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7610100 Methods and systems for treating osteoarthritis  
Methods of treating osteoarthritis include applying at least one stimulus to a stimulation site within a patient with an implanted system control unit in accordance with one or more stimulation...
7607036 System and method for enabling continued use of trim values within an implantable medical device following a parity error  
Techniques are described for use by an implantable medical device equipped to use trim values, which allow the device to continue to use trim values despite certain memory errors such as parity...
7606620 System and method for detection enhancement programming  
A system and method of enabling detection enhancements selected from a plurality of detection enhancements. In a system having a plurality of clinical rhythms, including a first clinical rhythm,...
7603177 Applying filter information to identify combinations of electrodes  
A programming device compares filter information to information that describes possible combinations of the electrodes within an electrode set implanted in a patient. The filter information...
7584002 Aggregation of data from external data sources within an implantable medical device  
An implantable device is described that collects and aggregates data from non-implanted medical devices external from a body of a patient. The device may also collect and aggregate data from...
7561921 Neurostimulator programmer with internal antenna  
In general, the invention is directed to a patient programmer for an implantable medical device. The patient programmer may include one or more of a variety of features that may enhance...
7561915 MRI system having implantable device safety features  
One embodiment of the present invention relates to a telemetry device which is in communication with an MRI system, and which is operable to communicate with an implantable medical device (IMD)....
7551960 External presentation of electrical stimulation parameters  
An external indicator device presents parameters associated with stimulation therapy generated by a pulse generator, which may be associated with an external or implantable stimulation device. In...
7551956 Stimulation methodologies and apparatus for control of brain states  
A system for accessing the brain of a subject to record and/or stimulate brain stares thereof. The system includes control means, first accessing means having a plurality of contact surfaces...
7548786 Library for management of neurostimulation therapy programs  
An implantable medical device delivers neurostimulation therapy to a patient according to a parameter set. A parameter set may consist of a number of programs that are delivered substantially...
7539541 Automatic power control for a radio frequency transceiver of an implantable device  
Power supplied to a particular telemetry system of an implantable device having multiple telemetry systems is managed by a state machine. Power to a transceiver of a device is terminated if the...
7529588 Method and apparatus to backup, update and share data among implantable cardiac stimulation device programmers  
A system is provided for backing up and synchronizing data stored within a set of programmers used for programming implantable cardiac stimulation devices such as pacemakers or implantable...
7526341 Amplitude ramping of waveforms generated by an implantable medical device  
The present invention automates the adjustment of an amplitude of stimulated pulses that are generated by an implanted device. Apparatus comprises a processor that communicates with the implanted...
7493165 Implantable device and programmer system which permits multiple programmers  
A multiprogrammer system, for monitoring and optimizing implant performance, includes at least two programmers and an implant. Each programmer may perform inquiry and programming operations on the...
7475245 System and method for providing secure exchange of sensitive information with an implantable medical device  
A system and method for providing secure exchange of sensitive information with an implantable medical device is presented. A crypto key uniquely associated with an implantable medical device is...
7460912 System and method for temporary programming for implanted medical devices  
A system and method for temporary programming of an implantable medical device. The system and method include a repeater uploading temporary programming and instructions to a temporary memory of...
7457668 Method and device for remote and nonconnected implementation of an implant and implant implemented by said device  
A method for remote and nonconnected interaction between an implant having an electrical motor and a transmitter/receiver inverter having an induction source having/connected to a power source for...
7452336 Interactive neural training device  
An apparatus and method for rehabilitating patients and assessing tactile skills in response to visual stimuli generated from a portable neural training device. The device generates a visual output...
7418295 Method and system for identifying and displaying groups of cardiac arrhythmic episodes  
A medical device system that receives cardiac data representing a plurality of stored arrhythmic episodes, and analyzing the cardiac data to identify and display a subset of stored arrhythmic...
7366570 Method and a system for using implanted medical device data for accessing therapies  
A method and system facilitates the access by a patient of implanted medical device related data for patient participation in their own clinical care and therapy. In an example embodiment, the...
7359751 Clinician programmer for use with trial stimulator  
Disclosed are systems and methods which provide an external clinician interface, such as through the use of a laptop computer or a personal digital assistant (PDA). The foregoing clinician...
7330763 Method for securing the operating system in a handheld medical device and apparatus  
A method includes disabling a synchronization mechanism of a handheld device and disabling one or more hardware buttons on the handheld device. The method also includes removing user access to one...
7324850 Method and apparatus for communication between a handheld programmer and an implantable medical device  
Systems and methods for telemetric communication between a handheld programmer and an implantable medical device are disclosed. A preferred embodiment comprises a user-friendly, color,...
7313443 Method and apparatus for hardware/firmware trap  
The operation of an implantable medical device executing at least one set of firmware code is modified using a hardware/firmware trap at a point of execution of the set of firmware code. A patch...
7292889 Gastric stimulator apparatus and method for use  
Apparatus and method for stimulating neuromuscular tissue in the stomach. The neuromuscular stimulator stimulates the neuromuscular tissue by applying current-controlled electrical pulses. A...
