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7617001 Systems and method for communicating with implantable devices  
Systems and methods for communicating with an implant within a patient's body using acoustic telemetry includes an external communications device attachable to the patient's skin. The device...
7616997 Devices and methods for cardiovascular reflex control via coupled electrodes  
Devices, systems and methods are disclosed by which the blood pressure, nervous system activity, and neurohormonal activity may be selectively and controllably reduced by activating baroreceptors....
7613522 Multi-antenna for an implantable medical device  
A system for enabling telemetry in implantable medical devices is provided. An implantable medical device has device having radio-frequency telemetry capabilities. The device includes a housing and...
7613521 Telemetry for a battery operated device  
The present invention relates to a wireless handheld device that is configured to communicate with an implanted device using inductive telemetry. The handheld device is preferably battery operated...
7610099 Method of processing telemetry signals in an implantable medical device including a telemetry processor  
An implantable medical device with a main processor also has a telemetry processor to perform some telemetry processing functions resulting under some circumstances in reducing demands on the main...
7593776 Flexible communication and control protocol for a wireless sensor and microstimulator network  
A novel system and method for restoring functional movement of a paralyzed limb(s) or a prosthetic device. Stimulating one or more muscles of a patient using an implanted neuromuscular implants and...
7587246 Implantable device with flexible interconnect to coil  
An implant for implantation into a person. The implant includes a hermetically sealed housing enclosing electrical circuitry. A first coil is flexibly coupled to the housing such that the first...
7587241 Method for controlling telemetry in an implantable medical device based on power source capacity  
A method for controlling an implantable medical device is disclosed. In one embodiment, a voltage of a power source within the implantable medical device is monitored. If this voltage is above a...
7580755 Automatic data transmission rate adjustment  
A method for connecting to a remote unit via a communications medium, determining a data transfer rate of the connection, setting a sampling rate between the remote unit and an implantable medical...
7580750 Implantable medical device with integrated acoustic transducer  
An implantable medical device comprises a hermetically sealed housing having a housing wall with an interior surface, and an ultrasonic acoustic transducer, the transducer comprising one or more...
7574266 System and method for telemetry with an implantable medical device  
An implantable medical device (IMD) includes a telemetry module to communicate with an external device according to a given protocol. To establish a communication session, the IMD will extend...
7571006 Wearable alarm system for a prosthetic hearing implant  
A prosthetic hearing implant kit is disclosed. The prosthetic hearing implant kit comprises internal components configured to be implanted in a recipient and comprises an internal coil; external...
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)....
7555348 Remote transtelephonic monitor user interface  
Patients fitted with an implantable medical device (IMD) must typically return to their medical providers for follow-up sessions where the medical provider retrieves data from the patient's IMD for...
7555347 Identification of target site for implantation of a microstimulator  
Devices and methods for locating a target site for the electrical stimulation of muscles are disclosed. The intensity of a search stimulus is varied continuously near the threshold to evoke an...
7554493 Folded monopole antenna for implanted medical device  
A folded monopole RF telemetry antenna is contained within a dielectric portion of an implantable medical device housing, which dielectric portion can be a biocompatible epoxy. The monopole antenna...
7551962 Implantable medical device with voice responding and recording capacity  
An implantable medical device such as a cardiac pacemaker or implantable cardioverter/defibrillator with the capability of receiving communications in the form of speech spoken by the patient. An...
7548787 Medical diagnostic and communication system  
Cardiac stimulation device and wireless communication system, without magnetic detection or magnetic control of the heart pacemaker parameters, having leads for carrying stimulating pulses to and...
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...
7532933 Leadless cardiac stimulation systems  
Various configurations of systems that employ leadless electrodes to provide pacing therapy are provided. In one example, a system that provides multiple sites for pacing of myocardium of a heart...
7532932 Implantable medical apparatus having an omnidirectional antenna for receiving radio frequency signals  
An radio frequency antenna assembly is provided for a medical device such as one capable of being implanted into a patient. The antenna assembly includes a plurality of antennas, each oriented to...
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...
7522962 Implantable medical device with integrated acoustic transducer  
An implantable medical device comprises a hermetically sealed housing having at least one hermetic electrical feed through and an acoustic lead having a proximal end connected to the electrical...
7519430 Dynamic telemetry encoding for an implantable medical device  
A telemetry system provides a selectable encoding protocol, including, for example, a plurality of redundancy levels, where the encoding protocol is selected based on a measure of transmission...
7519429 Electronic stimulator implant  
The present invention relates to lower urinary dysfunctions and more particularly to an electronic stimulator implant and method to improve bladder voiding and prevent bladder hyperreflexia. There...
