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5782891 Implantable ceramic enclosure for pacing, neurological, and other medical applications in the human body  
An implantable medical device with a ceramic enclosure has a novel multi-layered ceramic feedthrough substrate in place of a prior art glass-to-metal feedthrough substrate, leading to lower costs...
5776169 Implantable cardiac stimulator for minimally invasive implantation  
An implantable system is provided for subcutaneous surgical implantation. The implantable system includes a smoothly contoured casing and an implantable apparatus designed to perform a desired...
5759197 Protective feedthrough  
A feedthrough configuration for a hermetically sealed implantable medical device includes a metal case having an aperture and a feedthrough in the aperture which includes a ferrule sealed in the...
5755743 Implantable unit  
An implantable unit with at least one contact arrangement for connection of an electrical or electronic device (11), which is hermetically sealed within a housing (10), to at least one cable set...
5749910 Shield for implantable cardioverter defibrillator  
An implantable cardioverter defibrillator capable of subcutaneous positioning within a patient delivers at least one electrical cardioversion/defibrillation countershocks to the heart of the...
5741313 Implantable medical device with a reduced volumetric configuration and improved shock stabilization  
A cardiac stimulation device having a reduced volumetric configuration contains a pair of high-voltage cylindrical discharge capacitors positioned at rounded edges within a device container. The...
5702427 Verification of capture using pressure waves transmitted through a pacing lead  
A capture verification system for a cardiac pacemaker comprising an implantable pulse generator (IPG) and one or more pacing leads having a proximal end coupled to the IPG and a distal end in...
5683434 Microstrip EMI shunt for an implantable medical device  
A microstrip EMI shunt for an implantable medical device (e.g., an ICD) which includes a microstrip transmission line secured to an interior surface of a housing of the device, the microstrip...
5683433 Implantable medical apparatus with magnifying header  
An implantable medical apparatus operable in conjunction with an attachable lead, and having a housing containing an electronic component, with a header connected to the housing and defining a...
5674259 Multi-focal leadless apical cardiac 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...
5674260 Apparatus and method for mounting an activity sensor or other component within a pacemaker using a contoured hybrid lid  
A cardiac stimulation device contains an electronics package having a hybrid circuit structure enclosed by a contoured lid design. The contoured lid of the electronics package has a multi-level...
5673473 Method of surface finishing a medical device shield using metallic media  
A surface finishing process for medical device shields achieves a highly scratch-resistant satin finish prior to encapsulation of the medical device within the shield. The satin finish is achieved...
5662691 System and method for implanting an implantable cardiac device  
A system for use in implanting an implantable cardiac device includes an external device operable to emulate the operation of the implantable cardiac device in accordance with a set of modality and...
5662696 One piece disposable threshold test can electrode for use with an implantable cardioverter defibrillator system  
The present invention is a one piece, disposable pulse generator emulator for emulating a subcutaneous implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) having an active housing electrode. The emulator...
5658321 Conductive housing for implantable cardiac device  
An implantable cardiac stimulator having a housing defining an interior cavity and having an exterior surface, and a defibrillation pulse generator circuit contained within the cavity. The housing...
5645586 Conforming implantable defibrillator  
An implantable device, such as a defibrillator, has a conforming housing that is adapted to follow to the contours of the patient's body at a device implantation site, while complying with...
5643328 Implantable cardiac stimulation device with warning system having elongated stimulation electrode  
An implantable cardiac stimulation system having a patient warning system and an elongated electrode mounted near the can of the system for providing reliable stimulation for warning. The electrode...
5630838 Muscle stimulation electrode for implantable cardiac stimulation device with warning system  
A cardiac simulation system with a patient warning apparatus, including a pin electrode insertable into a standard female socket in the header of a dual chamber pacer or multi-function cardiac...
5609615 Implantable cardiac stimulation device with warning system and conductive suture point  
A cardiac simulator including a patient warning apparatus, having an electrically conductive suture point in electrical communication with the patient warning apparatus. An electrically conductive...
5601607 Implantable cardioverter defibrillator housing plated electrode  
A defibrillator for pectoral implant in a patient wherein the metal housing or case of the defibrillator is utilized as an electrode and is operative to supply electrical pulses. The housing is...
5562715 Cardiac pulse generator  
A pacemaker may be implanted with equal facility on either side of a patient's chest without causing torque in the lead wires and avoiding unwanted local muscle stimulation. In one embodiment, the...
5562716 Package and method of construction  
A package for use in implanted devices, particularly where power and/or data are supplied by an inductive link, is disclosed. A ceramic envelope is bonded to a platinum or similar flange, so that...
5549653 Muscle stimulation electrode for implantable cardial stimulation device with warning system  
A cardiac simulation system with a patient warning apparatus, including a pin electrode insertable into a standard female socket in the header of a dual chamber pacer or multi-function cardiac...
5545189 Case-activating switch assembly for an implantable cardiac stimulation device  
A switch assembly for an implantable cardiac stimulation device which enables the implanting physician to selectively activate the pulse generator case or can of the device and/or to selectively...
5535097 Implantable medical device including a first enclosure portion having a feedthrough in a second interior surface  
An implantable medical device including a hermetic housing containing an electronic circuit, such as a cardiac pacemaker. The electronic circuit may be coupled to a medical lead by means of a...
