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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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7561924 |
Electrode arrangement
An intravascular electrode arrangement 10 includes a first and a second electrode line 12, 14 adapted for placement in blood vessels such as veins or arteries, each having at least one...
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7558631 |
Leadless tissue stimulation systems and methods
Systems including an implantable receiver-stimulator and an external controller-transmitter system are used for leadless acute stimulation of the heart, particularly after heart surgery. Cardiac...
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7515970 |
Transeptal lead
A lead includes a lead body and an electrode disposed proximate a distal end of the lead body. A retaining member is disposed proximate the distal end of the lead and adapted to retain the...
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7467017 |
Implantable lead having articulated shocking coil
An implantable lead is disclosed which includes an elongated lead body having opposed proximal and distal end portions. At least one defibrillation assembly is operatively associated with the...
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7395120 |
Telescoping, dual-site pacing lead
A lead with a proximal electrode and a telescoping distal electrode enables dual-site electrical pacing or stimulation of a heart or another organ. The lead includes an outer tube with a proximal...
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7366574 |
Device for the transvenous cardioversion of atrial fibrillation or atrial flutter
A transvenous catheter for the cardioversion of atrial fibrillation or atrial flutter and/or the stimulation of the heart's activity. The catheter has an electrically active section within a heart...
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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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7231249 |
Methods, apparatus, and systems for multiple stimulation from a single stimulator
Methods, apparatus, and systems are provided to stimulate multiple sites in a heart. A controller senses electrical activity associated with sinus rhythm of the heart. A signal generator is...
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7158829 |
Method and apparatus for improving specificity of atrial tachycardia detection techniques in dual-unipolar or dual-bipolar implantable cardiac stimulation systems
Techniques are provided for allowing Automatic Mode Switching (AMS) to be exploited within dual unipolar systems employing Combipolar sensing. Relative refractory windows are opened within both 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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7031777 |
Cardiac vein lead with flexible anode and method for forming same
A bipolar cardiac vein lead and method of assembly is provided wherein the lead includes a flexible coil anode electrode such that the lead may be advanced through a tortuous pathway. The coil...
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7031774 |
Switch for electrode selections in Single-pass Atrial/Ventricular leads
An implantable electrical lead for electrical sensing and stimulation of the heart includes a lead body which includes a ventricular tip, a pair of distal atrial ring electrodes, a pair of proximal...
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6988007 |
Single pass telescoping cardiac lead for the left heart
An implantable single-pass cardiac stimulation lead provides for placement of electrodes into electrical contact with two chambers of a patient's heart. The lead includes an inner lead body having...
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6978185 |
Multifilar conductor for cardiac leads
A permanent implantable lead having an elongated lead body with at least one multifilar conductor having electrically active elements for providing electrical communication between connectors at a...
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6760619 |
Two lead universal defibrillation, pacing and sensing system
An implantable cardiac stimulation system senses electrical activity of all four chambers of the heart and delivers pacing and defibrillation pulses to all four chambers of the heart. The system...
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6745081 |
Coronary Sinus Cardiac Lead For Stimulating and Sensing The Atria of the Right and Left Heart and System
An implantable cardiac stimulation system including a single atrial dedicated lead provides sensing electrical activity of and delivering stimulation pulses to the right and left atria of the...
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6735472 |
Method of defibrillating a heart with electrode configurations including a left ventricular defibrillation electrode
An implantable universal pacing and defibrillating system provides efficacious sensing, pacing, and cardioversion/defibrillation in all four chambers of the heart. The system includes three leads...
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6658289 |
Universal pacing and defibrillation system
An implantable universal pacing and defibrillating system provides efficacious sensing, pacing, and cardioversion/defibrillation in all four chambers of the heart. The system includes three leads...
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6650945 |
Implantable cardiac coronary sinus lead having a defibrillation electrode of split configuration and method of manufacture
A chronic implantable cardiac lead for use in the coronary sinus region of the heart is described. The lead includes an elongated lead body having a distal end and a proximal end, a plurality of...
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6647291 |
Method and apparatus for cardiac defibrillation
A method for cardioverting or defibrillating a human heart, performed by placing a transvenous lead having a cardioversion or defibrillation electrode such that the electrode is located at least...
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6643546 |
Multi-electrode apparatus and method for treatment of congestive heart failure
An apparatus and method for treatment of congestive heart failure from the right side of the heart. An implantable cardiac stimulation system with a multi-electrode lead having three or more...
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6615483 |
Method for coating a tip region of a multipolar electrode lead
In am method for coating a tip region of an multipolar electrode head adapted to be mounted at a distal end of a lead used preferably for providing heart stimulation by means of a heart stimulation...
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6574513 |
EEG electrode assemblies
An EEG electrode system for establishing positive electrical contact with the scalp, uses absorptive electrode wrap material in contact with metallic electrodes, with saturated electrode wrap...
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6549813 |
Two-chamber single-pass electrode arrangement
An electrode arrangement ( 10 ) comprising a first electrode cable ( 12 ) which is to be inserted into the coronary sinus and which has an electrode conductor ( 32 ) and at least one electrode (...
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6532378 |
Pulmonary artery catheter for left and right atrial recording
A catheter for indirect left atrial mapping from the left pulmonary artery is disclosed. The catheter includes an elongated flexible member with a distal end and a proximal end. Located at the...
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6505082 |
Single pass lead system
A single-pass endocardial lead electrode adapted for implantation in, on or about the heart and for connection to a system for monitoring or stimulating cardiac activity includes a lead body which...
