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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...
7610097 Electromagnetic stimulation in patients with osteoporosis  
Provided is the combined use of pulsating electromagnetic signals and dose of Botulinum toxin to treat patients suffering from osteoporosis. Also provided is the use of electromagnetic signals...
7608064 Depth probe for intracranial treatment  
A depth probe for intracranial treatment is provided having a body that includes a distal portion with one aperture and at least one element mounted upon the exterior surface, a lumen defined by...
7606622 Method and device for detecting and treating depression  
A system is described for detecting and/or treating depression that may be incorporated into an implantable device such as a cardiac rhythm management device. The device may determine that...
7599737 Medical device for neural stimulation and controlled drug delivery  
Medical devices and methods are provided for electrical stimulation of neural tissue and controlled drug delivery to a patient. The device includes an implantable drug delivery module which...
7596408 Implantable medical device with anti-infection agent  
An implantable medical device with anti-infection agent. The implantable medical device may be configured for placement in the head of a patient and for monitoring or treatment of the brain. The...
7594889 Integrated data collection and analysis for clinical study  
A data collection system includes remote, implantable sensors for monitoring one or more patient parameters, collecting and processing data from those sensors and utilizing that data in the...
7590453 Collecting activity information to evaluate incontinence therapy  
A medical device delivers a therapy to a patient. The medical device may periodically determine an activity level of the patient, and associate each determined activity level with a current therapy...
7571012 Apparatus for delivery of pharmaceuticals to the cochlea  
An implantable tissue-stimulating device, such as a cochlear implant, having a resiliently flexible elongate member ( 11 ) having a plurality of electrodes ( 12 ) positioned thereon. The elongate...
7567841 Method and apparatus for delivering combined electrical and drug therapies  
A cardiac rhythm management (CRM) system includes an implantable medical device that delivers combined electrical and drug therapies. The implantable medical device includes a drug reservoir that...
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...
7548780 Cell therapy and neural stimulation for cardiac repair  
A method and system to enhance cell, gene and/or cytokine therapy for cardiac repair in a mammal.
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...
7542798 System and method for treating an adverse cardiac condition using combined pacing and drug delivery  
A system and method of treating an adverse cardiac condition, such as cardiac arrhythmia or a non-arrhythmic event, involves producing, by use of a patient actuatable non-implanted activator, an...
7532927 Implantable medical device and associated method for reducing an affect of a vibratory alert on a vibration-sensitive sensor  
An implantable medical device and associated method are provided including a vibratory alert and a vibration-sensitive sensor. Further included is a circuit in communication with the vibratory...
7532926 Method and apparatus for skin absorption enhancement and transdermal drug delivery  
A removable component for a probe used to treat a patient's skin with a skin-treatment substance, include an attachment device having a plurality of holes for respectively accommodating a plurality...
7526335 Communications system for an implantable device and a drug dispenser  
A system for monitoring drug dispensation and drug effects on physiological signals or implantable medical device (IMD) performance is provided. The system includes a drug dispenser adapted for...
7493160 Nano-actuated medical device  
A medical device is disclosed which may include the use of nanopaper. The medical device may be provided in the form of a balloon catheter wherein the nanopaper is mounted about an electrode and...
7483738 Combination stimulating and exothermic heating device and method of use thereof  
The present invention is of an apparatus and method for enhancing skin, muscle and nerve stimulation and controlled delivery of an active substance to a subject's skin. Moreover, the present...
7481759 Systems and methods for treatment of coronary artery disease  
Methods and systems for treatment of coronary artery disease (CAD) include implantation of the discharge portion(s) of a catheter and, optionally, electrodes on a lead, near the tissue(s) to be...
7471982 Ventricular tachyarrhythmia prediction and/or prevention  
Embodiments of the present invention provide apparatuses and methods to predict and/or prevent episodes of ventricular tachyarrhythmia (for example, ventricular tachycardia and/or ventricular...
7460914 Devices and methods to stimulate therapeutic angiogenesis for ischemia and heart failure  
A method for stimulating angiogenesis is provided that includes the use of an electrical output channel adapted to deliver a sub-threshold voltage, a lead that includes a proximal end adapted to be...
7422555 Systems and methods for therapeutically treating neuro-psychiatric disorders and other illnesses  
Systems and methods for treating neuro-psychiatric disorders, such as depression or schizophrenia, and/or other illnesses are disclosed. A patient is diagnosed with a particular neuro-psychiatric...
7418294 Electro-therapeutic device  
In the field of electrotherapy, there are currently known devices and methods, in which either the frequency or the amplitude of a therapeutic current is varied. According to a representation of...
RE40471 AED with force sensor  
A force sensor, for use in combination with an automated electronic defibrillator (AED), includes a first conductive layer. A second conductive layer is spaced apart from the first conductive layer...
