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7620454 |
Gastro-electric stimulation for reducing the acidity of gastric secretions or reducing the amounts thereof
A gastro-electric stimulation system includes an INS for producing an electrical stimulation signal, at least one medical electrical lead, and at least two electrical contacts. The medical...
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7610106 |
Epicardial heartwire with chest tube
A heartwire comprises a wire having a proximal end and a distal end, at least part of the distal end being conductive so as to be usable in heart stimulation; and attached to said distal end, an...
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7587247 |
Cardiac harness having an optimal impedance range
A system for treating the heart including a cardiac harness configured to conform generally to at least a portion of a patient's heart. The system also includes an electrode associated with the...
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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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7531810 |
Integrated half-beam profile measurement and polar profile for circular radiation field symmetry assessment
A method for routine monitoring and quality assurance of field asymmetry of high energy circular radiation beam producing equipment. The quality assurance process of field symmetry for devices such...
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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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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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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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7383085 |
Subcutaneous implantable cardioverter/defibrillator
Implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) are disclosed that are entirely implantable subcutaneously with minimal surgical intrusion into the body of the patient and provide distributed...
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7373207 |
Treatments for a patient with congestive heart failure
The invention is directed to devices for two minimally invasive therapeutic procedures, particularly for patients with congestive heart failure. One procedure involves providing a valve to form a...
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7340310 |
Multi-layered electrodes and uses thereof
The present invention is of an electrode comprising an electrode substrate, wherein the electrode substrate has an electrode side and a back side; a conductive material layer disposed on the back...
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7319905 |
Passive fixation mechanism for epicardial sensing and stimulation lead placed through pericardial access
An implantable lead having an elongated lead body that includes an electrical conductor extending between a distal end of the lead body and a proximal end of the lead body is disclosed. The lead...
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7302300 |
Subcutaneous electrode for transthoracic conduction with highly maneuverable insertion tool
Electrical cardiac therapy devices including electrode assemblies having openings for receiving an electrode insertion tool, and methods of inserting such electrode assemblies. The opening(s) are...
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7299092 |
Subcutaneous electrode for transthoracic conduction with low profile installation appendage
Electrical cardiac therapy devices including electrode lead assemblies having appendages coupled to an electrode. The appendage may take the form of a riser and a head having various...
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7299097 |
Subcutaneous electrode for transthoracic conduction with insertion tool
Electrical cardiac therapy devices including electrode lead assemblies having first and second insertion tool receivers. The insertion tool receivers may be attached to an electrode and/or an...
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7277755 |
Subcutaneous cardiac stimulation device providing anti-tachycardia pacing therapy and method
An implantable subcutaneous cardiac device includes at least two subcutaneous electrodes adapted for placement external to a heart beneath the skin of a patient. The device further includes an...
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7274962 |
Subcutaneous electrode with improved contact shape for transthoracic conduction
Electrical cardiac therapy devices including electrode assemblies having openings for receiving an electrode insertion tool, and methods of inserting such electrode assemblies. The opening(s) are...
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7272448 |
Medical lead for placement in the pericardial sac
The lead body of a medical lead comprises a distal end portion carrying at least one electrode for placement in the pericardial sac of a human heart. The distal end portion of the lead body...
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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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7239925 |
Subcutaneous electrode for transthoracic conduction with improved installation characteristics
Electrical cardiac therapy devices including lead electrode assemblies for implantation into a patient comprising an electrode having a first face and a second face, and an appendage extending...
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7231260 |
Intravascular self-anchoring electrode body with arcuate springs, spring loops, or arms
An expandable intravascular medical device comprises an arcuate spring configured to be expanded into contact with the inner surface of a blood vessel. Another medical device comprises an electrode...
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7225036 |
Cardiac harness for treating congestive heart failure and for defibrillating and/or pacing/sensing
A system for treating the heart includes a cardiac harness associated with a cardiac rhythm management devise which includes at least electrodes and a power source. The cardiac harness applies a...
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7212871 |
Epicardial and myocardial leads for implanting in the heart by thoracotomy or port access surgeries with detachable electrode tip
A medical electrical lead to conduct electrical stimulation and/or signals between an electrical stimulator and a heart site includes an elongated lead body extending to a proximal connector for...
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7200437 |
Tissue contact for satellite cardiac pacemaker
An implantable cardiac system has a master pacing unit and a remote satellite pacing unit. The master pacing unit is electrically coupled to a right side of a patient's heart via a lead assembly....
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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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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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7184830 |
Methods and systems for treating arrhythmias using a combination of vibrational and electrical energy
Methods and apparatus for cardiac pacing, cardioversion and defibrillation rely on delivering ultrasonic or other vibrational energy in combination with electrical energy to the heart, usually...
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7181272 |
Cardiac restraint with electrode attachment sites
The invention is directed to techniques for electrode placement around a heart. A harness having one or more attachment sites may be secured around the heart, and electrodes may be secured at the...
