body includes a proximal portion, an intermediate portion extending from the proximal portion and defining a longitudinal axis, and a distal portion extending from the intermediate...
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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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7280875 |
High strength, low resistivity electrode
For use in an implantable medical device, there is provided a biocompatible, biostable, corrosion-resistant wire strand comprising a core comprising a plurality of electrically conductive, low...
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7277762 |
Radiopague marking of lead electrode zone in a continuous conductor construction
A cardiac transvenous defibrillation lead has a continuous coil conductor within a layer of insulation. A portion of the coil conductor is exposed as a defibrillation electrode. In order to enhance...
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7276064 |
Side-port sheath for catheter placement and translation
Side-port sheaths for catheter placement and translation are disclosed. The sheaths include a side-port opening through which a gliding catheter may be deployed during diagnosis or treatment of...
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7275547 |
Method and system for determining the location of a medical probe using a reference transducer array
The present invention provides systems and methods for determining the coordinates of a location element mounted on a medical probe. First and second signals are transmitted between the location...
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7269453 |
Steerable diagnostic catheters
A diagnostic catheter with a steering device to direct the distal end of the catheter while it is inserted in a vessel. The catheter may include either a bi-directional steering mechanism, or a...
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7266414 |
Methods and devices for creating electrical block at specific sites in cardiac tissue with targeted tissue ablation
In one embodiment, the present invention provides a bipolar ablation device with multiple needle electrodes that penetrate a desired target tissue. These electrodes may be arranged in a variety of...
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7257450 |
Systems and methods for securing cardiovascular tissue
Methods and systems for securing tissues, e.g., cardiovascular tissues, are disclosed. A method in accordance with one embodiment of the invention includes inserting a portion of a catheter into an...
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7255695 |
Systems and methods for three-dimensional mapping of electrical activity
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.
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7257449 |
Extendable/retractable lead having downsized lead body
A lead assembly includes a flexible lead body extending from a proximal end to a distal end, and the lead body includes two or more conductors disposed therein. The second conductor is disposed...
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7248913 |
Guiding introducer system for use in medical procedures in the left ventricle
A guiding introducer system for use in the treatment of arrhythmia associated with the left ventricle from the ventricular side comprising an inner guiding introducer and an outer guiding...
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7245967 |
Parasympathetic nerve stimulation for termination of supraventricular arrhythmias
Terminating supraventricular arrhythmias through parasympathetic nerve stimulation. The method comprises detecting a supraventricular arrhythmia, stimulating a parasympathetic nerve and determining...
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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...
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7241295 |
Circumferential ablation device assembly and methods of use and manufacture providing an ablative circumferential band along an expandable member
A medical balloon catheter assembly includes a balloon having a permeable region and a non-permeable region. The balloon is constructed at least in part from a fluid permeable tube such that the...
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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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7242977 |
Catheter lead placement system and method
A catheter system includes a mapping catheter having an open lumen and a mapping arrangement provided at a distal end of the mapping catheter. A balloon catheter is movably disposed within the open...
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7238883 |
Lead assembly with flexible portions and method therefor
A lead assembly includes an outer insulative body, a conductor, and at least one electrode electrically coupled with the at least one conductor. The outer insulative body extends from a proximal...
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7234977 |
Multi-polar connector
A connector for connecting to an energy source such as a pulse generator for a cardiac stimulator system. The connector assembly includes a pin, at least one ring and a sleeve composed of an...
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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...
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7225034 |
Medical lead adaptor
A medical electrical lead includes an electrode, a connector terminal and an auxiliary connector port, which includes a connector contact adapted to electrically couple an electrode of a second...
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7225035 |
Multipolar medical electrical lead
A pacing lead includes a first pacing cathode coupled to a first conductor, a second pacing cathode coupled to a second conductor, and a flexible anode coupled to a third conductor. The flexible...
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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,...
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7212870 |
Dual helix active fixation stimulation lead
An implantable lead for use with an implantable medical device includes a lead body with first and second electrical conductors extending between its proximal and distal ends. An electrical...
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7200446 |
Catheter leads for the intrathecal space and method of use
Various stimulation catheters are disclosed to lie along and stimulate tissue in the intrathecal space. The electrodes on the leads are various sizes to conserve the battery as well as allowing a...
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7194315 |
Coated electrode and method of making a coated electrode
An electrode having a substrate with a first layer covering at least a portion of the substrate, and a second layer covering at least a portion of the first layer is disclosed. The first layer...
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7191018 |
Techniques for positioning therapy delivery elements within a spinal cord or brain
Apparatus and techniques to address the problems associated with lead migration, patient movement or position, histological changes, neural plasticity or disease progression. Disclosed are...
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7191016 |
Medical system including a novel bipolar pacing and sensing pair
A medical electrical lead includes a first low voltage electrode adapted for intimate contact with tissue at an implant site, in order to provide pacing stimulation, and a second low voltage...
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7191017 |
Two-part implantable cardiac lead
A two-part implantable cardiac pacing lead is usable with a cardiac function management device. The lead includes an outer lead portion having a lead body and a conductive coil extending...
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7191009 |
Means for increasing implantable medical device electrode surface area
A surface area of an IMD electrode is increased by forming a conductive layer over an external portion of a sidewall of an IMD connector header and electrically coupling the conductive layer of the...
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7187973 |
Congestive heart failure pacing optimization method and device
Conduction volumetry is used to determine the hemo-dynamic performance of the heart under various pacing protocols to optimize cardiac output as a function of the pacing protocol.
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7187963 |
Bidirectional catheter having mapping assembly
A bidirectional mapping catheter is provided. The catheter comprises an elongated flexible tubular catheter body having an axis and proximal and distal ends. A mapping assembly, which is mounted at...
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7184840 |
Implantable lead with isolated contact coupling
An implantable lead for a medical device with an isolated contact connection for connecting a conductor to a contact reduces the opportunity for conductor material to migrate to a contact or into a...
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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...
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7184841 |
Pacing lead stabilizer
A lead assembly for use with an implantable cardiac function management system. The lead assembly includes an elongated flexible pacing lead having a proximal end and a distal end. A terminal...
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