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5614502 High-pressure impulse transient drug delivery for the treatment of proliferative diseases  
A method of treating diseases of cell proliferation in a patient such as neoplasms and rheumatoid arthritis including administering sub-toxic doses of a compound in combination with high pressure...
5607453 Composite medical treating device composed ferrodielectric substance and semiconductor  
A composite medical treating device includes laminations of an n-type semiconductor film and a p-type semiconductor film coated on a surface of a ferrodielectric substance. When the composite...
5607461 Apparatus and method for delivering electrical stimulus to tissue  
An electrical stimulation apparatus and method for applying an electrical stimulation to a lesion. The apparatus includes a housing having a battery and an electrical circuit mounted inside the...
5584863 Pulsed radio frequency electrotherapeutic system  
A system for tissue-impedance matched pulsed radio frequency (PRF) electrotherapy includes a power supply, an excitation board for generating PRF signals of a selectable frequency, the board having...
5584870 Implant ESD protection network  
A protective component is provided for protecting a cochlear implant from external electrostatic discharges. The implant receives signals through a receiver coil inductively coupled to a...
5573551 Implantable medical device with detachable battery or electronic circuit  
An implantable medical device, such as a pacemaker, cardioverter or defibrillator, having a detachable power source, so that either the power source or the electronic circuitry can be replaced. The...
5562707 Garment for applying controlled electrical stimulation to restore motor function  
A non-invasive self-contained functional electrical stimulation garment is disclosed. The garment, which is preferably in the form of a glove, may be donned in one piece by a user of reduced motor...
5553626 Device for preventing bruxism  
An anti bruxism device for stopping or at least diminishing bruxism comprises a splint adapted to be secured to a tooth of a user, and a biofeedback system mounted on the splint. The biofeedback...
5540735 Apparatus for electro-stimulation of flexing body portions  
A stimulation apparatus is used for treatment of flexing portions of the human body by electrical stimulation. The apparatus has positioning means for firmly holding the flexing portion of the...
5514165 Combined high voltage pulsed current and neuromuscular stimulation electrotherapy device  
An electrotherapy stimulation unit having a high voltage pulsed current (HVPC) electrotherapy stimulation device providing short duration low amperage high voltage constant charge HVPC pulses to a...
5487751 Mechanical connector for securing compatible medical instruments together  
A mechanical connector (10) for securing together an electrocardiogram monitor (12) and a defibrillator (14). The connector includes a tongue (16) disposed on a side surface (18) of the ECG monitor...
5476481 Electrotherapy apparatus with superimposed AC fields  
An electrotherapeutic field stimulator includes at least a pair of electrodes for applying the electricity to the body in the form of an electric field and a generator for providing the electricity...
RE35129 Optimization of bone formation at cathodes  
A method including applying varying signals to a first electrode at the tissue site and a second electrode remote from the tissue site and monitoring the results to determine a distinctive...
5470345 Implantable medical device with multi-layered ceramic enclosure  
An implantable medical device has a novel ceramic enclosure with joinable multi-layered clamshells. In the preferred embodiment one half of the enclosure carries the hybrid circuitry and...
5464428 Environmentally protected medical electronic instrument  
An environmentally protected medical electronic instrument, such as a defibrillator. The defibrillator electronics are housed in an integrally formed rectangular container having an open top....
5449376 System and method for producing highly amplified radio signals for feedback into the human body  
The present invention includes an apparatus and method for generating, duplicating, and transmitting biophotonic radio frequencies that propagate along the atmospheric boundary layer of the human...
5425750 Accelerometer-based multi-axis physical activity sensor for a rate-responsive pacemaker and method of fabrication  
An accelerometer-based, multi-axis physical activity sensor for use with a rate-responsive pacemaker, and a method for fabricating the sensor, are provided. The multi-axis physical activity sensor...
5411540 Method and apparatus for preferential neuron stimulation  
The invention provides a method for preferentially stimulating neural somas over neural axons located around the somas but not integral with the somas. In the invention, a positive electrical pulse...
5404877 Leadless implantable sensor assembly and a cardiac emergency warning alarm  
A leadless implantable cardiac arrhythmia alarm is disclosed which continuously assesses a patient's heart function to discriminate between normal and abnormal heart functioning and, upon detecting...
5399007 Medical treatment cabinet  
A medical treatment cabinet having a top work surface and a supply stand extending upwardly from the rear of the top surface. The top drawer of the cabinet has a control panel on its from face for...
5383473 Rate-responsive implantable stimulation device having a miniature hybrid-mountable accelerometer-based sensor and method of fabrication  
A miniature, hybrid-mountable, accelerometer-based, physical activity sensor for use with a rate-responsive implantable stimulation device is provided. The physical activity sensor is constructed...
5342410 Apparatus and method for increasing the amplitude of P300 waves in the human brain  
A cranial electrotherapy stimulation ("CES") device which generates periodic electrical signals is connected between the forehead and wrist area of a human being in order to affect electrical...
5329931 Apparatus and method for automatic stimulation of mammals in response to blood gas analysis  
Apparatus for automatic stimulation of a patient having a sensor adapted to be coupled to the patient for measuring the saturation level of a predetermined gas in the blood of the patient and...
5314458 Single channel microstimulator  
An implantable microstimulator system employs a miniature ferrite-cored coil contained with an hermetically sealed housing to receive control signals and operating power from an RF telemetry...
