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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...
7322832 Radio frequency antenna flexible circuit interconnect with unique micro connectors  
An RF antenna flexible circuit interconnect is disclosed with unique micro connectors. The RF antenna flexible circuit interconnect further includes a planer flexible body having an embedded RF...
7319901 Optional telemetry antenna for implantable medical devices  
An implantable medical device (“IMD”) configured in accordance with an example embodiment of the invention generally includes a housing, a connector header block coupled to the housing, and an...
7317946 Telemetry antenna for an implantable medical device  
A telemetry antenna for an implantable medical device includes one or more portions having a non-linear configuration. In some embodiments, the non-linear configuration provides an antenna having a...
7310216 EMI filter terminal assembly with wire bond pads for human implant applications  
An electro-magnetic interference filter terminal assembly for active implantable medical devices includes a structural pad in the form of a substrate or attached wire bond pad, for convenient...
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,...
7308313 Setscrew retention in connector block for implantable medical device  
A header assembly for coupling a medical electrical lead to a medical stimulating device includes a header having a first bore for receiving a proximal terminal pin of the lead. A connector block...
7305267 Connector module having reduced insertion force  
A medical device connector module includes a lead retention element extending through an opening in a sidewall of the connector module. The retention element includes a flow passage in fluid...
7299095 Electrical contact assembly  
An electrical contact assembly comprises an annular housing defining an interior space, the housing including a tubular wall having an outer surface facing the interior space and an inner surface...
7299086 Wireless ECG in implantable devices  
An implantable medical device such as an implantable pacemaker or implantable cardioverter/defibrillator includes a programmable sensing circuit providing for sensing of a signal approximating a...
7289854 Unitary subcutaneous only implantable cardioverter-defibrillator and optional pacer  
A unitary subcutaneous implantable cardioverter-defibrillator has a long thin housing in the shape of a patient's rib. The housing contains a source of electrical energy, a capacitor, and...
7274964 Use of an axial canted coil spring as an electrical contact to minimize resistivity variations under dynamic loads  
A medically implantable electrical connector includes a housing having a bore with an internal groove therein along with a pin sized for insertion into the housing bore. A film removing spring is...
7274963 Interconnect for implantable medical device header  
A modular header and method of fabricating same for making electrical connection between an array of feed-through pins extending through a wall of a hermetically sealed enclosure of an implantable...
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...
7263401 Implantable medical device with a nonhermetic battery  
An implantable medical device (IMD) including a nonhermetic battery is described. The IMD includes components and a power source module that includes the nonhermetic battery. The IMD also includes...
7257445 Welded connector attachment  
Methods and apparatus for an implantable medical device having a connector module that is welded to a housing. The apparatus comprises an implantable medical device that includes a housing and a...
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...
7248927 Implantable heart stimulator with electrodes for an infection control current  
An implantable heart stimulator has an electrically conductive housing containing a pulse generator, with an electrode lead connected to the housing. The electrode lead has a proximal portion...
7242980 Implantable heart stimulator with infection control current, employing counter electrode  
An implantable heart stimulator has a pulse generator, implantable in a subcutaneous pocket, and an electrode lead connected thereto for delivering stimulation pulses to a patient's heart. The...
7242982 Overmold for a modular implantable medical device  
A modular implantable medical device permits implantable medical devices to have a smaller profile in order to better fit into locations within the human body. A modular implantable medical device...
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...
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...
7228177 Chip level biostable interconnect for implantable medical devices  
A lead is connected to an integrated circuit in an implantable medical device in a lead bonding region that includes a lead-receiving recessed region. At least a portion of a lead conductor is...
7225032 External power source, charger and system for an implantable medical device having thermal characteristics and method therefore  
External power source, charger, system and method for transcutaneous energy transfer. An implantable medical device has a first housing having operational componentry for providing the therapeutic...
7214068 Laser ribbon bond pad array connector  
A laser ribbon bond pad array connector is disclosed for electrically connecting a RF module to an IMD circuit board in an implantable medical device. The array connector includes a connector body...
7212864 Modular implantable medical device  
An implantable medical device for implantation in the head of a patient. The implantable medical device has a plurality of interconnected modules one or more of which are covered by an overmold and...
7203550 Implantable medical device with a current generated for infection control  
In a cardiac stimulating device, an infection control current is generated and applied to a subject in whom a medical device is implanted by completing a circuit including an entirely electrically...
7200437 Tissue contact for satellite cardiac pacemaker  
An implantable cardiac system has a master pacing unit and a remote satellite pacing unit. The master pacing unit is electrically coupled to a right side of a patient's heart via a lead assembly....
