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7558632 Method of manufacturing an implantable J-shaped lead  
An implantable multi-conductor endocardial lead for a cardiac stimulator includes a tubular lead body of flexible resilient insulative material having a first lumen and a smaller diameter tubular...
7546166 Medical lead designs for lead placement through tissue  
The invention is directed to medical lead designs that facilitate implantation of the leads through tissue. For example, the leads can implanted though tissue for placement of distal tips of the...
7542808 Lead and catheter assembly  
A guide catheter assembly for accessing lateral branch veins of the coronary sinus includes a guide catheter and a pacing lead. The guide catheter has a central lumen therethrough, a proximal end...
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...
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...
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...
7280876 Lead delivery system having features to facilitate torquing  
The present invention is a medical assembly comprising an elongated flexible medical device, such as a cardiac lead, and a torquing member, such as a stylet, slidably receivable inside the medical...
7187981 Implantable electrode lead  
An implantable electrode lead including: a distal portion having at least one electrode; a proximal portion having a connector for connection to an implantable stimulation generator includes a...
7139614 Leads for pacing and/or sensing the heart from within the coronary veins  
A lead for monitoring or stimulating cardiac activity is provided. The lead is adapted for implantation on or about the heart within the coronary vasculature and for connection to a signal...
7047086 Single electrode probe for a cardiac pacemaker system  
A single electrode probe for a cardiac pacemaker system, in particular for a DDD cardiac pacemaker system, has an electrode line with a bifurcated section, at the beginning of which the electrode...
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...
6907298 Method and apparatus for imparting curves in implantable elongated medical instruments  
Elongated medical instruments adapted to be permanently or temporarily implanted in the mammalian body or used to access a site in the body to facilitate introduction of a further medical device,...
6772015 Bifurcated lead system for a cardiac vein  
A bi-furcated medical electrical lead that is adapted to be implanted in the cardiac venous system is disclosed. The lead includes a bifurcated distal portion having first and second elongated...
6438426 Temporary atrial cardioversion catheter  
A coronary sinus catheter includes a distal electrode portion with optimally-spaced and sized ring electrodes and a proximal electrode portion with at least one optimally-spaced and sized larger...
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...
6144882 Medical electrical lead  
A cardiac pacing lead for use in the coronary sinus and coronary veins. The lead is provided with a lead body configured to exhibit a curved configuration along a distal portion thereof, induced to...
6136021 Expandable electrode for coronary venous leads  
Expandable electrodes for intravascular leads permit the electrodes to be placed and retained in the vasculature of the left side of the heart. Such electrodes can be in the form of a balloon, an...
6129750 Fixation mechanism for a coronary venous pacing lead  
An apparatus for fixing a cardiac lead in place within the vasculature of the heart includes a coil having a normal helical shape and a stylet for holding the coil straight during insertion of the...
6129749 Monorail left ventricular access lead  
A pacing lead for a cardiac stimulator that includes an elongated flexible insulating lead body. An electrode is attached to the lead body at its distal end. An elongated conductor extends through...
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...
6006139 Single pass medical electrical lead with cap electrodes  
The present invention is directed to a single pass medical electrical lead. In one embodiment, the lead features a pair of bipolar electrodes positioned along the lead body so that they are...
6002955 Stabilized electrophysiology catheter and method for use  
A stabilized electrophysiology catheter (4) includes a main body portion (16) and a flexible tip portion (18). A plurality of electrodes (24, 26) are positioned along the tip portion. The tip...
5997526 Shape memory catheter  
A conformable catheter comprising a catheter handle, an elongated catheter tube, and a distal tip portion of the catheter tube, capable of assuming a desired pre-programmed shape. A wire member is...
5991668 Medical electrical lead  
A transvenous lead specifically designed for coronary sinus implantation. In the preferred embodiment the lead features an electrode which is eccentricity placed along the lead body. Disposed on...
5957967 Implantable medical lead using stamped conductor and distal loop  
An implantable electrical lead having an elongated insulative lead body with a longitudinal lumen therein extending from the proximal end of the lead body to a distal portion of the lead body and...
5925073 Intravenous cardiac lead with wave shaped fixation segment  
An intravenous lead for use with a cardiac device for implantation in the coronary venous system of the heart includes a lead body that is adapted to be routed through the vascular system into the...
5895404 Apparatus and methods for percutaneously forming a passageway between adjacent vessels or portions of a vessel  
Apparatus and methods for percutaneously forming a passageway between adjacent vessels, a vessel and an organ, or different regions of an organ are provided comprising first and second catheters...
5879295 Enhanced contact steerable bowing electrode catheter assembly  
A catheter assembly (2) includes a proximal end assembly (4), with four slidable movable manipulators (12, 14, 16, 18) and a bowing catheter (6) extending from the proximal end assembly. The bowing...
