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6498951 Implantable medical device employing integral housing for a formable flat battery  
A body implantable medical device (IMD) includes a first shell and a second shell whose outer surfaces are biocompatible. The IMD further includes a battery enclosure defined by a cover and all or...
6496733 Transcutaneous energy transfer device with magnetic field protected components in secondary coil  
The invention provides a transcutaneous energy transfer device having an external primary coil and an implanted secondary coil inductively coupled to the primary coil, electronic components...
6477406 Extravascular hemodynamic acoustic sensor  
An implantable medical device such as a pacemaker or implantable cardioverter defibrillator or stand-alone hemodynamic monitor that uses an acoustic transducer responsive to heart sounds to detect...
6453199 Electrical gastro-intestinal tract stimulator  
The invention relates to medicine specifically to medical technology, and concerns electrical gastro-intestinal tract and mucous membrane stimulators. The electrical gastro-intestinal tract...
6445948 Implantable medical device having a substantially flat battery  
An implantable medical device comprising a housing, a capacitor, an electronics module and a substantially flat battery. The capacitor is disposed within the housing. The electronics module is...
6445956 Implantable medical device  
A medical device for implantation and a TET system which includes the device as a component are provided. The device is designed so that it does not substantially restrict blood flow in the tissue...
6415182 Hermetic ground pin assembly and method of making  
A hermetic ground pin assembly for making an electrical connection between a hermetically sealed enclosure and an external circuit. A case has an aperture and a plug located within the aperture. A...
6327502 Implantable stimulator housing with electrode connector  
An implantable heart stimulator has a connector for an electrode lead in the form of a self-contained tubular connector, which can be placed as a unit in one-half shell of a stimulator housing,...
6324428 Implantable medical device having an improved electronic assembly for increasing packaging density and enhancing component protection  
An implantable cardiac stimulation device having an improved multi-level electronic module is disclosed. The multi-level module comprises at least two stacked internal substrates for mounting...
6266567 Implantable epicardial electrode  
An implantable epicardial lead (13) is provided which is comprised of two spherical ICs (25) and (26) disposed at opposite ends of a supporting structure and separated by a predetermined distance....
6238813 Battery system for implantable medical device  
A battery system and method of manufacture in which at least two batteries, having different chemistries, are integrated into a common housing. The battery system has a unitary housing having at...
6223081 Implantable stimulus system having stimulus generator with pressure sensor and common lead for transmitting stimulus pulses to a body location and pressure signals from the body location to the stimulus generator  
A medical device system such as a pacemaker system is provided wherein pressure signals representative of a patient's cardiac movements are transmitted through a pacing lead to the pacemaker, where...
6205358 Method of making ultrasonically welded, staked of swaged components in an implantable medical device  
The present invention generally relates to implantable medical devices and more particularly to various means for ultrasonically welding, swaging or staking various components in an implantable...
6192276 Pacer housing  
A pacemaker housing has a socket for receiving a plug of an electrode lead, the socket being located in an opaque part of the housing, and the housing having an exterior marking which indicates a...
6173203 Circuit mounting system for automated external defibrillator circuits  
A floating mounting structure is provided for protectively mounting an electronic circuitry system within an automated external defibrillator case. A method of assembling an electronic circuitry...
6144879 Heart pacemaker  
A heart pacemaker which is arranged to stimulate the apical area of the heart. Stimulation of this area provides synchronous mechanical contraction of the left and right ventricles and overcomes...
6112121 Implantable medical device with positive indication of lead connection and connector therefor  
An implantable medical device including an enclosure and a header portion attached to the enclosure. The header includes a lead cavity into which a lead can be inserted. The lead cavity includes a...
6080188 Setscrew less lead connector system for medical devices  
A connector for clamping lead bodies into connector bores in implantable medical devices has several alternative embodiments. In each there is a handle that has a fixed relationship with an axle...
6076017 Method of centerless ground finishing of feedthrough pins for an implantable medical device  
A centerless grinding method of finishing feedthrough pins and corresponding devices for use in implantable medical devices and for components such as batteries in implantable medical devices is...
6064909 Water resistant speaker port for automated external defibrillators  
An automated external defibrillator (AED) having a housing and an openable lid with a water resistant speaker port formed in the housing below the openable lid. A water resistant fabric is attached...
6055455 Filtered feedthrough for an implantable medical device  
A cardiac pacing system comprises a pulse generator which includes a housing. Electronics are placed within the housing. Attached to the pulse generator is a lead. The lead has electrodes which are...
6052623 Feedthrough assembly for implantable medical devices and methods for providing same  
A feedthrough assembly for an implantable medical device includes one or more electrically conductive pins extending through apertures in a case of the medical device with the electrically...
6042624 Method of making an implantable medical device having a flat electrolytic capacitor  
An implantable medical device such as a defibrillator is described. The device includes an hermetically sealed housing containing a flat electrolytic capacitor and an energy source such as a...
6039685 Ventable connector with seals  
A connector device for use in connecting various electric components of an implantable hearing assistance system. In one embodiment, the connector has a lead housing defining at least one lead...
6026325 Implantable medical device having an improved packaging system and method for making electrical connections  
An implantable cardiac stimulation device having an improved multi-level electronic package is disclosed. The multi-lever package includes at least two stacked internal substrates for mounting...