7515012 System and method for automatic tuning of a magnetic field generator  
An automatic tuning system for a magnetic field generating tuned circuit includes a processor configured to maintain the resonant frequency of a tuned circuit equal to a reference frequency. The...
7513257 System of implantable devices for monitoring and/or affecting body parameters  
A system for monitoring and/or affecting parameters of a patient's body and more particularly to such a system comprised of a system control unit (SCU) and one or more other devices, preferably...
7496407 Nerve stimulator measuring device  
A nerve stimulator measuring device used to measure the length of electrical conduction of a nerve using a standard electrical nerve stimulator. The device includes an outer housing attached or...
7483752 Antenna for an implantable medical device  
An apparatus and method for enabling far-field radio-frequency communications with an implantable medical device in which an antenna is embedded within a dielectric compartment of the device. A...
7481771 Implantable wireless sensor for pressure measurement within the heart  
The progress of a endovascular cardiac repair can be monitored by inserting a pressure transducer sensor using a catheter into a chamber of the heart during endovascular repair and then using a...
7477933 Portable electrocardiograph, electrocardiogram monitoring system, and electrocardiogram monitoring method using the same  
Electrocardiogram data and acceleration data obtained by a portable electrocardiograph of each patient are transmitted to a radio base station, and transmitted from the radio base station to a...
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...
7471986 System and method for transmitting energy to and establishing a communications network with one or more implanted devices  
Systems and methods for automatically powering and communicating with an implantable medical device through an inductive link are disclosed. A preferred embodiment comprises an inductive coil or...
7471985 High-availability wireless operator control device for medical systems  
An apparatus for medical diagnosis and therapy systems has at least one operator control device generating at least one control signal corresponding to at least one function of the apparatus, a...
7471290 Posture detection system  
Methods, systems, and apparatus are described for posture detection. Orientations of a body are detected with respect to first and second axes. A movement of the body with respect to a third axis...
7469161 Systems and methods for monitoring and managing power consumption of an implantable medical device  
In one embodiment, an external programming device is operable to determine and graphically display power consumption of an implantable medical device (“IMD”). In accordance with this particular...
7467014 Compact and conformal telemetry antennas for implantable medical devices  
An implantable medical device (“IMD”) configured in accordance with an example embodiment of the invention generally includes a housing, a connector header block coupled to the housing, a...
7463930 Implantable medical device programmer module for use with existing clinical instrumentation  
An external programmer module adapted for physical and electrical connection to existing clinical monitoring and/or therapy instrumentation is provided for achieving bi-directional communication...
7460911 System and method suitable for treatment of a patient with a neurological deficit by sequentially stimulating neural pathways using a system of discrete implantable medical devices  
A system and method that facilitates stimulating neural pathways, e.g., muscles and/or associated nerves, of a patient's body for the purpose of therapeutic medical treatment by rehabilitating...
7457669 On-demand retransmission of data with an implantable medical device  
This document discloses, among other things, a telemetry system for requesting and receiving redundant data. A synchronization frame transmitted by an external device includes an echo code. The...
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...
7444184 Method and system for providing therapy for bulimia/eating disorders by providing electrical pulses to vagus nerve(s)  
A method and system to provide pre-determined electrical pulses for neuromodulating vagus nerve(s) or its branches to provide therapy for bulimia/eating disorders, comprises implantable and...
7437193 Microstimulator employing improved recharging reporting and telemetry techniques  
An implantable microstimulator configured to be implanted beneath a patient's skin for tissue stimulation to prevent and/or treat various disorders, e.g., neurological disorders, uses a...
7432723 Coupling loop  
A coupling loop or antenna is provided that can be used with a system that determines the resonant frequency of a sensor by adjusting the phase and frequency of an energizing signal until the...
7418297 Frame length modulation and pulse position modulation system  
A system includes a transceiver circuit to transceive at least a first analog signal and a digital signal. The system also includes a controller circuit, coupled to the transceiver circuit, to...
7418296 Wireless pacing system analyzer in a programmer system  
An external interface device provides telemetry between an implantable apparatus and a remote device. The interface device includes a battery powered circuit and a wireless transceiver. A power...
7409245 Variable antenna matching network for an implantable antenna  
An implantable medical device may have an antenna for communication with external devices or other internal devices. Changes in the patient's body position, weight, composition or other factors may...
7406349 Dynamic telemetry link selection for an implantable device  
Communications with an implantable device are conducted using a physical telemetry link dynamically selected from multiple physical telemetry links based on selected criteria including, for...
7406105 System and method for sharing a common communication channel between multiple systems of implantable medical devices  
A system and method that facilitates multiple systems of communicating devices, i.e., a master device and one or more implantable slave devices, to coexist on a common, e.g., RF, communication...
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