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7333013 Medical implant device with RFID tag and method of identification of device  
The present invention is directed a method of making an interactive medical implant device including a radio frequency identification tag mounted to an implant, the tag being covered with a liquid...
7330754 Implantable medical device stream processor  
A stream processor for an implantable medical device provides rapid computation using simple architecture and low power in which each input data sample is processed in parallel by a separate and...
7330755 Apparatus for preparing a finger nail or a toe nail for a coating  
An apparatus for preparing a finger nail or a toe nail for a coating in that a gas discharge is ignited above the nail at atmospheric pressure comprises an electrode to be arranged above the nail,...
7329226 System and method for assessing pulmonary performance through transthoracic impedance monitoring  
A system and method for assessing pulmonary performance through transthoracic impedance monitoring is described. Transthoracic impedance measures are directly collected through an implantable...
7330756 Implantable microstimulator with conductive plastic electrode and methods of manufacture and use  
An implantable microstimulator includes a plastic housing having a first end; an electronic subassembly; and a conductive plastic electrode disposed at the first end of the plastic housing and in...
7324847 Reverse current controlling electrode  
A medical electrode includes a moderately conductive flexible member having a top side and a bottom side with a connector and contact with a flexible member top side for establishing electrical...
7324852 System and method for neurological stimulation of peripheral nerves to treat low back pain  
According to one embodiment, a system for neurological stimulation of peripheral nerve fibers to treat low back pain is provided. The system includes stimulation electrodes adapted to be implanted...
7321793 Vagal stimulation for atrial fibrillation therapy  
Apparatus for treating a subject suffering from spontaneous atrial fibrillation includes an electrode device, adapted to be coupled to a vagus nerve of the subject, and a control unit, adapted to...
7313440 Collecting posture and activity information to evaluate therapy  
A medical device, programmer, or other computing device may determine values of one or more activity and, in some embodiments, posture metrics for each therapy parameter set used by the medical...
7310552 Apparatus for indirectly stimulating the vagus nerve with an electrical field  
An apparatus for indirectly stimulating a vagus nerve of a patient includes electrodes positioned within the esophagus, trachea, or a jugular vein of a patient, on the neck of the patient, or in...
7310556 Implantable medical stimulation apparatus with intra-conductor capacitive energy storage  
An implantable device electrically stimulates an organ of an animal in response to a trigger event. Between trigger event that device receives a wireless signal, such as a radio frequency signal,...
7308302 Device and method to record, store and broadcast specific brain waveforms to modulate body organ functioning  
A method for collecting, recording, and broadcasting coded human or animal body waveforms. The method consists of placing a contact, which is designed to receive electrical signals, on a portion of...
7308316 Storable implantable medical device assembly allowing in package charging  
A storable implantable medical device assembly. An implantable medical device has a secondary coil operatively coupled to therapeutic componentry. A container holds the implantable medical device,...
7302299 Electrical connector to terminate, insulate and environmentally isolate a temporary cardiac pacing wire  
A connector device, for a temporary cardiac pacing wire, includes a conductive adaptor and a cover section which completely electrically insulates the adaptor and environmentally isolates it. The...
7299091 Treatment of obesity by bilateral vagus nerve stimulation  
A method of treating patients for compulsive overeating includes stimulating left and right branches of the patient's vagus nerve simultaneously with electrical pulses in a predetermined sequence...
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...
7295872 System for and method of power efficient electrical tissue stimulation  
Circuitry for and method of power efficient operation of, and energy recovery from, tissue-stimulating electrodes having high charge capacities. Post-stimulation energy is recovered from the...
7294108 Cardiac event microrecorder and method for implanting same  
A cardiac event microrecorder comprising a hermetically sealed housing is shaped and dimensioned to facilitate the subcutaneous implantation of the microrecorder in a human patient by injection...
7295876 System and method for generating and testing treatment protocols  
A system, method, and computer program product for interactively defining and calibrating a treatment protocol program for a stimulation device such as an implantable pulse generator (IPG). An IPG,...
7292890 Vagus nerve stimulation via unidirectional propagation of action potentials  
Methods of stimulating a vagus nerve include providing at least one implantable stimulator with at least two electrodes, configuring the electrodes to apply stimulation that unidirectionally...
7289846 Multi-lumen medical electrical lead body  
A medical electrical lead includes an elastomeric multi-lumen tube, which includes a lumen having a substantially elliptical cross-section through which a conductor having a substantially circular...
7286872 Method and apparatus for managing data from multiple sensing channels  
An implantable medical device comprising a plurality of implantable electrodes to sense the electrical activity and an implantable medical device coupled to the electrodes. The implantable medical...
7286878 Multiplexed electrode array extension  
An apparatus and method for selectively interacting with electrically excitable tissue of a patient are provided. The apparatus includes an implantable pulse generator having a number of output...
7277749 Treatments for snoring using injectable neuromuscular stimulators  
Many individuals generate excessively loud snoring during their sleep, often to the point where others cannot tolerate sleeping in the same room with them. Most cases of snoring are caused by...
7274960 Method and apparatus for treating aneurysms by electrostimulation  
An aneurysmal sac arterial wall electrostimulation system ( 11 ) comprises an array of electrical leads ( 4 and 5 ) placeable in contact with a portion of the arterial wall ( 12 ) to be...
