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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...
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7610093 |
Implantable optical pressure sensor for sensing urinary sphincter pressure
The disclosure describes an optical fiber pressure sensor to measure sphincter pressure which may be incorporated into a therapeutic sphincter control system. The system senses sphincter pressure...
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7606623 |
Methods and devices for intramuscular stimulation of upper airway and swallowing muscle groups
Devices and methods were discovered that successfully provided patient autonomous control of both hyolaryngeal elevation, anterior hyoid motion and opening of the upper esophageal sphincter for...
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7606622 |
Method and device for detecting and treating depression
A system is described for detecting and/or treating depression that may be incorporated into an implantable device such as a cardiac rhythm management device. The device may determine that...
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7571008 |
System and apparatus for remote activation of implantable medical devices
An integrated activation system for an implantable medical device (IMD) sharing a power source, the activation system having a switching circuit and a sensing element coupled to the switching...
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7571004 |
Neural stimulation for increased persistence
The present invention is a method of improving the persistence of electrical neural stimulation, and specifically a method of improving the persistence of an image supplied to a retina, or visual...
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7561923 |
Method and apparatus for controlling autonomic balance using neural stimulation
A neural stimulation system senses autonomic activities and applies neural stimulation to sympathetic and parasympathetic nerves to control autonomic balance. The neural stimulation system is...
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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...
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7539543 |
Feedback method for deep brain stimulation with detection of generalized efference copy signals
Disclosed is a method for improving cognitive function or for improving coordination of function across a patient's cortical regions. The method includes applying electrical stimulation to at least...
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7536020 |
Wearable communication device
A wearable communication device includes a bone conduction actuator which is applicable for being in contact with a user's wrist, hand, back of the hand, finger or nail in order to transmit voice...
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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...
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7509165 |
Biofeedback electronic stimulation device
A biofeedback electronic stimulation device includes a processor for generating a first control signal and a plurality of second control signals responsive to at least one input signal. Transformer...
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7502649 |
Gastrointestinal methods and apparatus for use in treating disorders
A method is provided for detecting a change in posture of a subject. An electrical impedance is measured between two or more sites on a stomach ( 20 ) of the subject, and an impedance signal is...
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7499750 |
Noise canceling cardiac electrodes
Implementing a subcutaneous medical electrode system involves positioning a number of electrode subsystems in relation to a heart so that noise cancellation provides an improved signal to noise...
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7499747 |
External baroreflex activation
Methods and systems for external baroreflex activation allow a physician to characterize a patient's response to baroreflex activation prior to providing baroreflex activation therapy. Methods...
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7493169 |
Automatic fitting for a visual prosthesis
A method of automatically adjusting an electrode array to the neural characteristics of an individual patient is disclosed. By recording neural response to a predetermined input stimulus, one can...
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7493159 |
Trial neuro stimulator with lead diagnostics
A medical device known as a trial neuro stimulator with a diagnostics module to determine whether the therapy lead is operational for delivering stimulation therapy to improve operation in areas...
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7480532 |
Baroreflex activation for pain control, sedation and sleep
Systems and methods provide baroreflex activation to treat or reduce pain and/or to cause or enhance sedation or sleep. Methods involve activating the baroreflex system to provide pain reduction,...
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7477947 |
System and method for electrical stimulation of salivation
A system, a device and a method for electrically detecting a lack of saliva in an oral cavity of an individual and for electrically stimulating the oral cavity so as to induce production of saliva...
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7467009 |
Cardiac rhythm management system with noise detector
A system, method, or device determines whether noise is present on a sampled and/or digitized sensed intrinsic cardiac signal based on a moving count of turning/inflection points of the signal. If...
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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...
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7450992 |
Method for controlling or regulating therapeutic nerve stimulation using electrical feedback
A stimulation system includes a stimulation source, an implantable stimulation lead, an implantable sensing device, and a controller. The stimulation source generates and transmits stimulation...
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7447547 |
Neural prosthesis based on photomechanical deflectors and tactile sensory cells
An interface for selective excitation of a biological neural network is provided. The interface includes a microelectromechanical (MEMS) device having a deformable membrane, and a tactile-sensitive...
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7406351 |
Activity sensing for stimulator control
The disclosure describes a system that measures the distance between one or more electrodes and tissue of a patient, and controls one or more parameters of the stimulation delivered to the tissue...
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7386347 |
Electric stimilator for alpha-wave derivation
An electric stimulator for alpha-wave derivation is characterized in that frequency selected from a range of 1 Hz to 50 Hz, preferably, 7 Hz to 14 Hz, and an output voltage are applied to auricle...
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7330753 |
Analysis of eating habits
Diet evaluation gastric apparatus ( 18 ) is provided, which detects when a patient ( 10 ) swallows, and detects the type and amount of matter ingested. The apparatus includes electrodes ( 74, 100 )...
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7317948 |
Neural stimulation system providing auto adjustment of stimulus output as a function of sensed impedance
A neural stimulation system automatically corrects or adjusts the stimulus magnitude (stimulation energy) in order to maintain a comfortable and effective stimulation therapy. Because the changes...