5531766 Implantable cardioverter defibrillator pulse generator kite-tail electrode system  
An electrode system for an implantable cardioverter defibrillator. The electrode system includes a conductive structure which is physically and electrically connected to the housing or can of the...
5529579 Implantable automatic difibrillator with low threshold  
An automatic defibrillator is arranged and adapted to be implanted in a cardiac patient. The defibrillator includes a stimulus generator for sensing fibrillation of the patient's heart and for...
5522861 Access grommet assembly and devices using the assembly  
An implantable medical device including a hermetic housing containing an electronic circuit, such as a cardiac pacemaker. The electronic circuit may be coupled to a medical lead by means of a...
5489225 Electrical terminal with a collet grip for a defibrillator  
A terminal for detachably connecting an electrical lead connector pin to an electrical device is disclosed. The terminal includes an outer sleeve and a movable collet for movement between first and...
5480416 Cardiac pacemaker with universal coating  
A pulse generator for a cardiac pacemaker is adapted to be implanted beneath the skin and adjacent the musculus with either of its two sides facing the musculus and its other side facing outwardly...
5470345 Implantable medical device with multi-layered ceramic enclosure  
An implantable medical device has a novel ceramic enclosure with joinable multi-layered clamshells. In the preferred embodiment one half of the enclosure carries the hybrid circuitry and...
5456698 Pacemaker  
An enclosure for use in pacemaker as well as other implantable medical devices has a substantially planar lid which is welded to a circumferential flange formed on a deep drawn shield. The shield...
5439482 Prophylactic implantable cardioverter-defibrillator  
A practical and effective prophylactic implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) that has the potential to benefit a large number of patients with less severe cardiac conditions who now lack the...
5433730 Conductive pouch electrode for defibrillation  
An implantable defibrillator includes a waveform generator having a metal housing for the generator electronics. The housing is used as one of the electrodes for cardioversion and defibrillation of...
5431695 Pacemaker  
An implantable medical device including a hermetic housing containing an electronic circuit, such as a cardiac pacemaker. The electronic circuit may be coupled to a medical lead by means of a...
5413593 Using sub-threshold unipolar pacing markers to improve the interpretation of surface EKG in pacemaker patients  
A pacemaker including a marker code generator generating marker codes between an indifferent electrode disposed on the pacemaker housing and the pacemaker can serving as a reference electrode....
5411539 Active can emulator and method of use  
An active can emulator for emulating the electrical and dimensional characteristics of an implantable pulse generator of the type having a hermetically sealed housing configured to operate as an...
5370669 Implantable cardiac defibrillator with layered package  
An implantable medical device, and more particularly a fully implantable defibrillator which may also include bradycardia and cardioversion pacing, in which the components of the device are housed...
5370663 Implantable cardiac-stimulator with flat capacitor  
An implantable cardiac defibrillator includes a housing having a thickness dimension that is smaller than either of the length and width dimensions of the housing. Within the housing is an energy...
5344432 Implantable medical device and method for the manufacture thereof  
An implantable medical device, such as a heart pacemaker, or defibrillator, has a welded capsule housing which is filled with a gas mixture containing helium, the helium permitting the detection of...
5314430 Atrial defibrillator employing transvenous and subcutaneous electrodes and method of use  
An atrial defibrillation pulse generator and lead system particularly adapted to allow for implant via a single incision. The electrode system includes of a coronary sinus electrode and a...
5314451 Replaceable battery for implantable medical device  
An implantable electromedical device having a detachable, replaceable power supply. In one embodiment, the circuitry for an electromedical device is contained in a first hermetic enclosure, while a...
5314452 Protective arrangement for an implantable defibrillator  
In order to prevent a person handling a defibrillator during manufacture and in conjunction with implantation of the defibrillator from receiving an electrical shock due to a fault, a protective...
5304209 Remote-control temporary pacemaker  
A temporary pacemaker combines technologies of the implantable pacemaker, the waterproof watch, with a separate remote-control programming unit that communicates with the pacemaker via IR...
5282841 Implantable stimulation device and method of making same  
A ribbon conductor set and related method of production and installation are provided for electrically interconnecting components in an implantable medical device, such as a heart pacemaker unit or...
5220929 Bio-compatible boot for implantable medical device  
A boot manufactured from a bio-compatible material is used to smooth the external shape of an implantable medical device and to seal the device against fluid intrusion.
5218959 Body implantable electrical signal generator with redundant lead retainer and surgical procedure  
A body implantable electrical signal generator (100) having a signal generator (18) disposed in a housing (24) for generating an electrical signal which is coupled to a part of the body by at least...
5207218 Implantable pulse generator  
An implantable pulse generator particularly adapted for implantation in the abdomen. The pulse generator displays a generally flattened configuration having two generally opposed major surfaces and...
5103818 System and method for completing electrical connections in an implantable medical device  
An arrangement is provided which enables the rapid and effective termination of electrical junctions for an implantable medical device such as a heart pacemaker, a defibrillator, or a cardioverter....
5040533 Implantable cardiovascular treatment device container for sensing a physiological parameter  
An implantable container for housing a cardiovascular treatment device is disclosed with a window positioned in an external wall thereof for sensing a physiological parameter for the treatment...
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