7288066 Data compression method for implantable medical devices  
A method of data compression of physiological signals for use in implantable medical devices (IMDs) in which temporal information in the input data points is retained in the compressed sample...
7277752 System for cardiac resuscitation  
A system and method for monitoring and controlling the therapy of a cardiac rhythm abnormality victim at a remote site by proving immediate access to a medical professional at a central station....
7272445 Medical device programmer with faceplate  
In general, the invention is directed to a patient programmer for an implantable medical device. The patient programmer may include one or more of a variety of features that may enhance...
7272444 Medical device interface system with automatic rate threshold adjustment  
A medical device programmer automatically adjusts parameters to be programmed to a medical device in response to a user modifying related parameters. Slide controllers on the programmer display...
7266412 Generation of multiple neurostimulation therapy programs  
Generation of multiple neurostimulation programs for delivery of neurostimulation therapy to a patient involves generation of a base program and one or more patient condition algorithms. The base...
7257447 Method and apparatus for indication-based programming of cardiac rhythm management devices  
A cardiac rhythm management (CRM) system includes a programming device that determines parameters for programming an implantable medical device based on patient-specific information including...
7254445 Multiprogrammable tissue stimulator and method  
An electronic stimulation system is used to control pain over multiple regions of a patient's body. The system has one or more percutaneous leads, each having multiple electrodes, implanted within...
7239916 Method and apparatus for automatic implantable medical lead recognition and configuration  
An automated identification and configuration system for use with an implantable medical device (IMD) is disclosed. The system includes a first communication circuit that is attached to, or...
7225030 Management of implantable devices  
In a method and a system for organizing not yet implanted implantable medical devices, each having a telemetry unit associated therewith, a local administration unit transmits an inquiry signal to...
7218968 User interface for programming rate response technical field  
A programmer including a user interface, and techniques for programming a rate responsive implantable medical device using such a programmer and user interface are presented. The programmer may...
7216000 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...
7212863 Implantable medical device operable in a special mode upon activation during a programmed time  
An implantable medical device is operable in a normal mode of operation, including a test mode, as well as in at least one other mode of operation outside of the normal mode. The device has a...
7212133 Telemetry module with configurable data layer for use with an implantable medical device  
Disclosed is a method and apparatus for configuring an external device so that may communicate with and an implantable medical device in accordance with a desired telemetry protocols. The external...
7191006 Cardiac rhythm management systems and methods for rule-illustrative parameter entry  
This document describes systems, devices, and methods for programmably adjusting therapy or other operative parameter values of an implantable cardiac rhythm management device using a programmer...
7187978 Method and apparatus for programming an implantable medical device  
A method and system for programming settings of a medical device surgically implanted within a body of a patient. The system comprises a physician programmer, a patient programmer, an external...
7184837 Selection of neurostimulator parameter configurations using bayesian networks  
In general, the invention is directed to a technique for selection of parameter configurations for an implantable neurostimulator using Bayesian networks. The technique may be employed by a...
7184835 Method and apparatus for adjustable AVD programming using a table  
A pacing system provides for optimal hemodynamic cardiac function for parameters such as ventricular synchrony or contractility (peak left ventricle pressure change during systole or LV+dp/dt), or...
7181277 Methods and systems for reducing the likelihood of arrhythmia onset  
Various embodiments are directed to providing systems and methods that can reduce the likelihood of arrhythmia onset by effecting a treatment, responsive to a detected premature event, that mimics...
7174215 Method for determining stimulation parameters  
A method is provided for determining optimal stimulus pulsewidth and stimulus amplitude for stimulating nerves with at least one electrode ( 17 ). The method comprises: providing a predetermined...
7167755 Adaptive software configuration for a medical device  
This document describes, among other things, a method of operating a medical device comprising updating a regulatory approval status stored in at least one of the medical device or a second device...
7167752 Electronic electrical and electro-magnetic health enhancement and stimulation device  
An electronic acupressure aide and stimulating device implemented using a hand-held or palm-held electronic computing device or another computing device which may be a designated unit. The...
7160284 Implantable medical pump with multi-layer back-up memory  
In a medical treatment device implanted within the body of a patient, a system and method using volatile and non-volatile memory devices within an implanted drug infusion pump to provide a safe and...
7155290 Secure long-range telemetry for implantable medical device  
A method and system for enabling secure communications between an implantable medical device (IMD) and an external device (ED) over a telemetry channel. A telemetry interlock may be implemented...
7149581 Patient monitoring device with multi-antenna receiver  
A patient monitoring device incorporates a receiver capable of single-antenna or multi-antenna operation. Multi-antenna operation permits the monitoring device to take advantage of spatial...
7130695 Arrangement for and method of monitoring, calibrating and optimizing a control of an electromedical implant  
An arrangement ( 10 ) for monitoring and adjusting a control of an electromedical implant ( 12 ) by means of an external control and evaluation unit ( 14 ) is made up of the electromedical implant,...
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