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6766195 |
Method and apparatus for detecting natural electrical coherence within the heart and for administering therapy based thereon
Techniques are provided for detecting natural electrical coherence within the heart and for administering or adjusting therapy based upon whether natural electrical coherence is detected. In one...
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6760620 |
Non-invasive localization and treatment of focal atrial fibrillation
Devices, systems, and methods for localizing and/or treating arrhythmias of a patient's heart, which are particularly useful for localizing focal atrial fibrillation, allow locating arrhythmogenic...
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6754529 |
Committed ventricular safety pacing
A method and apparatus provides a sensed AV delay and/or a paced AV delay following an atrial sensed event and/or an atrial paced event, respectively. The AV delay is a predetermined time period...
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6754527 |
System and method for reducing noise in an implantable medical device
A system and method for reducing the amount of noise causes by inductive elements within an implantable medical device. In particular, the invention provides a system for gradually initiating and...
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6743370 |
Conductive electrolyte for high voltage capacitors
The present invention is directed to a conductive electrolyte for use in high voltage electrolytic capacitors and to an electrolytic capacitor impregnated with the electrolyte of the present...
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6744152 |
Implantable cardioverter defibrillator with switchable power source and patient warning system cardiac device
A system and method are provided for using a multiple cell power supply in an implantable medical device such as an implantable cardioverter defibrillator. In a two-cell battery network, a higher...
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RE38515 |
Atrial defibrillation system having patient selectable atrial fibrillation detection
An atrial defibrillation system includes an implantable atrial defibrillator having an atrial defibrillation detector for detecting atrial fibrillation and a cardioverter for cardioverting the...
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6738664 |
Method of and apparatus for atrial and ventricular defibrillation or cardioversion with an electrical waveform optimized in the frequency domain
An apparatus having a discharging energy source, two electrodes adapted to make electrical contact with a patient, a connecting mechanism forming an electrical circuit between the energy source and...
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6735473 |
Defibrillator enclosure with alarm signal
The defibrillator storage device has an enclosure comprised of wall sections, a top section, bottom section and door section defining an interior compartment of sufficient size to house a...
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6735472 |
Method of defibrillating a heart with electrode configurations including a left ventricular defibrillation electrode
An implantable universal pacing and defibrillating system provides efficacious sensing, pacing, and cardioversion/defibrillation in all four chambers of the heart. The system includes three leads...
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6728575 |
Method and circuit for detecting cardiac rhythm abnormalities using a differential signal from a lead with a multi-electrode tip
A cardiac lead has an end adapted for contact with cardiac tissue that has a number of dot-like electrodes which are separated from each other by electrically insulating material, and which are...
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6721597 |
Subcutaneous only implantable cardioverter defibrillator and optional pacer
A subcutaneous implantable cardioverter-defibrillator is disclosed which has an electrically active canister which houses a source of electrical energy, a capacitor, and operational circuitry that...
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6714817 |
Hard paddle for an external defibrillator
An electrotherapy delivery device includes an upper member having a handle portion and a pediatric electrode mounted to the bottom surface of the upper member. A base member having an adult...
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6704596 |
Electrically active medical implant
An electrically active medical implant has a circuit ( 5 ), at least one first battery ( 1 ) to supply low current, and a second battery ( 2 ) to supply high current into the circuit ( 5 ), and a...
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6701183 |
Long term atrial fibrillation monitor
An atrial fibrillation monitor provides hand-contacting electrodes to allow daily ECG measurements of a patient without cumbersome electrode connection to the patient. ECG data may be diagnosed by...
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6697671 |
Visual and aural user interface for an automated external defibrillator
An automated external defibrillator (AED) ( 10 ) designed for use by a rescuer with minimal or no training during a medical emergency is provided. The AED implements a user interface program ( 22 )...
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6694187 |
External defibrillator instruction system and method
The present disclosure relates to a system and method for instructing a user as to how to treat a patient with a defibrillator. In use, electrocardiogram data of the patient is analyzed to...
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6690969 |
Public access CPR and AED device
A system for resuscitation of a heart attack victim. The system includes CPR device which compresses the victim's chest, a defibrillator which may be used to defibrillate the patient, and an...
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6687541 |
Method for delivering atrial defibrillation therapy
An apparatus and method for delivering electrical shock therapy in order to treat atrial tachyarrhythmias such as fibrillation is disclosed. In accordance with the method, atrial defibrillation...
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6687539 |
Implantable defibrillators with programmable cross-chamber blanking
Miniature defibrillators and cardioverters detect abnormal heart rhythms and automatically apply electrical therapy to restore normal heart function. Therapy decisions are typically based on the...
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6678559 |
Implantable medical device having a capacitor assembly with liner
An implantable medical device comprising a housing, a capacitor assembly, an electronics module and an energy source, such as a battery. The capacitor assembly is disposed within the housing. The...
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6671547 |
Adaptive analysis method for an electrotherapy device and apparatus
An electrotherapy device including at least one sensor operable to sense at least one physiological parameter of a patient. A controller is operably connected to the at least one sensor operable to...
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6671545 |
Defibrillator with controller operating in a low power mode
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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6671546 |
Impulses or a series of impulses for defibrillation and device to generate them
A series of defibrillation impulses and device for generating them in which the impulses are constituted by a wave with at least two phases of which successive phases of opposite polarity are cut...
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6668192 |
Automated external defibrilator with the ability to store rescue information
An automated external defibrillator (AED) includes the ability to store rescue information. The AED has a case for housing a power supply that is electrically connected to a circuit for generating...
