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7617007 |
Method and apparatus for retaining medical implants within body vessels
The present application describes a retention device for anchoring a medical device within the vasculature. The device may include expandable member coupled to an intravascular medical device and...
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7555351 |
Pulmonary artery lead for atrial therapy and atrial pacing and sensing
A lead includes a lead body extending from a proximal end to a distal end and having an intermediate portion. A shocking electrode is disposed proximate the distal end of the lead body, and a...
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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...
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7544197 |
Rotatable lead introducer
Minimally invasive introducers and methods that can be used for rotationally securing devices within the human body. Introducers can include a distal element for releasably engaging a lead head...
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7519433 |
Gastrointestinal stimulation lead
An implantable lead device and method for implanting the lead, wherein the lead device electrically stimulates tissue within a patient's body and more particularly the lead device stimulates...
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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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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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7499759 |
Distal or proximal fixation of over-the-tether myocardial leads
The present invention is a myocardial lead attachment system for securing a lead within the myocardium. The attachment system includes an anchor configured to engage the heart, a tether coupled to...
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7499758 |
Helical fixation elements for subcutaneous electrodes
Subcutaneous leads that incorporate active fixation elements including, for example, helical coils, provide for fixation of cardiac lead components within a patient. An implantable lead includes a...
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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...
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7496410 |
Spring fixation mechanism for epicardial leads
A spring fixation mechanism is adapted for fixing the distal end of an epicardial lead in a myocardium of the heart. The spring fixation mechanism is positioned at a distal end of the lead and...
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7493175 |
Subcutaneous lead with tined fixation
Implantable subcutaneous devices and methods employ a lead and/or electrode for cardiac monitoring and/or intervention. The devices and methods may employ one or more fixation elements including,...
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7483753 |
Coronary probe including a sophisticated retention structure
A coronary probe for stimulation of the heart having a sophisticated retention structure. The probe is intended to be implanted in a vein of the coronary network for the stimulation of a left...
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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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7463933 |
Lead retention means
An elongate body of a medical device includes at least one retaining segment extending along a length of the body, the retaining segment including a plurality of fish-like scales directed in a...
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7463932 |
Fastening device for an epicardial lead
An epicardial pacing lead including a flexible, elongated lead body. The epicardial pacing lead has a proximal end and a distal end. An electrode is coupled to the lead body near the distal end. A...
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7450999 |
Trans-septal intra-cardiac lead system
An apparatus for and method of measuring pressure through a septum in a patient's heart is disclosed. A lead inserted into the right side of a heart is routed through the septum to gain access to...
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7418298 |
Myocardial lead with fixation mechanism
The present invention is a myocardial lead attachment system and method for securing a distal end of a lead within the myocardium of a patient's heart. The system includes an anchor, a tether...
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7392094 |
Implantable lead for septal placement of pacing electrodes
A pacing lead having a lead body configured into a pre-formed J-shape. The lead includes a pacing electrode coupled to an intermediate portion of the lead body and located distally from a bottom of...
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7389149 |
Connection structures for extra-vascular electrode lead body
Connection structures on an extra-vascular electrode lead body improve strain relief and strengthen the transition region where electrical conductors carried by the lead body are joined to...
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7337009 |
Lead having composite tubing
A lead assembly includes a flexible lead body which extends from a proximal end to a distal end, the lead body includes one or more conductors. The lead assembly further includes an electrode...
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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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7321798 |
Trans-septal/trans-myocardial ventricular pacing lead
An medical electrical lead in embodiments of the teachings may include one or more of the following features: (a) a lead body having a proximal end and a distal end, (b) a conductor traversing from...
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7317951 |
Anchor for medical implant placement and method of manufacture
An anchor and procedure for placing a medical implant, such as for monitoring physiological parameters. The anchor includes a central body in which a medical implant can be received. Arms and...
