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7622702 Power controlling apparatus applied to biochip and operating method thereof  
The invention discloses a power controlling apparatus for a biochip including M regions. Each region includes a plurality of cells respectively. The power controlling apparatus includes a pulse...
7613497 Energy transfer amplification for intrabody devices  
Apparatus for driving current in a power circuit of a medical device inserted into a body of a subject includes a power transmitter, which is adapted to generate, in a vicinity of the body, an...
7599744 Transcutaneous energy transfer primary coil with a high aspect ferrite core  
Adjustable gastric band implants contain a hollow elastomeric balloon with fixed end points encircling a patient's stomach just inferior to the esophago-gastric junction. These balloons can expand...
7599743 Low frequency transcutaneous energy transfer to implanted medical device  
An implantable medical device system advantageously utilizes low frequency (e.g., about 1-100 kHz) transcutaneous energy transfer (TET) for supplying power from an external control module to an...
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...
7571007 Systems and methods for use in pulse generation  
In one embodiment, an implantable medical device comprises: a rechargeable battery for powering the implantable medical device; an antenna for receiving RF power; and circuitry for charging the...
7570994 Apparatus and method for maintaining a defibrillator battery charge and optionally communicating  
Defibrillator assemblies and methods to wirelessly transfer energy from an external source to a battery or other rechargeable power source within the defibrillator assembly. The transfer of energy...
7565204 Implantable device for controlling received power by a power receiving unit therein  
An implantable device capable of controlling received power from an external source. The implantable device includes a power receiving unit (PRU) and a control circuit which monitors the voltage...
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...
7542804 Neuromuscular stimulation to avoid pulmonary embolisms  
A system and method that provide a prophylactic treatment to a person, e.g., a patient, to avoid the occurrence of pulmonary embolisms by the system providing neuromuscular stimulation to a...
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...
7519421 Vagal nerve stimulation using vascular implanted devices for treatment of atrial fibrillation  
An abnormally rapid ventricular cardiac rate that results from atrial fibrillation can be reduced by stimulating a vagal nerve of the heart. An apparatus for such stimulation includes a power...
7515967 Ambulatory energy transfer system for an implantable medical device and method therefore  
An external power system, system and method for transcutaneous energy transfer to an implantable medical device having componentry for providing a therapeutic output and a secondary coil...
7512443 Spacers for use with transcutaneous energy transfer system  
A transcutaneous energy transfer system, method and kit for an implantable medical device having componentry for providing a therapeutic output and a secondary coil operatively coupled to the...
7505816 Actively cooled external energy source, external charger, system of transcutaneous energy transfer, system of transcutaneous charging and method therefore  
External energy source, external charger, system of transcutaneous energy transfer, system of transcutaneous charging and method thereof. An implantable medical device has a secondary coil...
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...
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...
7428438 Systems and methods for providing power to a battery in an implantable stimulator  
An exemplary system for providing power to a rechargeable battery in an implantable stimulator includes a first coil configured to emit a first magnetic field, a coil in the stimulator configured...
7379775 Voltage converter for implantable microstimulator using RF-powering coil  
A combination, voltage converter circuit for use within an implantable device, such as a microstimulator, uses a coil, instead of capacitors, to provide a voltage step up and step down conversion...
7369897 Method and system of remotely controlling electrical pulses provided to nerve tissue(s) by an implanted stimulator system for neuromodulation therapies  
A method and system of remotely controlling an implanted stimulator for providing electrical pulses to nerve tissue, comprises an implantable stimulator, an interface unit, and a mobile device such...
7349741 Cochlear implant sound processor with permanently integrated replenishable power source  
A cochlear implant sound processor is powered by a rechargeable battery that is permanently integrated into the sound processor. The sound processor contains an inductive coil that may be tuned to...
7330762 Method and system for providing pulsed electrical stimulation to provide therapy for erectile/sexual dysfunction, prostatitis, prostatitis pain, and chronic pelvic pain  
A method and system for providing pulse electrical stimulation to at least one of sacral plexus or its branches or portions, inferior hypogastric plexus or its branches or portions, superior...
7317947 Headset recharger for cranially implantable medical devices  
The invention is directed to a recharging system and associated techniques to recharge an implantable medical device (IMD). In particular, a recharging system according to the invention comprises a...
7310556 Implantable medical stimulation apparatus with intra-conductor capacitive energy storage  
An implantable device electrically stimulates an organ of an animal in response to a trigger event. Between trigger event that device receives a wireless signal, such as a radio frequency signal,...
7308316 Storable implantable medical device assembly allowing in package charging  
A storable implantable medical device assembly. An implantable medical device has a secondary coil operatively coupled to therapeutic componentry. A container holds the implantable medical device,...
7295879 Double helical antenna assembly for a wireless intravascular medical device  
A medical device, such as a cardiac pacing device for an animal, includes an intravascular antenna that has a first coil for engaging a wall of a first blood vessel to receive a radio frequency...