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...
5755765 Pacing lead having detachable positioning member  
Intravenous cardiac leads having at least one electrode intended to be implanted within the coronary veins are disclosed. Also disclosed are structures and techniques for advancing such leads...
5755762 Medical lead and method of making and using  
A continuous sheath of open-celled porous plastic, preferably ePTFE, is used on the outside of an implantable lead, extending along the lead body and the electrodes, in such a way that the lead is...
5755664 Wavefront direction mapping catheter system  
A wavefront direction mapping catheter system is disclosed which includes a wire catheter that, when placed on the inner surface of the heart, identifies the direction of the electric field...
5725566 Method and kit for passivating probes for active implantable medical devices  
Process and kit for passivating in situ a tip of a probe for an active implantable medical device, particularly for a cardiac pacemaker probe. The probe (10) is of the type comprising a hollow...
5683445 Medical electrical lead  
A transvenous bipolar lead specifically designed for coronary sinus implantation. The lead has essentially two main characteristics, the distal end has a 45-degree pre-shape to facilitate...
5643338 Single-pass A-V lead for pacing with stimulation of right ventricular outflow tract  
A single-pass A-V lead for cardiac pacing comprises a lead body having an atrial electrode and a right ventricular outflow tract (RVOT) electrode. Preformed bends in the lead body are configured...
5628779 Single-pass A-V pacing lead  
A single-pass atrio-ventricular (A-V) pacing lead includes an elongated main lead body having an atrial electrode at the distal end thereof, and includes a ventricular branch which departs from the...
5569883 Joint for providing a secure connection between a wound element and a mating part in a body implantable lead assembly and method for making such joint  
A joint and method of making a joint for providing a secure mechanical and electrical connection between a longitudinally extending coiled or wound element and a terminal on a mating component in a...
5531781 Implantable lead having a steering distal guide tip  
A lead is provided which assists in the implantation of the lead within an artery or vein of a human heart. The lead includes a lead body having a distal end and a proximal end and at least one...
5482037 Electrode catheter for mapping and operating on cardiac cavities  
An electrode catheter for intravenous insertion into a cavity of the heart comprises a tubular sheath accommodating a first spiral wound wire of conductive biocompatible material, which affords an...
5433744 Medical electrical lead with super austentic stainless steel conductor  
A medical electrical lead of the type which includes an electrode at a distal end of the lead a connector at a proximal end of the lead and an elongated electrical conductor extending between the...
5383923 Steerable catheter having puller wire with shape memory  
A steerable catheter, which is adapted to be inserted into a body lumen, comprises a symmetrical cylindrical control handle, an elongate tubular catheter body, and a flexible catheter tip having a...
5381790 Electrophysiology apparatus  
An electrophysiology apparatus of the invention is formed of an electrophysiology (EP) catheter and a guide wire. The EP catheter is inserted into a blood vessel along the guide wire. The EP...
5354318 Method and apparatus for monitoring brain hemodynamics  
A sensor lead for use in conjunction with an implantable monitoring or therapeutic device. The lead is provided with a V-shaped bend near its distal end, and carries a blood parameter sensor distal...
RE34502 Steerable catheter  
A catheter, which is adapted to be inserted into a body lumen, comprises a symmetrical cylindrical control handle, an elongate tubular catheter body, and a flexible catheter tip having a lumen...
5209229 Apparatus and method employing plural electrode configurations for cardioversion of atrial fibrillation in an arrhythmia control system  
An implantable device and a method for the automatic detection of atrial arrhythmias and for providing low energy atrial cardioversion therapy for such arrhythmias, with minimal tissue damage and...
5170803 Esophageal displacement electrode  
An esophageal displacement electrode comprises a flexible tubular member designed to be inserted into the esophagus. An electrode is carried by the tube in the region of its distal end. The tube is...
5144960 Transvenous defibrillation lead and method of use  
An implantable transvenous defibrillation/cardioversion lead. The lead extends from a proximal end carrying electrical connectors to a bifurcated distal end. Distal to the bifurcation are a first,...
5111811 Cardioversion and defibrillation lead system with electrode extension into the coronary sinus and great vein  
A cardioversion and defibrillation lead system and a method of use of the lead system for applying energy to the heart. The lead system and method of application are designed to maximize the...
5058586 Catheter for implantation in the heart, having an integrated measuring probe  
A catheter of the type suitable for implantation in a human heart has a catheter tip and a preset curvature spaced along the catheter a distance from the tip. The catheter includes an integrated...
5052407 Cardiac defibrillation/cardioversion spiral patch electrode  
An implantable cardiac defibrillation/cardioversion electrode. The electrode is elongated and comprises a distal active region and a proximal lead region. Conductive discharge and insulative...
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