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7168165 |
Fabrication of electrical medical leads employing multi-filar wire conductors
During fabrication of an electrical medical lead, a cut end of a stranded wire conductor is subjected to electrical current sufficient to heat and weld the strands together upon discharge of a high...
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7158839 |
Cardiac harness for treating heart disease
A system for treating the heart includes a cardiac harness associated with a cardiac rhythm management devise which does not have a lead system. The cardiac harness applies a compressive force on...
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7155295 |
Cardiac harness for treating congestive heart failure and for defibrillating and/or pacing/sensing
A system for treating the heart includes a cardiac harness associated with a cardiac rhythm management devise which includes at least electrodes and a power source. The cardiac harness applies a...
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7149588 |
Cardiac harness for treating congestive heart failure and for defibrillating and/or pacing/sensing
A system for treating the heart includes a cardiac harness associated with a cardiac rhythm management devise which includes at least electrodes and a power source. The cardiac harness applies a...
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7120503 |
Sterile disposable internal defibrillation paddles
A disposable internal defibrillator paddle providing for a more economical and easier defibrillation procedure than non disposable paddles. The disposable paddle contains: (a) a handle attached to...
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7085606 |
Epicardial electrode
An epicardial electrode which is suitable, in particular, for use with a cardiac stimulation device, comprises an electrode body which has a stimulation surface adapted to bear against the cardiac...
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6965798 |
Implantable device for treating atrial fibrillation and method of using same
A device for treating atrial fibrillation includes a pad which houses the distal end of an electrode which is adapted to deliver a substantially uniform shock gradient to an atrial surface of a...
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6941174 |
Temporary pacing wire having a constrained anchor and method of producing same
A surgical electrode has an anchor which is constrained by a coating made from a bioabsorbable material. The anchor may have a barbed harpoon-like shape designed to enhance the retention strength...
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6876887 |
Cardio therapeutic heart sack
This invention relates to implantable heart sack that can be equipped with pacemaker leads and/or defibrillation leads for the treatment of cardiomyopathy, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, tachycardia,...
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6718212 |
Implantable medical electrical lead with light-activated adhesive fixation
Medical electrical leads adapted to be implanted within the body, and particularly such leads having at least one distal electrode affixed at a site of a body organ, particularly the epicardium of...
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6633780 |
Cardiac shock electrode system and corresponding implantable defibrillator system
An implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) system includes an internal electrode placed in the right ventricle of the heart, and a flexible array (that includes a plurality of electrodes)...
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6567699 |
Defibrillating cardiac constraint
A device for treating cardiac disease of a heart includes a jacket of flexible material defining a volume between an open upper end and a lower end. The jacket is dimensioned for an apex of the...
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6463335 |
Temporary medical electrical lead having electrode mounting pad with biodegradable adhesive
A temporary cardiac electrical stimulating lead is disclosed having a stimulating electrode mounted in or on an electrode mounting pad disposed at a distal end of the lead, the pad having a...
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6385491 |
Temporary medical electrical lead having biodegradable electrode mounting pad loaded with therapeutic drug
A temporary cardiac electrical stimulating lead comprises a stimulating electrode mounted in or on a biodegradable electrode mounting pad disposed at a distal end of the lead. The electrode...
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6330481 |
Temporary medical electrical lead having biodegradable electrode mounting pad
A temporary cardiac electrical stimulating lead is disclosed where the lead body thereof may be removed from inside a patient through the application of a simple pulling force exerted on its...
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6330480 |
Plastically deformed medical electrode with releasable conductive cable
An electrode device intended for medical equipment and arranged to be attached to a tissue of a body part of a patient, the electrode device including a clamping member, wherein the clamping member...
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6318374 |
Epicardial pacer wires shield
An epicardial pacer wires shield comprising a base element with a pair of spools mounted to the base element. Each of spool of the pair of spools has a slit in a top surface thereof for securing...
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6219581 |
Pacing lead system
A pacing electrode arrangement for stimulating the heart by means of an implantable pacemaker, comprising a first pacing electrode arranged in the vena cava superior and a second pacing electrode...
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6169922 |
Defibrillating cardiac jacket with interwoven electrode grids
A device for treating cardiac disease of a heart includes a jacket of flexible material defining a volume between an open upper end and a lower end. The jacket is dimensioned for an apex of the...
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6152955 |
Implantable conformal coil patch electrode with multiple conductive elements for cardioversion and defibrillation
Body-implantable leads with open, unbacked (uninsulated) electrode structures having electrical discharge surfaces formed by conductive elements, such as mesh and braid, and preferably coils. The...
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6144879 |
Heart pacemaker
A heart pacemaker which is arranged to stimulate the apical area of the heart. Stimulation of this area provides synchronous mechanical contraction of the left and right ventricles and overcomes...
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6076013 |
Apparatus and methods for treating congestive heart failure
Apparatus and method for the treatment of congestive heart failure are disclosed that utilize a cuff that surrounds the heart and constrains cardiac dilation, while electrodes embedded in the cuff...
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