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7620451 Methods and apparatus for pulsed electric field neuromodulation via an intra-to-extravascular approach  
Methods and apparatus are provided for pulsed electric field neuromodulation via an intra-to-extravascular approach, e.g., to effectuate irreversible electroporation or electrofusion, necrosis...
7616990 Implantable and rechargeable neural stimulator  
One aspect of the present subject matter relates to an implantable medical device. An embodiment of the device comprises a rechargeable power supply adapted to be recharged through an ultrasound...
7615016 Method and system for treating stretch marks  
Methods and systems for treating stretch marks through deep tissue tightening with ultrasound are provided. An exemplary method and system comprise a therapeutic ultrasound system configured for...
7610095 Diagnosis, treatment, and research of brain disorders  
A method and a Cranial Electrical Stimulator CES for operation in a diagnosis, treatment, research, and test mode related to brain disorders, namely to mental disorders, and to neurological...
7610091 Apparatus and method for detecting lead adequacy and quality  
A system and method for detecting lead adequacy and quality is disclosed. The system includes leads attached to a package having known electrical or optical characteristics. The package is adapted...
7610090 Implantable medical device with automatic sensing adjustment  
An implantable medical device system that senses physiologic processes via multiple sensor signal configurations. The device can further process the sensor configurations to obtain additional...
7599739 Multi-chamber timing for premature cardiac pacing  
A pacing control is used in multi-chamber cardiac potentiation therapy to provide a first premature pacing pulse to a first chamber based on a previous event sensed in the first chamber, and to...
7599736 Method and apparatus for neuromodulation and physiologic modulation for the treatment of metabolic and neuropsychiatric disease  
A method and apparatus for physiological modulation, including neural and gastrointestinal modulation, for the purposes of treating several disorders, including obesity, depression, epilepsy, and...
7594925 Control systems for delivering energy  
Methods for treating a network of organs including generating a map of at least a portion of the network of organs using a rendering system; selecting at least one treatment location within the...
7590450 Filtered electrical interconnect assembly  
An electronic module assembly for an implantable medical device includes a non-conductive block having an opening for accepting a feedthrough conductor. The block has opposite first and second ends...
7582062 Methods of neural centre location and electrode placement in the central nervous system  
A method of locating the position of a selected neural centre in the central nervous system of an animal is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of (a) stimulating neurons at a first central...
7582058 Surgical access system and related methods  
A system for accessing a surgical target site and related methods, involving an initial distraction system for creating an initial distraction corridor, and an assembly capable of distracting from...
7574257 Method and apparatus for diagnosing and treating neural dysfunction  
A method and apparatus for diagnosing and treating neural dysfunction is disclosed. This device has the capability of delivering the therapeutic electrical energy to more than one treatment...
7569019 Analysis and use of cardiographic bioimpedance measurements  
A technique for analyzing cardiographic measurements includes receiving bioimpedance information of a subject and determining a rate of change of blood flow based on the bioimpedance information....
7565208 Catheter with sensor tips, tool and device and methods of use of same  
An apparatus and method for catheter-based sensing and injection at a target site within a patient's body. An injection catheter is equipped with electrodes at its distal end which contact the...
7565202 Field focusing and mapping in an electrode array  
The present invention is a system for mapping a high resolution image to a lower resolution electrode array and, by applying varying stimulus to neighboring electrodes, creating a perceived image...
7565195 Failsafe satellite pacemaker system  
In one implementation, a failsafe method for implantable satellite pacemaker pacing is provided, which includes pacing with a satellite pacemaker and monitoring for a local pacing pulse with an...
7565194 ECG rhythm advisory method  
A method of automatically determining which type of treatment is most appropriate for a cardiac arrest victim, the method comprising transforming one or more time domain electrocardiogram (ECG)...
7555338 Methods and implantable devices for inducing fibrillation by alternating constant current  
The present invention is directed toward methods for inducing fibrillation in a patient using a controlled current AC signal applied via an implanted ICD. In some embodiments, the AC signal is...
7551964 Splanchnic nerve stimulation for treatment of obesity  
A method for the treatment of obesity or other disorders by electrical activation or inhibition of the sympathetic nervous system is disclosed. This activation or inhibition can be accomplished by...
7551962 Implantable medical device with voice responding and recording capacity  
An implantable medical device such as a cardiac pacemaker or implantable cardioverter/defibrillator with the capability of receiving communications in the form of speech spoken by the patient. An...
7551958 Safety control system for implantable neural stimulator  
A neural stimulation system includes a safety control system that prevents delivery of neural stimulation pulses from causing potentially harmful effects. The neural stimulation pulses are...
7551957 Electromagnetic therapy device and methods  
Systems and techniques for applying an electromagnetic field to bodily tissue include a self-contained and portable electromagnetic field generating device disposed over a surface of bodily tissue...
7551956 Stimulation methodologies and apparatus for control of brain states  
A system for accessing the brain of a subject to record and/or stimulate brain stares thereof. The system includes control means, first accessing means having a plurality of contact surfaces...
7548779 Microwave energy head therapy  
A therapy whereby high frequency electromagnetic pulses are externally applied to a head. The microwave signals effectively resynchronize neural firings thereby lessening or curing certain...