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7313444 |
Self-anchoring coronary sinus lead
An implantable cardiac lead system suitable for placement in the coronary sinus region of the heart. The lead system comprises a lead having two or more non-helical bends in its distal portion. 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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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...
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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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7239924 |
Electrode line
Certain embodiments of the present invention concern an implantable electrode line having a proximal and a distal end, an outer electrode line surface and an electrode line longitudinal axis. The...
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7218972 |
Extra strength suture sleeve
A tubular, polyurethane reinforced suture sleeve is disclosed. The suture sleeve comprises a tubular body and a sleeve wall. A circumference of the sleeve wall is reinforced with polyurethane or...
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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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7211048 |
System for monitoring conduit obstruction
A system for non-invasively monitoring one or more physiological parameters such as pressure and/or pressure gradients in a cardiac conduit adapted for blood bypass flow. The system includes the...
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7209783 |
Ablation stent for treating atrial fibrillation
An apparatus and method for treating atrial fibrillation with ablation therapy in which a stent is deployed within a pulmonary vein and tissue surrounding the stent is ablated with radiofrequency...
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7191015 |
Devices and methods for transluminal or transthoracic interstitial electrode placement
Methods and devices for implanting pacing electrodes or other apparatus, or for delivering substances, to the heart of other tissues within the body. A guided tissue penetrating catheter is...
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7187982 |
Medical electrical lead anchoring
A non-rigid tether extends distally from an electrode of a medical electrical lead body coupling a tissue anchor to the lead body. The tissue anchor includes a surface to receive a push force from...
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7177704 |
Pacing method and apparatus
The present invention provides for a method and apparatus providing pacing to improve the hemodynamics of the heart for patients with AV nodal block, right/left bundle branch block, and heart...
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7149587 |
Cardiovascular anchoring device and method of deploying same
An anchoring device and a delivery method thereof can effectively provide a means for securing an implant to a wall of an internal organ within a patient in a variety of clinical applications. In...
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7110828 |
Intravascular electrode line
An intravascular electrode line is provided with a shaping suitable for fixing in a blood vessel. The shaping is three-dimensional and has line portions enclosing an elongated hollow space, with a...
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7107105 |
Deployable medical lead fixation system and method
An improved medical lead assembly and method of use is provided. The lead assembly includes a lead body, and a spring member positioned adjacent to the lead body. The spring member may be deployed...
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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...
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7096071 |
Set for installing an intracardiac stimulation or defibrillation lead equipped with a screw
A set for installing an intracardiac lead equipped with a screw in a wall of the endocardium, particularly a stimulation or defibrillation lead. This set comprises a removable stylet ( 50 ), able...
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7082336 |
Implantable intravascular device for defibrillation and/or pacing
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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7082335 |
Multipolar pacing method and apparatus
A physiological pacing system including a physiological pacing lead having an electrode array and a means for fixation, including a collar for securing the fixation means to a lead body of the...
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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...
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7027876 |
Lead system for providing electrical stimulation to the Bundle of His
Methods and endocardial screw-in leads for enabling provision of electrical stimulation to the heart, particularly the His Bundle in the intraventricular septal wall. An endocardial screw-in lead...
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6961621 |
Apparatus and method for stabilizing an implantable lead
A method and system for stabilizing an implantable lead system employs a lead having one or more sensing, pacing, or shocking electrodes. A sleeve arrangement of the lead includes one or more first...
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6944507 |
Electrode for a medical implant
An electrode lead for a medical implant, such as a pacemaker, has a proximal end for connection to the implant and a distal end opposite thereto having an electrode and fixation structure for...
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6934589 |
System and method for placing endocardial leads
An improved system and method for deploying medical electrical leads is disclosed. The system includes a guiding device such as a guidewire used to navigate the vascular system of a body. The...
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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...
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6912423 |
Terminal connector assembly for a medical device and method therefor
A connector assembly of an electrophysiologial device. The connector assembly includes a substrate forming a tube extending from a proximal end to a distal end an electrical circuit formed on the...
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