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8170661 Pacing system controller integrated into indeflator  
Systems and methods for temporarily pacing a patient's heart are provided. One system includes a vascular treatment system having a vascular access system and a therapy system. The therapy system...
8165676 Optical sensor and method for detecting a patient condition  
An implantable medical device for monitoring tissue perfusion that includes a light source emitting light having a light wavelength corresponding to a blue to ultraviolet light spectrum and a light...
8160696 Nerve stimulator and method using simultaneous electrical and optical signals  
An apparatus and method for stimulating animal tissue (for example to trigger a nerve action potential (NAP) signal in a human patient) by application of both electrical and optical signals for...
8160714 Complementary drug delivery sheath for an implantable medical device  
A complementary drug delivery sheath for implantable medical devices. The complementary drug delivery sheath is covered, impregnated or otherwise carries one or more drugs. The complementary...
8135472 Systems and methods for treating autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and related dysfunctions  
Systems and methods for treating autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and related dysfunctions are disclosed. A method in accordance with a particular embodiment includes determining that a patient...
8123716 Pericardial delivery of treatment  
An implantable cardiac therapeutic device having at least one implantable sensor arranged to sense at least one physiologic characteristic of a patient, an implantable therapeutic agent delivery...
8121679 Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulator with hot or cold thermal application  
A Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulator (TENS) and electrode pad that is capable simultaneously of delivering hot or cold thermal therapy for the relief of pain.
8086313 Implantable medical device with anti-infection agent  
An implantable medical device comprises an 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...
8078275 Regulation of neurotrophins  
Disclosed are methods for regulating neurotrophin levels within a human body. The invention utilizes an implantable signal generator to deliver stimulation to neural tissue elements. Alternatively,...
8073538 Treatment of cardiac arrhythmia by modification of neuronal signaling through fat pads of the heart  
To control cardiac arrhythmias such as atrial fibrillation post-operatively, various non-ablative agents include polymers, fibroblasts, neurotoxins, and growth factors are introduced into one or...
8055348 Detecting sleep to evaluate therapy  
A system includes one or more sensors and a processor. Each of the sensors generates a signal as a function of at least one physiological parameter of a patient that may discernibly change when the...
8050755 Delay to therapy following patient controlled atrial shock therapy request  
An implantable cardiac device detects a patient therapy request originating from external to the implantable device. A shock therapy delay period is timed in response to the detection of the...
8036741 Method and system for nerve stimulation and cardiac sensing prior to and during a medical procedure  
A method of performing a medical procedure, such as surgery, is provided. A nerve is stimulated in order to adjust the beating of the heart to a first condition, such as a stopped or slowed...
8032227 Method for controlling telemetry in an implantable medical device based on power source capacity  
An implantable microstimulator configured for implantation beneath a patient's skin for tissue stimulation to prevent and/or treat various disorders, uses a self-contained power source. Periodic or...
8027730 Systems and methods for treating disorders of the central nervous system by modulation of brain networks  
The present invention involves methods and systems for treatment of brain disorders using neuromodulation of brain networks. Treatment of one or more brain networks associated with a brain disorder...
8024048 Method and device for treating cancer with electrical therapy in conjunction with chemotherapeutic agents and radiation therapy  
A method for the electrical treatment of malignant tumors and neoplasms by applying a voltage to affected tissue. Devices and various adaptations therein are described for use in electrical...
8019414 Treating cancer using electromagnetic fields in combination with other treatment regimens  
Chemotherapeutic treatment for certain cancers may be combined with low intensity, intermediate frequency alternating electric fields that are tuned to a particular type of target cell. When the...
8014857 Implantable shock electrode line and implantable defibrillation arrangement  
An implantable shock electrode line having a proximal terminal for connection to an implantable defibrillator, an elongated flexible line body, and a shock electrode and a drug delivery device...
8010189 SPG stimulation for treating complications of subarachnoid hemorrhage  
A method is provided including identifying that a subject has suffered a subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH), and treating a complication of the SAH by stimulating at least one site of the subject in...
8002700 Communications system for an implantable medical device and a delivery device  
A closed loop system for monitoring drug dose, intake and effectiveness includes a drug delivery device in data communications with at least one implantable medical device. The system is preferably...
8005540 Monitoring of chronobiological rhythms for disease and drug management using one or more implantable device  
The health state of a subject is automatically evaluated or predicted using at least one implantable device. In varying examples, the health state is determined by sensing or receiving information...
7986996 Passive monitoring of bioelectical signals and active electrical anesthesia stimulation  
Passive monitoring of bioelectric signals is made in the presence of active electrical anesthesia stimulation signal such that the bio-electric signals have interference artifacts from the active...
7979121 Method and apparatus for physiological treatment with electromagnetic energy  
An electromagnetic device and method of operation thereof are disclosed. The electromagnetic device contains an electromagnetic field generator, a microcurrent generator and a photonic accumulator....
7979118 Low frequency generation poultice  
A low frequency generating poultice includes a poultice sheet; a contact fabric that is adhered to a non-medicated surface of the poultice sheet; a release sheet that is attached to a medicated...
7962225 Methods and apparatus for testing disruption of a vagal nerve  
Method and apparatus for disrupting a gastric vagal nerve in the gastroesophageal region and testing the function and disruption of the vagal nerve. In one example embodiment, a treatment device...