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6421567 |
Implantable lead with mechanical and electrical selectively operable electrodes
An implantable electrode arrangement which includes an electrode line ( 10, 10′ ) with a plurality of electrically conductive surface regions ( 14, 16 ) in the region of the distal end of the...
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6397109 |
SINGLE PASS MULTIPLE CHAMBER IMPLANTABLE ELECTRO-CATHETER FOR MULTI-SITE ELECTRICAL THERAPY OF UP TO FOUR CARDIAC CHAMBERS, INDICATED IN THE TREATMENT OF SUCH PATHOLOGIES AS ATRIAL FIBRILLATION AND CONGESTIVE/DILATE CARDIO MYOPATHY
A single introduction electro-catheter to be used for permanent, semipermanent or termporary cardiac stimulation through the Coronary Sinus. Said electro-catheter featuring the possibility to...
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6363288 |
CS lead with single site sensing and dual site pacing
A system for providing medical electrical stimulation includes a pulse generator coupled to a lead having two electrodes for placement in the right atrium or for placement of one in the right...
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6345204 |
Single pass lead having retractable, actively attached electrode for pacing and sensing
A single-pass endocardial lead electrode adapted for implantation on or about the heart and for connection to a system for monitoring or stimulating cardiac activity including a lead body with a...
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6345198 |
Implantable stimulation system for providing dual bipolar sensing using an electrode positioned in proximity to the tricuspid valve and programmable polarity
A single-pass pacing and/or shocking lead system is capable of sensing cardiac signal in the atrium and the ventricle in a “bipolar fashion” using a three-electrode structure: a first electrode...
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6278897 |
Medical electrical lead and introducer system
A medical electrical lead and introducer system. The lead is a single pass, dual chamber lead, which features in one embodiment an atrial tine. The introducer system is particularly designed for...
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6256541 |
Endocardial lead having defibrillation and sensing electrodes with septal anchoring
An endocardial lead comprising an elongate body having a first defibrillation coil electrode, a second defibrillation coil electrode and a first pacing/sensing electrode. The first defibrillation...
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6236893 |
Single-electrode lead, in particular for implantable defibrillators
A single-electrode lead, in particular for implantable defibrillators, is provided with a tubular, flexible lead body; a ventricular tip electrode; a ventricular, in particular helical...
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6201994 |
Single pass lead and method of use
A cardiac pacing lead for pacing the atria and a method of its use. The lead is provided with a mechanism for maintaining an atrial pacing electrode adjacent stimulable tissue in a patient's...
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6188931 |
Electrode lead with temporary increased stiffness during ingrowth
An implantable lead for an implantable active device, such as a pacemaker, has at least two electrodes, and a proximal end adapted for electrical and mechanical connection to the active device and...
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6157862 |
Shaped multiple electrode lead for implantable device
A single pass lead system for defibrillating the heart is shown. Portion of the lead is relatively stiff and holds the lead in the SVC. This stiff section extends into the atrium where good contact...
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6141594 |
Single pass lead and system with active and passive fixation elements
A single pass endocardial lead is provided which is adapted for implantation on or about the heart and for connection to a system for monitoring or stimulating cardiac activity. The lead includes a...
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6119043 |
Atrial and ventricular cardiac lead having a mechanical bias
A method and system for discriminating atrial and ventricular signal components from a single heart lead, and for using this information for identifying an arrhythmia condition as being atrial or...
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6083247 |
Perpendicular atrial fixation/stimulation loop
The present invention provides a pacing system with a lead having a fixation element for providing stable fixation relative to the patient's SVC, preferably providing for positioning of the atrial...
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6083216 |
Bent cardiac lead with shape memory torque coil
In one aspect of the present invention, a cardiac lead is provided that includes a connector for coupling to a cardiac stimulator that has a first rotatable member, and a tubular insulating sleeve...
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6076019 |
Flexible and adjustable DDD lead
The present invention provides a cardiac pacing system with a DDD lead with pre-stressed curvilinear portions, the lead being able to adapt to heart movement and size so as to provide more stable...
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6070104 |
Medical electrical right atrium and coronary sinus lead
A transvenous lead specifically designed for multi-chamber electrical stimulation or sensing. In a first embodiment the lead features one or more electrodes for communication with the right atrium...
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6058332 |
System for anchoring mid-lead electrode on an endocardial catheter lead
A system for passively anchoring mid-lead electrodes on an endocardial catheter lead includes at least one fibrosis-anchoring opening positioned along the exterior surface of the catheter lead body...
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6055457 |
Single pass A-V lead with active fixation device
An implantable pacing lead system for pacing a patient's heart, including a delivery catheter and a lead delivered by the delivery catheter. The lead takes the form of a single non-diverging...
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5999853 |
Dual chamber pacemaker with single pass lead and with bipolar and unipolar signal processing capability
There is provided an implantable cardiac pacing system, having multiple sensing channels for sensing spontaneous cardiac signals which arise between respective different pairs of electrodes. In a...
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5948014 |
Implantable stimulation system having a single-pass, tripolar lead and programmable polarity
A single-pass tripolar pacing/lead system for pacing and sensing electrical activity in the heart of a patient in one of a VDD or VDDR fashion. The lead system is capable of bipolar sensing of the...
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5935158 |
Electrode lead and device for tissue stimulation and/or detection of tissue response
An implantable electrode for stimulating tissue has a piezoelectric electrode for electrically and mechanically stimulating tissue and for detecting electrical and mechanical evoked response of the...
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5849032 |
Single pass medical electrical lead
A single pass medical electrical lead featuring an atrial wall wedging mechanism which will permit the atrial electrodes to be positioned directly against the right atrial wall. In the preferred...
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