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7424325 Piezoelectrically stimulated article  
Method and self-contained articles for applying to a surface of a human body an electrical potential generated by a piezoelectric element actuated by a motion of a human body.
7340304 Biothermal power source for implantable devices  
An implantable, rechargeable assembly comprised of an implantable device disposed within a living organism, an electrical storage device connected to the implantable device, and a thermoelectric...
7272445 Medical device programmer with faceplate  
In general, the invention is directed to a patient programmer for an implantable medical device. The patient programmer may include one or more of a variety of features that may enhance...
7233829 Electric field shark repellent wet suit  
An article of clothing for use in water includes an electroactive material integrated into the clothing, at least one electrode integrated into the clothing and wherein the electroactive material...
7233828 Self-contained electrotherapy  
A device for applying a therapeutic electrical field to a user's body includes an electroactive material shaped for application to a user body to provide a therapeutic electric field in response to...
7209791 Electromagnetic delivery system to influence a biological system  
A wearable device for transmitting the resonant frequency of a solution to a biological system with the purpose of having a positive health influence on the biological system. Electrodes capable of...
7127293 Biothermal power source for implantable devices  
An implantable, rechargeable assembly comprised of an implantable device disposed within a living organism, an electrical storage device connected to the implantable device, and a thermoelectric...
6970744 Bioenergy generator  
A biogenerator, having a biomotor portion and a generator portion, suitable for use with, in and/or as an implantable device. A method of inducing an electromagnetic force in a coil using a biomotor.
6822343 Generating electric power in response to activity of a biological system  
A device for generating electricity includes a first portion including a first wall defining a first fluid passage and a second portion including a second wall defining a second fluid passage. A...
6556867 Apparatus and method to power a medical device using stored mechanical power  
A cardiac defibrillator for discharging an electrical charge into a patient includes a device for storing mechanical energy, a generator, a capacitor, a charging circuit, a patient interface, an...
6470212 Body heat powered implantable medical device  
A system for and method of providing power to an implanted medical device within a patient is disclosed. The system ( 250 ) includes a first ( 262 ) and a second heat conduit ( 264 ) positioned...
6278896 Biocompatible glass-metal through-ducts and their use  
Biocompatible glass-metal through-ducts comprised of an outside conductor, a biocompatible glass and at least one inside conductor, with the outside conductor comprising a nickel-free, stainless,...
6131581 Process and device for supply of an at least partially implanted active device with electric power  
An improved implantable thermoelectric energy converter for converting thermal energy generated by an implant wearer into electrical power for supplying electric power to an at least partially...
5869078 Implantable variable permeability drug infusion techniques  
An implantable dispensing device for delivering a treatment agent to a body including a body fluid in which a variable permeability membrane responds to changes in an electro-magnetic parameter in...
5540729 Movement powered medical pulse generator having a full-wave rectifier with dynamic bias  
The present invention concerns pulse generators which are powered through movement. Such devices include both implantable medical devices, such as cardiac pacemakers, as well as wristwatches. The...
5431694 Bio-operable power source  
A bio-operated implant system for implantation inside a human body. A piezoelectric generator in the form of a flexible sheet of poled polyvinylidene fluoride structurally that is attached in...
4798206 Implanted medical system including a self-powered sensing system  
Self-contained, self-powered, flexible electrical control signal generating means are located in the right ventricle of a heart and generate electrical control signals solely by mechanical...
4661107 Heart valve  
A pacemaker battery charging system that utilizes the pumping action of a modified heart valve to recharge the battery of the pacemaker by creating a current inductance as the valve operates, which...
4294891 Intermittently refuelable implantable bio-oxidant fuel cell  
An implantable biologically acceptable miniature fuel cell that is intermittently refuelable through one or more percutaneously positioned refueling ports. Refueling occurs by injection, preferably...
RE30366 Organ stimulator  
A stimulator device for insertion in a living body and having particular advantage for intra-cardiac use comprising a structure having a body form of a size and configuration to enable its...
