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6967829 |
Capacitor interconnect design
Structures for serially connecting at least two capacitors together are described. Serially connecting capacitors together provides device manufactures, such as those selling implantable medical...
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6965796 |
Method and apparatus for self-test of defibrillation and pacing circuits including a patient isolation switch
A method and apparatus for performing self-tests on defibrillation and pacing circuits including a patient isolation switch is disclosed. Following a test of the defibrillation and pacing...
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6963482 |
Implantable medical device having flat electrolytic capacitor with differing sized anode and cathode layers
Flat electrolytic capacitors, particularly, for use in implantable medical devices (IMDs), and the methods of fabrication of same are disclosed. The capacitors are formed with an electrode stack...
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6961612 |
CPR sensitive ECG analysis in an automatic external defibrillator
An automatic external defibrillator including: a sensor for detecting when a rescuer is delivering a CPR chest compression to the patient; electrodes for application to the thorax of the patient...
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6961611 |
Multi-configuration defibrillation connector
A multi-configuration electrical connector for use in making electrical connections between an external defibrillator and defibrillation electrodes applied to a patient. The multi-configuration...
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6955864 |
Medical device battery pack with active status indication
A system and method provides a status indicator to a battery pack of a medical device. The battery pack includes a power supply capable of being connected to the medical device. The battery pack...
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6954669 |
System and method of generating an optimal three-step defibrillation waveform for use in an implantable cardioverter/defibrillator (ICD)
Increased myocardial voltage is achieved by configuring a shocking circuit of an ICD to generate a defibrillation pulse waveform having a positive phase with three distinct voltage peaks. The...
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6945939 |
Hemodynamic analysis
To track significant changes in a hemodynamic variable of a living body regardless of measurement noise induced by cyclical functions of the body, the hemodynamic variable is measured at...
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6947793 |
Electrotherapy apparatus and its electric energy delivering method
An electrotherapy apparatus for generating first and second waveforms having reversed polarities. When the waveform of the electric energy outputted from the output electrodes 112 a and 112 b ...
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6944498 |
Method of utilizing an external defibrillator by replacing its electrodes
A method of treating a patient for ventricular tachycardia using a wearable defibrillator includes monitoring the patient for a predetermined condition via one or more electrodes on the...
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6937894 |
Method of recharging battery for an implantable medical device
A method of operating an implantable medical device containing a Lithium Silver Vanadium Oxide battery. In response to a detected need for therapy, a current flow is delivered from the battery to a...
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6934582 |
Apparatus for treating fibrillation of at least one chamber of a heart
Apparatus for treating fibrillation of at least one chamber of a heart comprising a fibrillation detector for detecting a fibrillation, a defibrillator for defibrillating the chamber of the heart,...
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RE38777 |
Dual battery power system for an implantable cardioverter defibrillator with voltage booster
An improved dual battery power system uses two separate battery power sources for an implantable cardioverter defibrillator, each having optimized characteristics for monitoring functions and for...
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6931282 |
Method to create pacemaker timing cycles
A cardiac rhythm management system having a plurality of timers and programming adapted to receive a status array. The status array is based on the status of each timer of the plurality of timers...
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6931278 |
Implantable cardioverter defibrillator having fast action operation
An implantable cardiac rhythm management device has a housing containing rhythm management circuitry. The circuitry includes a battery, a transformer, and a capacitor connected via charging...
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6928322 |
Defibrillator power management systems and corresponding defibrillator storage methods
A system is provided for delivering a defibrillation pulse to a patient and a corresponding method of storing such a system is provided in accordance with the present invention. The system includes...
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6928320 |
Apparatus for blocking activation of tissue or conduction of action potentials while other tissue is being therapeutically activated
A desired effect is produced by therapeutically activating tissue at a first site within a patient's body and a corresponding undesired side effect is reduced by blocking activation of tissue or...
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6928321 |
Hypnosis augmented ICD
A system and method for employing hypnosis and other pain self-management techniques to mitigate pain experienced by patients receiving therapeutic ICD shocks. In one aspect, a patient is screened...
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6920353 |
Cardiac pacemaker with adjustable stimulation interval
A cardiac pacemaker has a pulse generator which emits stimulation pulses which are respectively separated by stimulation intervals and which collectively have an average duration. A modulation...
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6920354 |
Defibrillator with a multiple-mode interface
The present invention is directed to a defibrillator having both a manual and an AED mode with corresponding user commands for both modes. The defibrillator includes a door which conceals manual...
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6907285 |
Implantable defibrillartor with wireless vascular stent electrodes
A cardiac defibrillator includes a fibrillation detector, which determines when a medical patient requires defibrillation at which time a transmitter produces a radio frequency signal. A first...
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6904311 |
Method of determining and documenting cessation of life using evoked response
The date and time of death of a patient may be recorded in a memory of a microprocessor used in an implantable cardiac rhythm management device by detecting the failure of the heart to produce an...
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6898462 |
Defibrillator/monitor with patient specific treatment algorithms
An interactive apparatus which includes (a) a processing unit automatically implementing a cardiac treatment algorithm, by using detected signals from a patient and the cardiac treatment algorithm,...
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6889080 |
Discrimination of atrial fibrillations for an active implantable medical device, in particular a defibrillator/cardiovertor
An active implantable medical device, in particular a defibrillator/cardioverter, with a sophisticated discrimination of atrial fibrillations. This device is able to deliver therapy for...
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6885887 |
Method of constructing a capacitor stack for a flat capacitor
In one aspect, a method of manufacturing a capacitor includes disposing one or more conductive layers of a first electrode stack in a recess of an alignment mechanism, where the recess is...