7295878 Implantable devices using rechargeable zero-volt technology lithium-ion batteries  
An implantable medical device, such as an implantable pulse generator (IPG) used with a spinal cord stimulation (SCS) system, includes a rechargeable lithium-ion battery having an anode electrode...
7295872 System for and method of power efficient electrical tissue stimulation  
Circuitry for and method of power efficient operation of, and energy recovery from, tissue-stimulating electrodes having high charge capacities. Post-stimulation energy is recovered from the...
7286881 External power source having an adjustable magnetic core and method of use  
External power source, and system and method using such external power source, for an implantable medical device having therapeutic componentry and a secondary coil operatively coupled to the...
7286880 System and method for transcutaneous energy transfer achieving high efficiency  
A system and method for transcutaneous energy transfer and/or charging in a transverse direction. An external power source having a primary coil being driven at a frequency selectable in the range...
7283874 Acoustically powered implantable stimulating device  
An implantable stimulation system comprises an implantable stimulator and a control device. The control device is configured to transmit acoustic waves to the implantable stimulator, and the...
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....
7254449 Systems and methods for providing power to one or more implantable devices  
Systems and methods for providing a power signal to one or more implantable devices include a number of dynamic range amplifiers each having a multiplicity of output drivers. Each of the output...
7248928 Artificial eye system  
An artificial eye system may include an extracorporeal unit mounted outside a user's body and an intracorporeal unit 3 mounted inside a user's eye. The extracorporeal unit 2 may include a visor...
7225032 External power source, charger and system for an implantable medical device having thermal characteristics and method therefore  
External power source, charger, system and method for transcutaneous energy transfer. An implantable medical device has a first housing having operational componentry for providing the therapeutic...
7212110 Implantable device and system and method for wireless communication  
A wireless communication method and protocol, and wireless devices and systems for stimulation, are provided for communication between a wireless device and a charging device. During active...
7191007 Spatially decoupled twin secondary coils for optimizing transcutaneous energy transfer (TET) power transfer characteristics  
An implantable device, such as an infuser device for bidirectional hydraulically controlling a medical artificial sphincter, enhances power transfer characteristics to a secondary coil thereby...
7177691 Implantable pulse generators using rechargeable zero-volt technology lithium-ion batteries  
An implantable medical device, such as an implantable pulse generator (IPG) used with a spinal cord stimulation (SCS) system, includes a rechargeable lithiumion battery having an anode electrode...
7177690 Implantable system having rechargeable battery indicator  
A system and method for detecting the status of a rechargeable battery included within an implantable medical device. The medical device can incorporate a status indicator which signals the user...
7167756 Battery recharge management for an implantable medical device  
An implantable medical device having an implantable power source such as a rechargeable lithium ion battery. The implantable medical device includes a recharge module that regulates the recharging...
7155291 Methods and apparatus for providing a sufficiently stable power to a load in an energy transfer system  
Methods and apparatus for providing a sufficiently stable power to a load in an energy transfer system that transfers energy from one side of a physical boundary to another side of the boundary. In...
7120992 Method of making an electronic module  
Compact electronic modules, which may be used with implantable microstimulators and other medical and non-medical devices, and manufacture/assembly of such modules are described. Component and...
7107103 Full-body charger for battery-powered patient implantable device  
A full-body charger for charging one or more battery-powered devices wherein such devices are configured for implanting beneath a patient's skin for the purpose of tissue, e.g., nerve or muscle,...
7103416 Visual prosthesis including enhanced receiving and stimulating portion  
A visual prosthesis including an enhanced receiving and stimulating portion for electrically stimulating retinal tissue to present an apparent image to a user. The prosthesis includes an...
7079901 Low-power, high-modulation-index amplifier for use in battery-powered device  
An external transmitter circuit drives an implantable neural stimulator having an implanted coil from a primary coil driven by a power amplifier. For efficient power consumption, the transmitter...
7062331 Methods and apparatus for providing a sufficiently stable power to a load in an energy transfer system  
Methods and apparatus for providing a sufficiently stable power to a load in an energy transfer system that transfers energy from one side of a physical boundary to another side of he boundary. In...
7035688 Laminate of magnetic material and method of making  
A laminate having a plurality of layers of magnetic material sandwiched together having a first side and a second side and a method of making the laminate. The plurality of layers of magnetic...
7003353 Photovoltaic powered charging apparatus for implanted rechargeable batteries  
A photovoltaic powered charging unit is mounted in a head covering, such as a cap or hat, for a patient who has an inductively chargeable medical device implanted in his head. The implanted device...
6961619 Subcutaneously implantable power supply  
A subcutaneously implantable power supply is a device for powering implantable medical devices. The device has one or more thin photovoltaic cells contained in a case formed of a lamination of a...
6850803 Implantable medical device with a recharging coil magnetic shield  
A rechargeable implantable medical device with a magnetic shield placed on the distal side of a secondary recharging coil to improve recharging efficiency is disclosed. The rechargeable implantable...
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