5312439 Implantable device having an electrolytic storage electrode  
An electrolytic, capacitive electrode, adapted to be disposed in body fluids when implanted, is used to store electrical energy for use in providing electrical energy to at least a portion of the...
5304206 Activation techniques for implantable medical device  
Improvements are disclosed in apparatus and techniques for activating an implantable medical device, such as a neurostimulator adapted to treat and control a disorder of a patient where the...
5281219 Multiple stimulation electrodes  
A technique for reducing fatigue associated with artificially stimulated contractions of muscle tissue. The stimulation of the muscle tissue is associated with treatment of a particular medical...
5279293 Implantable defibrillator with fibrillation-inducing capability and method for inducing fibrillation  
An implantable defibrillator has a capacitor which, through a controllable switch arrangement, can either be connected to a voltage source for charging the capacitor, or connected across electrodes...
5231988 Treatment of endocrine disorders by nerve stimulation  
Method and apparatus are described for treating and controlling diabetes and other systemic pancreatic endocrine disorders attributable to abnormal levels of secretion of endogenous insulin. An...
5176135 Implantable defibrillation electrode system  
An electrode system is provided for an implantable cardiac defibrillator. The electrode system includes a first endocardial lead having at least one electrode and a second epicardial or...
5174288 Method and apparatus for cardiac defibrillation  
A system of implantable defibrillation leads, and methods for their use. Each lead is provided with an elongated defibrillation electrode surface, made up of a plurality of electrode coils. Each...
5165403 Difibrillation lead system and method of use  
A method of cardioverting the atrium of a human heart, comprising insertion of first and second elongated electrodes tranvenously into the heart and associated vessels. One electrode is preferably...
5165404 Biological tissue stimulation device with control means for determining stimulation sensitivity calculation timing  
A device for biological tissue stimulation continually undertakes an evaluation of the stimulation sensitivity of the biological tissue to be stimulated, so that the stimulation energy can be set...
5154169 Pacing unit with catheter holder  
A pacing unit is disclosed. The pacing unit incorporates a catheter with pacing electrodes and leads extending from the pacing electrodes through the body of the catheter, a catheter holder for...
5154165 Medical devices  
A catheter or other invasive/implant device (40;52) intended for relatively long term use, of the order of a day or more, in a patient's body is provided with an electric field generator (48;53) to...
5148805 Defibrillator pad system and method for using same  
The defibrillator pad system of the present invention includes a pair of pads which can be adhered to electrodes of defibrillator paddles. Wires are connected to these pads and lead to two separate...
5149603 Battery pack for medical instruments  
An improved battery pack is provided for short term battery power operation of a medical instrument such as an infusion pump. The battery pack comprises a substantially closed and compact housing...
5146918 Demand apnea control of central and obstructive sleep apnea  
An apparatus and method for the control of both central and obstructive sleep apnea using electrical stimulation on a demand basis. Implantable sensors monitor the respiration cycle and determine...
5144946 Combined pacemaker substrate and electrical interconnect and method of assembly  
A pacemaker having a single integrated interconnect structure is disclosed which combines the functions of a flexible interconnect cable and a protective lid for a hybrid substrate. The integrated...
5129392 Apparatus for automatically inducing fibrillation  
An automatic fibrillator for inclusion in an implantable defibrillator. Fibrillation induction takes place while the patient's heart is beating at a known rate, and the fibrillation inducing pulse...
5123413 Electric therapeutic apparatus  
An electric therapeutic apparatus for inducing an expectoration of sputum by a patient having difficulty therewith by using an interference low frequency wave, which comprises at least one electric...
5121747 Hybrid orthosis  
A functional electrical stimulation orthosis for restoring locomotion in paraplegics is described. The orthosis has knee locks for each leg to enforce knee extension in a standing position, and a...
5111832 Processes for the control of tachyarrhythmias by in vivo laser ablation of human heart tissue  
Tachyarrhythmias are corrected by in vivo ablation of human heart tissue employing laser energy delivered by means of elongated optical fibers in a series of short discrete pulses to sites of...
5111812 Defilbrillation electrode having smooth current distribution  
A defibrillation electrode for implantation in the region of the heart and for connection to a defibrillation system. The electrode comprises multiple independent conductive segments spaced apart...
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...
5109842 Implantable tachyarrhythmia control system having a patch electrode with an integrated cardiac activity system  
An implantable tachyarrhythmia control system includes a patch electrode having a sensor integrated therein, such as a piezoelectric sensor, which is capable of monitoring mechanical heart...
5109843 Extra to-intracorporeal power supply  
A method of providing extracorporeal to intracorporeal power transfer in a patient employs a cylindrical primary coil inserted into a segment of small intestine which has been separated and closed...
5099838 Endocardial defibrillation electrode system  
An endocardial defibrillation electrode system as provided, including a coronary sinus lead, a ventricular lead, and a subcutaneous plate. The coronary sinus lead includes an elongated electrode...
5086773 Tool-less pacemaker lead assembly  
A lead connection assembly for an implantable device forming a subcutaneous electrical and mechanical connection with an electrical lead without tools employs connectors in the form of a resilient...
5080097 Combination pacer defibrillator electrodes and pacer-defibrillator and method for use therewith  
A single paddle is capable of delivering pacing and defibrillating electrical pulses to a patient. In one embodiment, the paddle has a region of high electrical conductivity coupled to a...
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