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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...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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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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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...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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.
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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...
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