7542804 Neuromuscular stimulation to avoid pulmonary embolisms  
A system and method that provide a prophylactic treatment to a person, e.g., a patient, to avoid the occurrence of pulmonary embolisms by the system providing neuromuscular stimulation to a...
7542800 Method and apparatus for synchronizing neural stimulation to cardiac cycles  
A neural stimulator senses a reference signal indicative of cardiac cycles each including a predetermined type timing reference event using a sensor external to the heart and blood vessels. The...
7542797 Electrotherapy apparatus using low and intermediate frequencies  
Disclosed herein is an electrotherapy apparatus using low and intermediate frequencies. In the electrotherapy apparatus of the present invention, a user selects one of low and intermediate output...
7540871 Integrated three-port receptacle and method for connecting hand and foot switched electrosurgical accessories  
A three-port receptacle connects both single-prong and three-prong electrical connectors of electrosurgical accessories to an electrosurgical generator. The receptacle includes two control ports...
7540841 System and method for in-situ mental health monitoring and therapy administration  
Method and systems for diagnosing and treating individuals having a mental health disease that provide health related information about one or more of the individuals wherein at least portion of...
7539538 Low power loss current digital-to-analog converter used in an implantable pulse generator  
In one embodiment, the present invention provides an implantable stimulation device that includes output current sources and/or sinks configured to provide an output current for a load (i.e.,...
7529582 Method and apparatus for neuromodulation and physiologic modulation for the treatment of metabolic and neuropsychiatric disease  
A method and apparatus for physiological modulation, including neural and gastrointestinal modulation, for the purposes of treating several disorders, including obesity, depression, epilepsy, and...
7519424 Intravascular medical device  
An implantable medical device is configured so that all of the major components including a housing and attached leads are disposed within the vasculature of a patient. A tether extends from the...
7519420 Apparatus for selectively destroying dividing cells  
Dividing cells within living tissue that contain polarizable intracellular members can be destroyed using at least two insulated electrodes and an electric field source that applies an alternating...
7519419 Material and method of forming yttria-stabilized zirconia to minimize low-temperature degradation  
The invention is directed to a material and a method of substantially eliminating destructive low-temperature, humidity-enhanced phase transformation of yttria-stabilized zirconia in general, as...
7515012 System and method for automatic tuning of a magnetic field generator  
An automatic tuning system for a magnetic field generating tuned circuit includes a processor configured to maintain the resonant frequency of a tuned circuit equal to a reference frequency. The...
7513257 System of implantable devices for monitoring and/or affecting body parameters  
A system for monitoring and/or affecting parameters of a patient's body and more particularly to such a system comprised of a system control unit (SCU) and one or more other devices, preferably...
7509165 Biofeedback electronic stimulation device  
A biofeedback electronic stimulation device includes a processor for generating a first control signal and a plurality of second control signals responsive to at least one input signal. Transformer...
7505813 System and method for determining preferred atrioventricular pacing delay values based on intracardiac electrogram signals  
Techniques are provided for use by an implantable medical device for determining optimal or preferred atrioventricular (AV) pacing delay values for use in pacing the heart. Briefly, the atria and...
7502651 Methods for stimulating a dorsal root ganglion  
Some embodiments of the present invention provide stimulation systems and components for selective stimulation and/or neuromodulation of one or more dorsal root ganglia through implantation of an...
7502649 Gastrointestinal methods and apparatus for use in treating disorders  
A method is provided for detecting a change in posture of a subject. An electrical impedance is measured between two or more sites on a stomach ( 20 ) of the subject, and an impedance signal is...
7502217 Filtering capacitor feedthrough assembly  
A filtering capacitor feedthrough assembly for an implantable active medical device is disclosed. The filtering capacitor feedthrough assembly includes a capacitor having an aperture, the capacitor...
7499747 External baroreflex activation  
Methods and systems for external baroreflex activation allow a physician to characterize a patient's response to baroreflex activation prior to providing baroreflex activation therapy. Methods...
7499746 Automated adaptive muscle stimulation method and apparatus  
An automated adaptive muscle stimulation system and method are disclosed. The stimulation system includes at least one electrode assembly adapted to deliver a muscle stimulation signal to the...
7499742 Electrode structures and methods for their use in cardiovascular reflex control  
Devices, systems and methods are described by which the blood pressure, nervous system activity, and neurohormonal activity may be selectively and controllably reduced by activating baroreceptors....
7493161 System and method to deliver therapy in presence of another therapy  
Various aspects relate to a method. In various embodiments, a therapy of a first therapy type is delivered, and it is identified whether a therapy of a second therapy type is present to affect the...
7493159 Trial neuro stimulator with lead diagnostics  
A medical device known as a trial neuro stimulator with a diagnostics module to determine whether the therapy lead is operational for delivering stimulation therapy to improve operation in areas...
7489966 Independent therapy programs in an implantable medical device  
Apparatus and method for independently delivering a plurality of therapy programs in an implantable medical device. A therapy controller configures the device to generate independent pulse trains...
7489965 Apparatus for neuromuscular measurement and control  
A dynamically configurable clamping device for applying a desired electrical current to a tissue membrane includes an input lead electrically connected to the tissue membrane to provide a sensed...
7483743 System for detecting, diagnosing, and treating cardiovascular disease  
An apparatus for treating cardiovascular disease in a medical patient includes one or more sensors, an implantable housing, at least one implantable lead, a signal processor, and a signaling...