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7313440 |
Collecting posture and activity information to evaluate therapy
A medical device, programmer, or other computing device may determine values of one or more activity and, in some embodiments, posture metrics for each therapy parameter set used by the medical...
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7283877 |
Method of measuring neural responses
A new method of recording and processing neural responses (“NR”) is provided, wherein the method does not assume a linear system response and does not assume a linear response at the interface...
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7277761 |
Vagal stimulation for improving cardiac function in heart failure or CHF patients
Exemplary methods for decreasing workload, maintaining or increasing cardiac output and/or achieving a desirable autonomic balance by stimulating one or more parasympathetic nerves. Various...
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7277749 |
Treatments for snoring using injectable neuromuscular stimulators
Many individuals generate excessively loud snoring during their sleep, often to the point where others cannot tolerate sleeping in the same room with them. Most cases of snoring are caused by...
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7272441 |
External defibrillator and methods for operating the external defibrillator
Methods and apparatus are provided for minimizing the inherent time delays within external defibrillators and allowing operators to administer CPR therapy as close in time as possible to the...
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7272433 |
Transcutaneous monitor and method of use, using therapeutic output from an implanted medical device
An external physiologic or implanted device monitor/controller (“monitor”) designed to be attached to the body, as for example, to the skin of the patient. The monitor is designed to detect the...
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7257448 |
Apparatus for stimulating a muscle of a subject
A method and apparatus for stimulating a muscle of a subject are provided. The apparatus comprises a signal generator for generating an electrical pulse signal of a frequency and a current...
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7254446 |
System and method for stimulus calibration for an implantable pulse generator
A system, method, and computer program product for calibrating a stimulation device such as an implantable pulse generator (IPG). An IPG, whether it is a self-contained implantable pulse generator...
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7242983 |
Channel-selective blanking for a medical device system
Apparatuses and methods selectively blank a neurological channel of a medical device system in the treatment of a nervous system disorder. A selected signal of a selected channel may be blanked if...
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7235050 |
Implantable device for processing neurological signals
An implantable device comprising a sensing unit, wherein the sensing unit is adapted to rectify biological/neurological signals in the form of sensed electrical signals from body tissue adjacent to...
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7233825 |
Impedance measurement in implanted device
In an implantable medical device having an electrical lead coupled to tissue of a user and a circuit for measuring the impedance of the lead, a method and apparatus for responding to impedance...
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7225021 |
Differentiation of central sleep apnea and obstructive sleep apnea using an implantable cardiac device
An implantable cardiac device is programmed to differentiate between central sleep apnea and obstructive sleep apnea. The implantable cardiac device utilizes a respiration-related parameter (e.g.,...
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7209788 |
Closed loop brain machine interface
A closed loop brain-machine interface is disclosed. The closed loop brain-machine interface translates one or more neural signals into a movement, or a series of movements, performed by a machine....
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7200434 |
Control of arbitrary waveforms for constant delivered energy
The present invention outlines structures and methods for delivering a controllable amount of energy to a patient by automatically compensating for the load impedance detected by an...
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7155281 |
Complimentary activity sensor network for disease monitoring and therapy modulation in an implantable device
Energy efficient methods and systems for using multi-dimensional activity sensors with implantable cardiac devices are provided. In certain embodiments the output of a passive activity sensor (used...
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7146216 |
Implantable muscle stimulation device for treating gastro-intestinal reflux disease
A muscle stimulation device has a control unit ( 1 ) that determines frequency and/or intensity of electrical impulses in dependence upon the degree of stomach filling. The impulses function to...
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7113830 |
Therapeutic device and method for treating diseases of cardiac muscle
An apparatus and method for conferring a therapeutic current on the heart and adjacent vasculature from externally positioned electrodes is provided. The apparatus includes a first electrode, a...
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7110821 |
Channel interaction cancellation within a multichannel neural stimulation system
A way of reducing channel interaction is provided in a multichannel neural implant that has the ability to stimulate multiple tissue or nerve sites simultaneously. Channel interaction is minimized...
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7082329 |
Method and monitor for monitoring diastolic relaxation of a heart ventricle
In a monitor for monitoring diastolic relaxation of a ventricle of a heart, an impedance signal is measured in a ventricle of the heart and the occurrence of a notch in the impedance signal...
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7039467 |
Therapeutic device and method for treating diseases of cardiac muscle
An apparatus and method for conferring a therapeutic current to the heart is provided. The apparatus includes a first electrode, a second electrode, a current generator and a controller. The...
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7014624 |
Direct central nervous system catheter and temperature control system
A central nervous system (CNS) catheter assembly adapted for use as a ventriculostomy catheter and a spinal catheter includes a catheter body defining at least one lumen therethrough having a drug...
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6965796 |
Method and apparatus for self-test of defibrillation and pacing circuits including a patient isolation switch
A method and apparatus for performing self-tests on defibrillation and pacing circuits including a patient isolation switch is disclosed. Following a test of the defibrillation and pacing...
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6897788 |
Wireless system protocol for telemetry monitoring
A wireless, programmable system for medical monitoring includes a base unit and a plurality of individual wireless, remotely programmable biosensor transceivers. The base unit manages the...
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