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8463400 System and method for programming an implantable spinal cord stimulation system  
In one embodiment, a method for facilitating programming of an implantable pulse generator (IPG) by an external programming device, the method comprises: receiving input from a user by the external...
8452415 Electrical and activation field models for programming a stimulation lead with complex electrode array geometry  
The disclosure is directed to programming implantable stimulators to deliver stimulation energy via one or more implantable leads having complex electrode array geometries. A programmer is...
8447408 Neurostimulation therapy manipulation  
A user, such as a clinician or the patient, uses a control device to manipulate at least one neurostimulation parameter. A mapping system uses a calibrated map to map the directional output of the...
8437857 Multiple tunable central cathodes on a paddle for increased medial-lateral and rostral-caudal flexibility via current steering  
A neurostimulation paddle lead, method of neurostimulation, and neurostimulation system are provided. The neurostimulation paddle lead carries a plurality of electrodes comprising at least four...
8433419 Method and apparatus for controlling neurostimulation according to physical state  
A neurostimulation system senses a signal indicative of a patient's physical state such as posture and/or activity level. In various embodiments, a stored value for each of stimulation parameters...
8428748 Selective high frequency spinal cord modulation for inhibiting pain with reduced side effects, and associated systems and methods  
Selective high-frequency spinal chord modulation for inhibiting pain with reduced side affects and associated systems and methods are disclosed. In particular embodiments, high-frequency modulation...
8417350 Recordable macros for pacemaker follow-up  
A device and method for programming an implantable pulse generator. In one embodiment, commands are entered designating implantable pulse generator programming variables into programmer memory. At...
8412324 Method and device for treating myocardial ischemia  
A method and device for treating myocardial ischemia are described in which the stress experienced by a myocardial region identified as vulnerable to becoming ischemic is varied with pre-excitation...
8406890 Implantable medical devices storing graphics processing data  
In one example, a device includes a telemetry module configured to retrieve graphics processing data from a device that is not configured to perform a rendering process using the graphics...
8401660 Polling mechanism in a medical implant based system  
Polling mechanism in a medical implant based system. A method for operating a receiver includes searching for a signal by a receiver. The method further includes entering into an inactive state for...
8401659 Implantable medical device with wireless communications  
An implantable medical device for use in a patient management system is described, including a sensor capable of measuring a body characteristic and generating a data signal describing the...
8401658 System and method for displaying stimulation field generated by electrode array  
An implantable pulse generator includes a current steering capability that allows a clinician or patient to quickly determine a desired electrode stimulation pattern, including which electrodes of...
8392747 Distributed fault tolerant architecture for a healthcare communication system  
A healthcare communication system includes a first plurality of computer devices operable as a nurse call system. The first plurality of computer devices has core nurse call functionality. The...
8376943 Patient event information  
Patient input indicating the occurrence of an event and information relating to the event may be collected by a computing device. In some examples, the patient input is received via an event...
8380321 Programming interface with a cross-sectional view of a stimulation lead with complex electrode array geometry  
The disclosure is directed to programming implantable stimulators to deliver stimulation energy via one or more implantable leads having complex electrode array geometries. The disclosure also...
8369960 Systems and methods for controlling wireless signal transfers between ultrasound-enabled medical devices  
Systems and methods for wireless signal transfers between ultrasound-enabled medical devices are disclosed. An illustrative system includes a source device equipped with multiple transducer...
8364272 Brain stimulation programming  
A programming system allows a user to program therapy parameter values for therapy delivered by a medical device by specifying a desired therapeutic outcome. In an example, the programming system...
8355791 System and method for computationally determining migration of neurostimulation leads  
A tissue stimulation system and computer software and method of monitoring a neurostimulation lead having a plurality of electrodes implanted within a patient (e.g., adjacent the spinal cord) is...
8355797 Systems and methods for delivering neural therapy correlated with patient status  
Therapy systems for treating a patient are disclosed. Representative therapy systems include an implantable pulse generator, a signal delivery device electrically coupled to the pulse generator,...
8352039 Programming therapy delivered by implantable medical device  
This disclosure describes techniques for programming stimulation therapy programs according to therapy targets (e.g., symptoms or areas of pain) in a patient to which they are applied. Several...
8352038 Medical device function configuration post-manufacturing  
A medical device system and method configure a medical device according to a configuration definition. The configuration definition includes an allowable status and a function status for each of a...
8346369 Systems and methods for programming implantable medical devices  
Embodiments of the invention are directed to systems and methods for programming implantable medical devices, amongst other things. In an embodiment, the invention includes a method of programming...
8344847 Coordination of control commands in a medical device system having at least one therapy delivery device and at least one wireless controller device  
A medical device system includes at least one controllable patient-worn or patient-carried medical device, and a plurality of controller devices that are capable of independently controlling...
8340775 System and method for defining stimulation programs including burst and tonic stimulation  
In one embodiment, a method for defining a stimulation program for electrical stimulation of a patient, the method comprising: providing a single screen user interface that comprises a first...
8335569 External device for communicating with an implantable medical device having data telemetry and charging integrated in a single housing  
An improved embodiment of an external device for an implantable medical device system is described herein, where the external device has both circuitry for charging the implantable medical device...
