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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...
7460913 Implantable electrode, insertion tool for use therewith, and insertion method  
An electrode system includes an implantable electrode having at least one electrode contact, an insertion tool, and a technique or method that allows the electrode contact to be positioned within...
7343202 Method for affecting urinary function with electrode implantation in adipose tissue  
Systems and methods provide a stimulation electrode assembly comprising an elongated lead sized and configured to be implanted within an adipose tissue region. The lead includes an electrically...
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...
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...
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...
7187983 Electrode head fixation arrangement  
A fixation arrangement on the outer surface of an electrode head at distal end of a pacing lead includes an attachment mechanism having at least one tine, the tine being connected to the electrode...
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...
7092766 Active fixation lead with multiple density  
An implantable lead adapted to transmit electrical signals between a connector assembly on a proximal end of the lead and at least one electrode carried by a distal end of the lead comprises a...
7076309 Apparatus and method for fixedly engaging an electrical lead  
An electrical lead includes an elongate body having a proximal end and a fixation member joined to the elongate body and distally disposed from the proximal end of the elongate body, wherein the...
7065409 Device communications of an implantable medical device and an external system  
An implantable medical device, external unit, and method for establishing communication between them are disclosed. The external unit learns the frequencies of transmission and reception for the...
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...
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...
6884122 Lead frame and strip molding for contact connectors in implantable medical devices  
An apparatus and method of electrically connecting components of an implantable medical device are disclosed. One embodiment is an apparatus having at least one electrical connector comprising a...
6697677 System and method for placing a medical electrical lead  
An improved system and method that is capable of delivering multiple electrode assemblies to predetermined implant sites within a body is disclosed. The system includes an elongated member such as...
RE37463 Implantable device for penetrating and delivering agents to cardiac tissue  
An implantable devices for the effective elimination of an arrhythmogenic site from the myocardium is presented. By inserting small biocompatible conductors and/or insulators into the heart tissue...
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...
6241726 Catheter system having a tip section with fixation means  
A catheter system having a tip section with fixation means for use in treatment of tissues, such as mapping pulmonary veins or ablating tumors in a natural body conduit or cavity by applying RF...
6240322 System and apparatus having low profile collapsible tines  
A medical device is insertable and/or implantable into a body of a patient. The medical device includes a plurality of hollow and/or collapsible tines which are adapted to assist in deployment of...
6178356 Coronary venous lead having fixation mechanism  
A body implantable lead for placement in a selected coronary vein includes a resilient retention structure for inhibiting displacement of the lead because of heart beat action, breathing or other...
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...
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...
5957966 Implantable cardiac lead with multiple shape memory polymer structures  
A cardiac lead is provided that is capable of deforming in situ to accommodate difficult myocardial structures. The lead includes a connector for coupling to a cardiac stimulator and a flexible...
5891137 Catheter system having a tip with fixation means  
A catheter system having a tip with fixation means for use in treatment of tissues, such as ablating tumors in a natural body conduit or cavity by applying RF energy through the tip, wherein the...
5871532 Epicardial lead for minimally invasive implantation  
A lead assembly for fixation to a human heart via thoracoscopy is provided. The lead assembly includes a lead that has a connector for connection to a cardiac stimulator, such as a pacemaker, a...
5868741 Ablation catheter system having fixation tines  
A catheter system having a tip with fixation tines for use in treatment of tissues, such as ablating tumors in a natural body conduit or a cavity by applying RF energy through the tip, wherein the...
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...
5702438 Expandable recording and ablation catheter system  
A recording/ablation system includes an inner working catheter for deployment from a distal port in an outer sheath or catheter in a heart chamber, or the like, which has a plurality of divergent...
5609623 Electrode device for intracardiac stimulation of heart tissue and/or sensing heart signals having conductive surfaces relatively positionable with respect to each other by a control element  
An electrode device, for intracardiac stimulation of heart tissue and/or sensing heart signals in a patient, has an electrode cable containing at least two elongate, flexible conductors, insulated...
5593433 Implantable endocardial lead with self-healing retractable fixation apparatus  
An implantable endocardial lead with a retractable helix. A specialized stylet can be inserted into the lead at the proximal end and passed through the lead to the distal end. Located at the distal...