7957799 Non-invasive cardiac potentiation therapy  
An external cardiac medical device for delivering Cardiac Potentiation Therapy (CPT). Techniques used with the device include initial diagnosis of the patient, delivery of the CPT, and...
7951137 Method and system for terminating an atrial arrhythmia  
A method and system is provided for responding, from internally within a patient, to an atrial arrhythmia in a heart including measuring from within the patient at least one electrocardiogram...
7949394 Using implanted sensors for feedback control of implanted medical devices  
A system and method for administering a therapeutic treatment to the heart includes a pressure sensor positioned in the pulmonary artery, an implantable medical device located remotely from the...
7945327 Systems and methods for monitoring and managing power consumption of an implantable medical device  
In one embodiment, an external programming device is operable to determine and graphically display power consumption of an implantable medical device (“IMD”). In accordance with this particular emb...
7941226 Magnetostrictive electrical stimulation leads  
A medical device lead is presented. The medical device lead includes a lead body, an electrode shaft, and a tip electrode. A magnetostrictive element is coupled to the electrode shaft. The...
7937152 Systems and methods for treating pain using brain stimulation  
The invention comprises systems and methods for treating nociceptive pain including at least one force-regulatable device in mechanical, electrical, or chemical communication with at least one...
7930033 Appendicular and rectal stimulator device for digestive and eating disorders  
A method of using a stimulation device to emit a medium to an appendicular region and/or rectal region of a user for treatment of a gastrointestinal disorder is described. The method includes...
7925353 Treatment of movement disorders with drug therapy  
Introducing one or more stimulating drugs to the vagus nerve and/or one or more branches of the vagus nerve to treat movement disorders uses at least one implantable system control unit (SCU) with...
7917208 Medical device for controlled drug delivery and cardiac monitoring and/or stimulation  
Medical device and methods are provided for controlled drug delivery in a cardiac patient. The device includes an implantable drug delivery module comprising reservoirs containing a drug and a...
7917220 System, apparatus, and method for facilitating interface with laryngeal structures  
A system and method of positioning an interface element for interfacing with laryngeal structures in a subject such as for diagnosis or treatment of a laryngeal impairment is presented....
7917222 Cerebral or organ interface system  
A cerebral and/or interface system has a housing mechanism configured to be at least partially spaced in a cavity formed in the subject's skull; an attaching mechanism for attaching the housing...
7904172 Programmable apparatus and method for optimizing and real time monitoring of gene transfection based on user configured arbitrary waveform pulsing train  
The present invention provides an apparatus and a method for generating and applying an electric field according to a user configured arbitrary waveform pulsing train. A control module allows the...
7899528 Method and apparatus to monitor patients and treat with intraosseous fluids  
Automatic external defibrillator apparatus may be provided for use in cooperation with an intraosseous apparatus. Apparatus and methods may also be provided to execute protocols calling for...
7894892 Therapy-selection methods for implantable heart monitors  
An implantable heart-monitoring device comprising one or more leads for sensing electrical signals of a patient's heart a therapy circuit for delivering pharmaceuticals to the patient; and a...
7894903 Systems and methods for treating disorders of the central nervous system by modulation of brain networks  
The present invention involves methods and systems for treatment of brain disorders using neuromodulation that is provided to modulate structures of brain networks. Treatment occurs using...
7890166 Regional therapies for treatment of pain  
Enhanced therapies for treating pain are described. The therapies include subcutaneous stimulation of tissue in proximity to a source of pain at low frequencies (less than about 20 Hz) and high...
7885710 Method and apparatus for tissue protection against ischemia using remote conditioning  
A stimulation system delivers stimulation to protect an ischemic region of a body from tissue damage caused by ischemia. The stimulation is delivered to one or more stimulation sites remote from...
7877137 Thrombolysis and chronic anticoagulation therapy  
Method and systems of treating a patient with at least one of a myocardial infarction, a stroke, and a pulmonary embolism include providing a stimulator coupled to at least one electrode and a...
7873417 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...
7856264 Systems and methods for patient interactive neural stimulation and/or chemical substance delivery  
Systems and methods for patient interactive neural stimulation and/or chemical substance delivery are disclosed. A method in accordance with one embodiment of the invention includes affecting a...
7848804 Apparatus and related methods for capacitor reforming  
An apparatus and related methods for reforming a capacitor. One method includes charging the capacitor to a first voltage value, allowing the capacitor to self discharge, measuring a time it takes...
7844333 Pacing therapy for transient ischemia treatment  
Embodiments include methods and devices for detecting ischemia in a patient and treating the ischemia with a pacing therapy that increases cardiac efficiency, output, or both, without substantially...
7844327 Dosage control electrode for iontophoresis device  
An electrode assembly for use in an iontophoresis device for the transcutaneous administration of an active therapeutic species has a base layer of including a linking conductive base material...
7840264 System and method for breaking reentry circuits by cooling cardiac tissue  
Systems and methods to inhibit the conduction of certain spurious electrical impulses in the heart. Inhibition of spurious electrical impulses in the heart is accomplished by cooling one or more...
7840262 Apparatus and method for delivering electrical signals to modify gene expression in cardiac tissue  
Method and apparatus (120) for modifying gene expression in cardiac muscle cells (110), by the application of electric fields.
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