7194309 Packaging technology for non-transvenous cardioverter/defibrillator devices  
Packaging techniques for a non-transvenous implantable cardioverter/defibrillator include a housing and a frame within the housing for holding electronic components. A header is disposed on the...
7194310 Electromedical implant for intercardial coronary therapy  
The invention concerns an electromedical implant for intracardial coronary therapy comprising an implant housing in which functional component parts of the implant, namely a circuit, a battery and...
7191009 Means for increasing implantable medical device electrode surface area  
A surface area of an IMD electrode is increased by forming a conductive layer over an external portion of a sidewall of an IMD connector header and electrically coupling the conductive layer of the...
7187974 Ultrasonically welded, staked or swaged components in an implantable medical device  
The present invention generally relates to an improved implantable medical device (IMD) and more particularly to an ultrasonically weld perforated lid for an IMD to form a hermetic seal between the...
7177678 Bi-directional cerebral interface system  
A cerebral interface system including a housing mechanism spaced at least partially in a cavity formed in the subject's skull; an attaching mechanism; a fluid-tight sealing mechanism; a control...
7177691 Implantable pulse generators using rechargeable zero-volt technology lithium-ion batteries  
An implantable medical device, such as an implantable pulse generator (IPG) used with a spinal cord stimulation (SCS) system, includes a rechargeable lithiumion battery having an anode electrode...
7174211 Header for implantable medical for use with both unipolar and bipolar leads  
The present invention provides a header for an implantable medical device that allows it to be used with either a unipolar lead or a bipolar lead. The set screw normally engaging a ring contact on...
7174212 Implantable medical device having a casing providing high-speed telemetry  
A housing for an implantable medical device comprises a metallic wall including a telemetry window having a thickness that is thinner than the remainder of the housing wall and having an electrical...
7171265 Apparatus and method for detecting lead adequacy and quality  
A method and system for detecting lead adequacy and quality for leads used in devices that sense or deliver low levels of electromagnetic energy. The system includes leads attached to a package...
7167749 One piece header assembly for an implantable medical device  
A header assembly mounted to a medical device for connecting to at least one conductor lead terminating at a target organ or portion of the body intending to be assisted is described. The header...
7164950 Implantable stimulation device with isolating system for minimizing magnetic induction  
An implantable cardiac stimulation device is equipped with an isolation system capable of attenuating or eliminating induction currents flowing through the stimulation device by eliminating...
7162302 Magnetically shielded assembly  
A shielded medical device implanted in a biological organism. The device has a magnetic shield, and the magnetic shield contains a layer of nanomagnetic material; such layer has a morphological...
7133722 Device-to-lead terminal connector for implantable tissue stimulators  
A device-to-lead terminal connector for an implantable medical device is designed to positively lock the proximal lead terminal within a lead bore formed in the connector of the implantable device....
7127294 Magnetically shielded assembly  
A magnetically shielded assembly with a medical device located near biological tissue. The assembly contains a device for limiting the amount of current flowing through the biological tissue, and a...
7123966 Drop and slide engagement for implantable medical device  
An implantable medical device having a case with therapeutic componentry contained with the case. A module has a rail around at least a portion of a perimeter of the module and is adapted to be...
7120495 Flexible subcutaneous implantable cardioverter-defibrillator  
One embodiment of the present invention provides an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator for subcutaneous positioning over a patient's ribcage, the implantable cardioverter-defibrillator...
7120496 Radian curve shaped implantable cardioverter-defibrillator canister  
One embodiment of the present invention provides an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator for subcutaneous positioning between the third rib and the twelfth rib within a patient, the implantable...
7110819 Implantable medical device having a protected connection header  
An implantable medical device having a sealed housing forming a chamber containing rhythm management circuitry. The housing has an exterior defining a recess in which a header is received. The...
7103415 Contoured housing for an implantable medical device  
An implantable medical device having opposed major sidewalls of contoured shape closely fits the curved shape of a body. The contoured major sidewalls can have a curved shape of a continuous radius...
7072712 Disposable external defibrillator with hinged housing halves  
A pocket-sized disposable cardiac defibrillator relies on the use on a split unit packaging design to decrease the size.
7069080 Active housing and subcutaneous electrode cardioversion/defibrillating system  
One embodiment of the present invention provides an implantable cardioverter defibrillator for subcutaneous positioning between the third rib and the twelfth rib within a patient, the implantable...
7065407 Duckbill-shaped implantable cardioverter-defibrillator canister and method of use  
An implantable cardioverter-defibrillator for subcutaneous positioning between the third rib and twelfth rib within a patient includes a duck-bill shaped housing. The housing includes a proximal...
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