5578069 Electrode deployment mechanism and method using artificial muscle  
A lead having a defibrillation electrode that is deployed for defibrillation using artificial muscle. In an undeployed position, the defibrillation electrode is small in diameter so as to be easily...
5571162 Transvenous defibrillation lead with side hooks  
A transvenous implantable defibrillation lead includes a conductor and inner and outer coaxial cylindrical electrodes. The inner electrode is connected to the conductor, and the outer electrode is...
5551427 Implantable device for the effective elimination of cardiac arrhythmogenic sites  
An implantable devices for the effective elimination of an arrhythmogenic site from the myocardium is presented. By inserting small biocompatible conductors and/or insulators into the heart tissue...
5522876 Screw-in pacing lead  
A lead for use with a pacemaker in a pacing system, the lead having at least one electrode placed at its distal tip and a helical fixation member at the lead distal tip for screwing the lead into a...
5522872 Electrode-conductor sleeve joint for cardiac lead  
A joint for cardiac stimulation lead has a sleeve that joins a conductor to an electrode. The conductor and electrode are inserted into passages formed through the sleeve and are bonded at least to...
5514174 Positive fixation device  
An implantable defibrillation electrode including a conductive distal end portion and a non-conductive proximal end portion is provided with at least a major portion of the length of the distal end...
5507802 Method of mapping and/or ablation using a catheter having a tip with fixation means  
The mapping and/or ablation catheter for use in ablating the tissue in the wall forming a chamber in the heart comprising a flexible elongate tubular member having proximal and distal extremities,...
5492119 Catheter tip stabilizing apparatus  
Electrophysiology catheter apparatus including at least one retractable control wire with a preformed curved resilient foot formed at the distal extremity, slidably advanced and retracted within a...
5466255 Probe for cardiac pacemaker  
A heart signal sensor 11 is connected by a flexible cord 13 to a catheter 17. The sensor 11 and the catheter 17 are attached to install the sensor in the cardiac wall, and thereafter are disunited...
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...
5405374 Transvenous defibrillation lead and method of use  
A defibrillation lead for location in a human heart, having an elongated lead body defining a generally straight segment extending from its proximal end and a curved segment extending distally from...
5336253 Pacing and cardioversion lead systems with shared lead conductors  
A combined pacing and cardioversion lead system with internal electrical switching components for unipolar or bipolar sensing of electrograms, pacing at normal pacing voltages and cardioversion or...
5282845 Multiple electrode deployable lead  
An implantable defibrillator lead comprises a flexible, conductive lead member having proximal and distal end portions. The distal end portion defines a plurality of separate, curvilinear...
5257634 Low impedence defibrillation catheter electrode  
A low impedence defibrillation catheter electrode having a high effective conductive length for implantation in the right ventricle of the heart. The catheter electrode conductive body has at least...
5179962 Cardiac lead with retractible fixators  
A cardiac lead has an electrode and fixation assembly including a plurality of fixation members movable to extended positions into heart tissue to retain the electrode in intimate engagement with...
5010894 Intravascular electrode lead usable for cardiac defibrillation  
An intravascular electrode lead usable for cardiac defibrillation comprises a lead body (11) and an electrode arrangement (12) carried by said lead body and insertable into an atrial or ventricular...
5002067 Medical electrical lead employing improved penetrating electrode  
A cardiac pacing lead or other stimulation lead carrying a drug compounded into a matrix, located within the distal portion of the lead. The drug is delivered to the tissue adjacent the distal end...
4967766 Implantable endocardial lead with fixation apparatus retractable by a lanyard  
An implantable endocardial lead with retractable fixation apparatus. The fixation apparatus comprises a sharpened helix which can be repeatedly both retracted within an electrode at a distal end of...
4957118 Electrode lead  
The electrode lead is provided with a tine assembly having tines which can be actively moved back and forth between a retracted position and an extended position. The tines are mounted on an...
4953564 Screw-in drug eluting lead  
A cardiac pacing lead or other stimulation lead carrying a drug incorporated into a controlled release device. The lead is provided with an extendable fixation helix which is advanceable from the...
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