8332039 Method of electrically stimulating tissue of a patient by calibrating stimulation amplitude  
A method comprises: selecting a plurality of electrodes of one or more stimulation leads, the selected plurality of electrodes defining a two-dimensional region; determining a calibration value for...
8332011 Controlling blanking during magnetic resonance imaging  
The invention is directed to structure and methods for coordinating the operation of an implantable medical device (IMD) with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) techniques. For example the IMD can be...
8327139 System and method for securely exchanging sensitive information with an implantable medical device  
A system and method for securely exchanging sensitive information with an implantable medical device is presented. A crypto key stored on an implantable medical device is retrieved by a programmer...
8326429 Acquiring nerve activity from carotid body and/or sinus  
An exemplary includes acquiring an electroneurogram of the right carotid sinus nerve or the left carotid sinus nerve, analyzing the electroneurogram for at least one of chemosensory information and...
8326433 Clinician programmer system and method for calculating volumes of activation for monopolar and bipolar electrode configurations  
A system and method for providing a volume of activation (VOA) of a stimulation electrode leadwire may include a processor that calculates a VOA for each of a plurality of sets of parameter...
8321808 User interface with toolbar for programming electrical stimulation therapy  
The disclosure is directed to a user interface with a menu that facilitates stimulation therapy programming. The user interface displays a representation of the electrical leads implanted in the...
8315708 Patient device for bidirectional data communication with an implant  
A patient device (PD) for wireless data communication with an implant. The PD can be at least in an unpaired state or a paired state. In the paired state the PD is paired to a specific implant...
8315707 System and method for avoiding, reversing, and managing neurological accommodation to electrical stimulation  
A method of operating a neurostimulation device comprises varying a first stimulation parameter under user control while fixing a second stimulation parameter, generating a plurality of stimulation...
8311636 Tree-based electrical stimulator programming  
The disclosure describes an implantable stimulation system that guides programming with a therapeutic tree. All possible stimulation parameters are arranged on the therapeutic tree, with each level...
8306627 Dosing limitation for an implantable medical device  
An implantable medical device (IMD) including an input interface that operates to receive an external input and a stimulation mode controller coupled to the input interface. The stimulation mode...
8301257 Method for suppressing and reversing epileptogenesis  
A method for identifying, suppressing, and reversing epileptogenesis, which is considered to be a learned response due to brain plasticity. The method includes identifying three epileptogenic...
8295938 Programming a medical device with a general purpose instrument  
An apparatus including a processor configured to selectively load a first operating system that controls general purpose computer functionality of the apparatus; and a second operating system...
8295939 Programmer for biostimulator system  
A biostimulator system comprises one or more implantable devices and an external programmer configured for communicating with the implantable device or devices via bidirectional communication...
8285386 Implant revision recognition by exchanging the revision data during transmission  
A system and method for establishing communication among a control device and an implantable medical device. The implantable medical device transmits to the control device identification...
8280518 Recordable macros for pacemaker follow-up  
A device and method for programming an implantable pulse generator. In one embodiment, commands are entered designating implantable pulse generator programming variables into programmer memory. At...
8280519 Method of maintaining wet-tantalum electrolytic capacitors  
Wet-tantalum capacitors used in a medical device are charged to and maintained at a maintenance voltage between full energy charges so that deformation in the wet-tantalum capacitor is...
8280524 External button processor with a rechargeable battery  
An external processor device is described for an implantable prosthetic system. An external processor housing has a generally planar skin contacting surface and a central axis perpendicular to the...
8275463 Recording a context for sensed biological data  
Exemplary techniques for recording a context for sensed biological data are described. One technique senses biological data from a patient and records supporting data with the sensed biological data.
8275462 Integrated phase-shift power control transmitter for use with implantable device and method for use of the same  
Systems and methods for efficiently transmitting power using a high frequency (e.g., RF) telemetry transmitter are provided. The telemetry transmitter may include a fixed clock source (which may...
8269634 Systems and methods of alarm validation and backup in implanted medical devices  
Alarm tests are disclosed which use alarm test signals to assess alarms provided by medical devices. Especially relevant are implanted devices that monitor cardiac activity and provide notification...
8271092 Swallowing stimulation system  
A swallowing stimulation system has a swallowing stimulator for use in triggering an act of swallowing in a patient. The swallowing system has an operating unit including operating elements for...
8260423 Systems and methods for collecting patient event information  
A method of collecting patient event information from a cardiac rhythm management system (CRM system) is described, where the CRM system includes a cardiac rhythm management device (CRM device) and...
8255053 Method and apparatus for question-based programming of cardiac rhythm management devices  
A cardiac rhythm management (CRM) system includes a programming device that identifies the device type of an implantable medical device, selects a predetermined questioning sequence based on the...
8255060 User interface with toolbar for programming electrical stimulation therapy  
The disclosure is directed to a user interface with a menu that facilitates stimulation therapy programming. The user interface displays a representation of the electrical leads implanted in the...
8249701 Methods, devices and systems for programming neurostimulation  
Methods, devices and systems are provided to efficiently identify, from among a plurality of possible neurostimulation parameter sets, one or more preferred neurostimulation parameter sets that...
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