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6885548 |
Methods of fabricating anode layers of flat electrolytic capacitors
Implantable medical devices (IMDS) and their various components, including flat electrolytic capacitors for same, and methods of making and using same, particularly an improved electrolytic...
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6886139 |
Method and apparatus for managing infant care
A generic solution is disclosed to facilitate and improve the management of infant care, the complex nutritional and health requirements of infants. According to one embodiment, a portable device...
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6873874 |
Method and apparatus for cardiac shock therapy
An apparatus and method for delivering defibrillation shock therapy employing a multi-terminal pulse output circuit. In such a circuit, at least three electrode lead terminals are switchably...
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6871093 |
Reporting the status for an external defibrillator with an audible report in response to a specified user input
A defibrillator system including a defibrillator and at least one indicator including at least one visual indicator and/or at least one audible indicator connected to the defibrillator for...
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6871094 |
Apparatus for determining when a patient is susceptible to defibrillation
An apparatus for determining when a patient is susceptible to defibrillation comprises a plurality of electrodes ( 12, 14 ) for obtaining an ECG signal from a patient, and data processing means (...
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6866044 |
Method of insertion and implantation of implantable cardioverter-defibrillator canisters
One embodiment of the present invention provides a method of inserting an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator within a patient, the method including the steps of providing a...
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6865418 |
Docking station for defibrillator
A docking station can engage a medical device such as a defibrillator. In a typical application, the docking station is mounted to a crash cart, and the medical device can be docked or undocked...
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6859353 |
Capacitor interconnect design
Structures for serially connecting at least two capacitors together are described. Serially connecting capacitors together provides device manufactures, such as those selling implantable medical...
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6859664 |
Cardiac rhythm management system with defibrillation threshold prediction
A cardiac rhythm management device predicts defibrillation thresholds without any need to apply defibrillation shocks or subjecting the patient to fibrillation. Intravascular defibrillation...
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6856840 |
Ionically conductive polymeric composition
An ionically conductive polymeric composition is disclosed. The composition is especially useful for coating an implantable hot can defibrillator electrode. The polymeric composition, for example,...
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6853859 |
Electrical cardiac output forcer
An electrical method and apparatus for stimulating cardiac cells causing contraction to force hemodynamic output during fibrillation, hemodynamically compromising tachycardia, or asystole. Forcing...
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6853047 |
Power supply with control circuit for controlling a high voltage circuit using a low voltage circuit
Disclosed is a power supply with a control circuit comprising a capacitively coupled bridge circuit ( 10 ) for using a low-voltage circuit to operate a high-voltage circuit. The invention maintains...
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6853860 |
Automatic shock lead gain adjuster
A system and method for automatically adjusting the gain for a shock lead system in an implantable medical device is provided. The system and method operate when, after a pre-selected period of...
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6850405 |
Dual anode capacitor interconnect design
New designs that provide two anodes and their associated feedthroughs incorporated into one capacitor are described. The feedthrough wires can be in their own glass-to-metal seal or, they can be...
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6847842 |
Method and apparatus for reducing early recurrence of atrial fibrillation with defibrillation shock therapy
An apparatus and method for delivering electrical shock therapy in order to treat atrial tachyarrhythmias such as fibrillation in which atrial defibrillation pulses are delivered within a maximum...
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RE38680 |
Arrangement for determining a heart rate by automatically establishing the optimal refractory time for heart rate determination
An arrangement for determining the heart rate (f RR ) or the refractory time of the cardiac tissue, particularly for detecting tachycardia or fibrillation, has an electrode (E) for sensing heart...
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6839591 |
Method and apparatus for treating cardiac arrhythmia using electrogram features
A method and system for ventricular defibrillation by coordinating the delivery of defibrillation shocks with sensed ventricular fibrillation complexes in a way which improves the probability of...
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6839590 |
Average current mode controlled energy storage in a defibrillator
Techniques are described for charging an energy storage device, such as the high-voltage energy storage capacitors of an external defibrillation device, using an average current mode control...
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6819544 |
Dual-anode electrolytic capacitor for use in an implantable medical device
A capacitor structure having a shallow drawn encasement includes first and second major sides and a peripheral wall coupled to first and second major sides. First and second anodes are positioned...
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6807442 |
System for reducing signal disturbances in ECG, which disturbances are caused by cardio-pulmonary resuscitation
A system for reducing signal disturbances in ECG, which disturbances are caused by cardio-pulmonary resuscitation (CPR). The system includes a measuring device for measuring one or more signals...
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6804553 |
Bachmann's bundle electrode for atrial defibrillation
An implantable system for the defibrillation of the atria of a patient's heart comprises (a) a first catheter configured for insertion into the right atrium of the heart; a first atrial...
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6788974 |
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...
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6782293 |
Defibrillation electrode assembly including CPR pad
Electrode assemblies are provided, in which a pair of electrodes is joined by a central member. In some implementations, the electrode assemblies are foldable, and are configured to facilitate...
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6778860 |
Switched capacitor defibrillation circuit
A defibrillator circuit for generating a rectangular waveform across a patient from capacitively stored energy and employing a plurality of capacitors initially chargeable to a common voltage and...
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6772007 |
System and method of generating a low-pain multi-step defibrillation waveform for use in an implantable cardioverter/defibrillator (ICD)
A shocking circuit is provided for use in an ICD for generating rounded multi-step defibrillation shocking pulse waveforms having reduced voltage peaks to minimize pain within a patient receiving...
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