6014586 Vertically integrated semiconductor package for an implantable medical device  
An electronic package having vertically integrated components placed upon a substrate surface is configured to increase packing density of the components. Integrated circuits which are...
6011993 Method of making implanted ceramic case with enhanced ceramic case strength  
An implantable medical device is made from an electronic subassembly hermetically sealed in a ceramic case filled with a potting material. Use of the potting material enhances the capacity of the...
5987358 Semiconductor device packaging and method of fabrication  
A sub-assembly module for surface mounting on an implantable medical device hybrid module is provided. The sub-assembly module includes one or more electronic components mounted on a substrate....
5954751 Implantable defibrillator with stacked transistor subassemblies  
An implantable cardiac defibrillator is provided. The implantable cardiac defibrillator includes a can, a storage cell for powering the defibrillator, and a circuit module disposed in the can for...
5951594 Air core antenna for implantable device and method of production  
There is provided an air core antenna, and method of production of same, suitable for use in implantable device, the antenna being used for telemetric communication with an outside programmer unit....
5935154 Implantable tissue stimulator incorporating deposited multilayer capacitor  
An implantable tissue stimulator includes a polymer film capacitor adhered to an inside wall surface of the stimulator's case or housing in a way that minimizes the size and weight of the...
5919215 Attachment apparatus for an implantable medical device employing ultrasonic energy  
A method and apparatus for attaching a pre-formed header module, e.g. a connector header module or an electrode bearing header module, etc., to a hermetically sealed enclosure of the implantable...
5913881 Metallic housing for implant with recesses for eddy current reduction  
An implant for implanting into human tissue includes a hermetically sealed, metallic housing for enclosing electronic means inside the housing for a high-frequency, telemetric information transfer...
5902326 Optical window for implantable medical devices  
An optical window assembly for use in implantable medical devices includes a generally U-shaped ferrule having a strain relief channel to accommodate residual stresses remaining in the ferrule...
5897578 Attachment apparatus and method for an implantable medical device employing ultrasonic energy  
A method and apparatus for attaching a pre-formed header module, e.g. a connector header module or an electrode bearing header module, etc., to a hermetically sealed enclosure of the implantable...
5895980 Shielded pacemaker enclosure  
A shielded pacemaker enclosure includes a first portion, and a second portion. Both portions have conductive surfaces disposed thereon. The portions are joined together to form a chamber therein. A...
5895414 Pacemaker housing  
A pacemaker for providing electrical pulses for a heart has an anatomically-shaped housing. The housing has a concave inner wall and a convex outer wall, which are spaced apart and joined at the...
5876424 Ultra-thin hermetic enclosure for implantable medical devices  
An implantable medical device and method of making the same. The device includes an electronic component sub-assembly with an exterior surface. A plurality of electronic components are disposed...
5873899 Implantable medical device having compliant support for internal components  
An implantable medical device, in the form of a cardiac defibrillator, has a support structure of molded thermoplastic foam surrounding the components of the device within a case to provide the...
5871513 Centerless ground feedthrough pin for an electrical power source in an implantable medical device  
The present invention relates to centerless grinding methods and corresponding devices such as feedthroughs for implantable medical devices and for batteries for implantable medical devices. The...
5868794 AED and battery pack with anticipatory battery disengagement detection  
An AED includes a housing. Electronic circuitry is disposed in the housing for delivery of an electric shock to a stricken patient. A removable battery pack is selectively, operably,...
5861019 Implantable medical device microstrip telemetry antenna  
A microstrip RF telemetry antenna is formed on or within the exterior surface of an implantable medical device housing that is formed either of a conductive metal or of a non-conductive dielectric...
5851222 Implantable medical device  
The present invention relates to centerless grinding methods and corresponding devices such as feedthroughs for implantable medical devices and for batteries for implantable medical devices. The...
5843140 Tubular feedthrough system for hermetically sealed devices  
An apparatus for hermetically sealing implantable devices, such as a microstimulator, moicrotransducer, microtelemeter, or the like, prevents entrapment of water vapors and other volatile gases,...
5843132 Self-contained, self-powered temporary intravenous pacing catheter assembly  
A self-powered, self-contained, intravenous pacing catheter assembly for use in temporary intravenous cardiac pacing therapy, wherein all components of the assembly may be operated and maintained...
5836992 Filtered feedthrough assembly for implantable medical device  
A feedthrough configuration for a hermetically sealed implantable medical device which includes a metal case having an aperture and a feedthrough in the aperture which includes an electrically...
5824056 Implantable medical device formed from a refractory metal having a thin coating disposed thereon  
An implantable medical device formed from a drawn refractory metal and having an improved biocompatible surface is described. The method by which the device is made includes coating a refractory...
5817130 Implantable cardiac cardioverter/defibrillator with EMI suppression filter with independent ground connection  
An implantable defibrillator, which may include cardioversion and pacemaker capabilities, which has EMI filters which are not susceptible to defibrillation shocks and which reduce or eliminate the...
5814091 Active medical implant having a hermetically sealed capsule and method for making same  
An active medical implant has a hermetically sealable capsule formed by a first part and a second closing part, the capsule being devised to hold a battery unit, an electronics unit, conductors for...
5814090 Implantable medical device having heat-shrink conforming shield  
An implantable medical device, such as an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD), utilizes a heat-shrink conforming shield to substantially isolate internal components and circuitry from the...
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