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6662046 |
Defibrillator with automatic turn on, defibrillator storage case, and related system and method
An automated or semi-automated defibrillator (AED) automatically turns on when an operator removes it from a storage location. This automatic activation often decreases the time it takes the...
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6660116 |
Capacitive filtered feedthrough array for an implantable medical device
A capacitive filtered feedthrough assembly is formed in a solid state manner to employ highly miniaturized conductive paths each filtered by a discoid capacitive filter embedded in a capacitive...
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6662045 |
Inter-atrial septum 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, preferably without...
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6647294 |
High-side energy delivery through a single-quadrant thyristor triggered with a current-limiting switch
A cardiac rhythm management system includes an implantable cardiac rhythm management device that includes a defibrillation energy delivery circuit. The defibrillation energy delivery circuit...
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6647290 |
Charge-based defibrillation method and apparatus
A defibrillation method and apparatus are described for delivering a desired quantity of electric charge to a patient. The method and apparatus are applicable both to external defibrillation and to...
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6647291 |
Method and apparatus for cardiac defibrillation
A method for cardioverting or defibrillating a human heart, performed by placing a transvenous lead having a cardioversion or defibrillation electrode such that the electrode is located at least...
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6647293 |
Method for predictively calculating a cardiac signal course and for controlling the delivery of a stimulation pulse by an implantable cardiac device
A method for the predictive calculation of a cardiac signal course incorporates the following process steps: scanning of the time progression of a cardiac signal during a certain scanning period,...
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6636765 |
Method and apparatus for timing events within an implantable medical device
A technique is described for timing hardware or software events for use in an implantable medical device capable of performing many concurrent processes. The technique exploits a first timer for...
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6636764 |
Safety backup in arrhythmia discrimination algorithm
In an arrhythmia discrimination algorithm a timer is used to trigger the delivery of therapy when no diagnosis is made within a defined time during a tachycardia episode. Where one or more rhythm...
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6633780 |
Cardiac shock electrode system and corresponding implantable defibrillator system
An implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) system includes an internal electrode placed in the right ventricle of the heart, and a flexible array (that includes a plurality of electrodes)...
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6633778 |
High-energy, high-frequency pulse defibrillator
A pulse having a high-frequency cyclic waveform with a plurality of cycle groups is applied across a defribrillating heart. The waveform has, during the first cycle group, an initial peak-to-peak...
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6626931 |
Implantable medical electronics using high voltage flip chip components
An implantable medical device having reduced volume includes a high voltage die mounted to a substrate and assembled into a device body. The die is flip chip mounted, reducing the size of the...
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6615082 |
Method and device for optimally altering stimulation energy to maintain capture of cardiac tissue
An improved system and method for performing automatic capture/threshold detection in an implantable cardiac stimulation device or any device capable of stimulating some organ or tissue in the...
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6611713 |
Implantable device for diagnosing and distinguishing supraventricular and ventricular tachycardias
An implantable device for diagnosing and distinguishing supraventricular and ventricular tachycardias includes electrodes for stimulating parasympathetic nerves of the atrioventricular and/or sinus...
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6611709 |
Storage of defibrillation electrodes
A defibrillator in which electrodes with a limited shelf life are stored largely out of view from the exterior of the unit, but the expiration date or other marking indicative of expiration or...
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6609026 |
Carrying case for defibrillator
A carrying case for external defibrillator having at least one surface-mounted operation features. The carrying case includes a main interior compartment that securely holds a defibrillator such...
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6606526 |
System behavior modification for maintenance of chaos
An accessible parameter of a chaos embodying system of a physical or biological type is monitored by extraction of measurement data and recordation thereof on a return map as a dynamic...
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6603999 |
Vehicularly integrated cardiac care system
A cardiac care system integrated with a vehicle is provided wherein regularly included vehicle components are used in the system, where available. The cardiac care system includes an automated...
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6603654 |
Implantable medical device having flat electrolytic capacitor with tailored anode layers
Flat electrolytic capacitors and methods of making and using same in implantable medical devices (IMDs) are disclosed, the capacitors having a plurality of capacitor layers of an electrode stack...
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6597948 |
Defibrillator with wireless communications
A defibrillator having infrared communication capability is provided. The wireless communications capability is implemented using infrared light or RF communications and standardized communications...
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6597949 |
Mechanically powered external defibrillator
A defibrillator which contains a device for producing alternating voltage, a power factor controller for converting the alternating voltage to a direct voltage, and a device for converting the...
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6591134 |
Implantable medical device
An implantable medical device incorporates a central control unit ( 14 ) for controlling the internal and external functions of the device, a memory unit comprising program memory, main and/or...
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6591135 |
Portable patient monitor with defibrillator/pacemaker interface and battery power management
A method and apparatus are provided for distributing power within a cardiac treatment and monitoring system which includes a defibrillator releasably coupled to a patient monitoring unit. The...
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6589441 |
High voltage, highly conductive electrolyte for electrolytic capacitors
The present invention is directed to a high voltage, highly conductive electrolyte for use in electrolytic capacitors and to an electrolytic capacitor impregnated with the electrolyte of the...
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6580945 |
Defibrillator using low impedance high capacitance double layer capacitor
A low impedance high capacitance double layer capacitor (also known as a “super cap”) is used to supply energy to charge a high voltage capacitor. Upon a command from a controller and/or an...
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