7395112 Method and apparatus for treating tumors using low strength electric fields  
A method of treating tumor tissue of an individual is provided. The method is effected by applying to cells of the tumor tissue electrical field pulses having a strength, a repetition frequency and...
7386341 Instrument and method for delivery of anaesthetic drugs  
A needle and catheter system, including components, is provided such that the position of an stimulating needle may be identified after insertion into the body of a patient by electrically...
RE40365 Portable emergency oxygen and automatic external defibrillator (AED) therapy system  
This invention provides a medical diagnosis and therapy system particularly adapted for the combined uses of emergency cardiac defibrillation and pulmonary oxygen administration, including...
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...
7369894 Method, system and device for treating disorders of the pelvic floor by electrical stimulation of the sacral and/or pudendal nerves  
Described are implantable devices and methods for treating various disorders of the pelvic floor by means of electrical stimulation of tissue volumes at two or more locations adjacent sacral nerves...
7363076 Treatment of conditions through modulation of the autonomic nervous system  
Methods are provided for treating a subject for a condition caused by an abnormality in the subject's autonomic nervous system. In accordance with the subject methods, at least a portion of a...
7349740 Myocardial stimulation  
In general, the invention is directed to methods for electrically stimulating transplanted biological material, such as transplanted cells, to improve the performance of the heart during systole....
7341562 Modulation and analysis of cerebral perfusion in epilepsy and other neurological disorders  
A system including an implantable neurostimulator device capable of modulating cerebral blood flow to treat epilepsy and other neurological disorders. In one embodiment, the system is capable of...
7340300 Neurostimulation delivery during transurethral prostate treatment  
In general, the invention provides a transurethral ablation device comprising an electrode for delivery of neurostimulation therapy to a patient to prevent or alleviate pain experienced during the...
7337011 System and method for enhancing cardiac signal sensing by cardiac pacemakers through genetic treatment  
The present invention provides delivery systems for and methods of delivering ion channel protein genetic material to cardiac cells in areas adjacent to where an electrode is to be positioned in a...
7337004 Method and apparatus for veterinary RF pain management  
A method and apparatus for reducing chronic pain in animals by radio frequency (RF) neuromodulation of peripheral nerves of the animal is disclosed. The method, using the disclosed apparatus,...
7321792 Pacing therapy and acupuncture  
Exemplary methods, devices and/or systems for detecting one or more needs and for requesting the delivery of power to one or more acupoints. Other methods, devices and/or systems are also disclosed.
7317950 Cardiac stimulation system with delivery of conductive agent  
A cardiac stimulation assembly includes an energy source coupled to an energy emitter that extends form a delivery member into a region of tissue in the heart. An array of the emitters are adapted...
7313442 Method of treating mood disorders and/or anxiety disorders by brain stimulation  
The present invention involves a method and a system for using electrical stimulation and/or chemical stimulation to treat depression. More particularly, the method comprises surgically implanting...
7308308 Method to monitor progression of atrial fibrillation and to detect its susceptibility for termination  
A method and apparatus for monitoring a patient's cardiac electrical activity is disclosed. The method includes determining a characteristic of the cardiac signals during a detected episode of...
7308303 Thrombolysis and chronic anticoagulation therapy  
Thrombolytic and/or anticoagulation therapy of the present invention includes implantation of the discharge portion(s) of a catheter and, optionally, one or more electrodes on a lead, adjacent...
7305269 Skin/hair treatment technique  
A method and system of conditioning human skin and hair using a hand-held skin/hair conditioner having interchangeable interface conductors that are contoured to enhance electrical conductivity...
7302295 Method and apparatus for mimicking respiratory sinus arrhythmia with cardiac pacing controlled via external respiration therapy device  
Methods and systems involve adjusting cardiac pacing based on information acquired via a respiratory therapy device. A medical system includes a respiratory therapy device having one or more...
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...
7289847 Implantable cardiac device and method of treating atrial fibrillation  
An apparatus and method of treating atrial fibrillation (AF) are provided. The apparatus includes means for detecting AF in a heart of a patient, means for classifying the AF as one of a plurality...
7272441 External defibrillator and methods for operating the external defibrillator  
Methods and apparatus are provided for minimizing the inherent time delays within external defibrillators and allowing operators to administer CPR therapy as close in time as possible to the...
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...
7236834 Electrical lead body including an in-line hermetic electronic package and implantable medical device using the same  
An assembly is provided for an implantable medical lead. The assembly includes a first lead body comprising one or more electrical leads, and a hermetic encasement. The encasement comprises a...
7229402 Minimally invasive ventricular assist technology and method  
The present invention is a cardiac-assist device and technique used to maintain a patient's cardiac output when normal cardiac output is insufficient. Blood is removed from a selected ventricle...
7228171 Signal analysis, heat flow management, and stimulation techniques to treat medical disorders  
Analytical methods and devices for analyzing biological signals, for example, electrical signals from the brain to determine whether an abnormal condition caused by a medical condition exists. In...
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