3943936 Self powered pacers and stimulators  
A stimulator device for insertion in a living body, having particular advantage for intracardiac use comprising a housing having a body formed for transvenous or transarterial insertion, electrode...
3941135 Pacemaker with biofuel cell  
An improved heart pacemaker of the type which includes a stimulating electrode and a counter electrode, a pulse generator and which has an implantable glucose/oxygen biofuel cell as an energy...
3915749 Biogalvanic metal-oxygen cell  
A biogalvanic metal-oxygen cell encased in an oxygenpermeable silicone rubber membrane having one metal anode, two oxygen cathodes disposed on both sides of said anode comprising silver screens to...
3915748 Aluminum anode for biogalvanic metal-oxygen cells  
An aluminum anode for biogalvanic metal-oxygen calls comprising a metal screen having layers of aluminum on both sides of said screen, wherein the outer surfaces of said aluminum layers are finely...
3906960 Medical energy converter  
A medical energy converter, implantable in a vessel or heart ventricle or in muscle, with gas filled and sealed housing, generating electricity by a bistable magnet spring system, integrated with a...
3897267 Electrochemical cells  
A galvanic cell is described which is capable of implantation in living tissue. The cell is essentially a metal/oxygen cell and is covered with or encapsulated in a layer of material in the form of...
3884243 Implantable heart pacer or the like with internal cell electrode  
An implantable heart pacer comprising electrode means of dissimilar materials spaced from one another to provide an electrolyte-containing space therebetween for cooperating with an electrolyte...
3861397 IMPLANTABLE FUEL CELL  
An implantable fuel cell is used particularly for the operation of heart beat actuators, artificial hearts or the like. As its operating means are used an oxydisable body substance, preferably...
3842843 BIOGALVANIC POWER SUPPLY DEVICE AND METHOD  
A biogalvanic power supply device for an apparatus implanted in a body comprising a cathode placed in the venous circulating stream and an anode placed in subcutaneous tissue of the body. The...
3835864 INTRA-CARDIAC STIMULATOR  
A stimulator device for insertion in a living body and having particular advantage for intra-cardiac use comprising a structure having a body form of a size and configuration to enable its...
3826265 MECHANICAL PULSE GENERATOR FOR CARDIAC PACER  
A medical electronic pulse generator comprising a source delivering mechanical power at a regulated rate, a motion producing means coupled to the output of the source for cyclically producing a...
3774243 IMPLANTABLE POWER SYSTEM FOR AN ARTIFICIAL HEART  
An implantable hybrid power system for artificial hearts or pacemakers, which includes a fuel cell assembly air-breathing cathode assembly, and method of operation of such system. In one system...
3693625 HEART STIMULATOR AND HEART-POWERED ENERGY SUPPLY THEREFOR  
A device for supplying electrical energy to a heart stimulator which is formed as an air-tight casing arranged to be placed within the human body in close proximity to the heart muscle. The casing...
3659615 ENCAPSULATED NON-PERMEABLE PIEZOELECTRIC POWERED PACESETTER  
An encapsulated non-permeable piezoelectric self-powered pacesetter for implantation in an in vivo, or living, system in which the pacesetter is sealed and enclosed in an envelope formed of medical...
3563245 BIOLOGICALLY IMPLANTABLE AND ENERGIZED POWER SUPPLY  
The disclosure relates to an electric generation system or device which finds useful application in the power supply units of totally implanted electronic devices such as heart pacemakers; it is...
3554199 HEART STIMULATING DEVICE  
A device for stimulating the action of the heart is implanted and supplies electric pulses to the heart muscle. The device includes a balance activated by heart movement which oscillates a rotor of...
3486506 HEART-ACTUATED,SPRING DRIVEN CARDIAC STIMULATOR  
3456134 PIEZOELECTRIC ENERGY CONVERTER FOR ELECTRONIC IMPLANTS  
3421512 IMPLANTED ELECTRICAL DEVICE WITH BIOLOGICAL POWER SUPPLY  
3412731 Electrophoretic toothbrush  
3353539 Electrical power generator employing a body fluid as electrolyte and method of operation  
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