7272440 Method and apparatus for treatment of viral diseases  
An apparatus and method for treating viral infections delivers electrical stimulation to the skin or mucosa of a patient. The electrical stimulation is applied as a series of electrical pulses...
7272446 Power efficient electrical stimulation  
A method and device are disclosed for neural stimulation with improved power consumption and/or effectiveness. The stimulus generator is arranged, for example via a look up table, to recognize...
7269459 Implantable cardiac device with selectable tiered sleep apnea therapies and method  
An implantable cardiac stimulation device treats apnea with either phrenic nerve stimulation pulses or cardiac stimulation pulses. The device includes an apnea detector that detects apnea of a...
7269457 Method and system for vagal nerve stimulation with multi-site cardiac pacing  
A method of performing a medical procedure is provided. The medical procedure includes stimulation of a patient's heart while stimulating a nerve of the patient in order to modulate the patient's...
7266410 Method and system for the prediction of cardiac arrhythmias, myocardial ischemia, and other diseased condition of the heart associated with elevated sympathetic neural discharges  
Methods and systems are provided for determining an increased likelihood of the occurrence of a cardiac arrhythmia, myocardial ischemia, congestive heart failure and other diseased conditions of...
7263404 Visual restoration aiding device  
A visual restoration aiding device for restoring vision of a patient comprises an electrode array having a plurality of electrodes placed on or under a retina of an eye of the patient for applying...
7260436 Implantable networked neural system  
A neural prosthesis includes a centralized device that can provide power, data, and clock signals to one or more individual neural prosthesis subsystems. Each subsystem may include a number of...
7252632 Cardiac disease treatment and device  
A cardiac constraint device comprising a jacket of biological compatible material and an adjustment member. The jacket is adapted to be secured to the heart to snugly conform to an external...
7252090 Selection of neurostimulator parameter configurations using neural network  
In general, the invention is directed to a technique for selection of parameter configurations for a neurostimulator using neural networks. The technique may be employed by a programming device to...
7254443 Implantable medical device including a hermetic connector block extension  
An implantable medical device includes a controlling device for transmitting a first series of command signals, the controlling device comprising a connector block, a first lead body including at...
7254445 Multiprogrammable tissue stimulator and method  
An electronic stimulation system is used to control pain over multiple regions of a patient's body. The system has one or more percutaneous leads, each having multiple electrodes, implanted within...
7248918 System and method for supplying a patient reminder alert from an implantable medical device  
An implantable medical device (IMD) provides an alert to a patient that has the IMD implanted in their body. The alert is used to remind the patient to schedule and/or proceed to a follow-up...
7248917 Self treatment device  
An assembly for the purpose of self-treatment by electromagnetic waves. The assembly includes a transmitting coil arranged to transmit electromagnetic waves, the transmitting coil comprising a case...
7245966 Ventricular event filtering for an implantable medical device  
Pacing parameters are provided to address cross talk and intrinsic ventricular events occurring within a predefined blanking period following an atrial event. The parameters are used in conjunction...
7242983 Channel-selective blanking for a medical device system  
Apparatuses and methods selectively blank a neurological channel of a medical device system in the treatment of a nervous system disorder. A selected signal of a selected channel may be blanked if...
7239912 Electric modulation of sympathetic nervous system  
A method for the treatment of obesity or other disorders, by electrical activation or inhibition of the sympathetic nervous system. This activation or inhibition can be accomplished by electrically...
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...
7236825 Cardiac activity sensing during pacing in implantable devices  
A method and device for sensing cardiac activity that includes a first plurality of electrodes forming a first electrode configuration to sense cardiac activity, a second plurality of electrodes...
7236829 Implantable leadless cardiac device with flexible flaps for sensing  
A technique for performing sensing operations in the body subcutaneously employs, in combination, the housing of an electrical stimulator such as a pacemaker or an implantable cardioverter...
7235050 Implantable device for processing neurological signals  
An implantable device comprising a sensing unit, wherein the sensing unit is adapted to rectify biological/neurological signals in the form of sensed electrical signals from body tissue adjacent to...
7236822 Wireless electric modulation of sympathetic nervous system  
A method for the treatment of obesity or other disorders, by wireless electrical activation or inhibition of the sympathetic nervous system. This activation or inhibition can be accomplished by...
7236821 Chronically-implanted device for sensing and therapy  
Systems, devices and methods are provided for providing sensing and therapy functions using a chronically-implanted device. According to one embodiment, the device includes a structure adapted to...
7231252 FES stimulator having multiple bundled leads  
A multi-purpose, implantable stimulator for use in an FES system includes a housing, implantable into a patient's body. The housing contains a receiving device and a control unit, the control unit...
7228184 Viral-inhibiting method  
A hand-held viral inhibitor and related methodology which transfer between space exposed electrodes an electric current signal of reversing polarity through the viral-laden tissue are disclosed.
7228167 Method and apparatus for detecting vagus nerve stimulation  
A method and apparatus for monitoring the application of a vagus nerve stimulation signal includes a detection circuit having an amplifier, a filter, and a signal prolongation circuit. The signal...