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8185200 Disable for atrioventricular delay adjustment  
An apparatus comprises an electrical stimulation circuit, a ventricular sensing circuit, a ventricular sensing timer, and an atrial pacing timer. The ventricular sensing circuit detects an...
8185202 Implantable cardiac device for reduced phrenic nerve stimulation  
Methods and devices for reducing phrenic nerve stimulation of cardiac pacing systems involve delivering a pacing pulse to a ventricle of a heart. A transthoracic impedance signal is sensed, and a...
8185199 Monitoring physiological signals during external electrical stimulation  
Electrodes and circuitry for monitoring and stimulating the exterior of the human body, comprising delivering stimulation pulses to stimulation electrodes applied to the exterior of the body,...
8180438 Minimally invasive physiologic parameter recorder and introducer system  
An implantable monitoring device includes a flexible lead body that includes at least one sensing element. The device also includes a rigid main body connected to the flexible lead body at an...
8180457 System for cardiac resuscitation  
System and method for monitoring and controlling, defibrillation and pacing which allows a victim of a cardiac rhythm abnormality immediate access to a medical professional at a central station,...
8180449 Dual chamber pacemaker  
An implantable medical device and a method for operating such a device to provide cardiac pacing to the heart of a patient for pacing hearts of patients suffering from periodical or intermittent...
8180428 Methods and systems for use in selecting cardiac pacing sites  
A method and system for use in selecting a cardiac pacing site includes sensors for tracking wall motion (e.g., sensors coupled to the right and left ventricular heart wall). The wall motion of one...
8180439 Ischemia detection using intra-cardiac signals  
An implanted cardiac rhythm management device is disclosed that is operative to detect myocardial ischemia. This is done by evaluating electrogram features to detect an electrocardiographic change;...
8175708 System and method for adjusting automatic sensitivity control parameters based on intracardiac electrogram signals  
Systems and methods are provided for use by an implantable medical device capable of automatically adjusting the sensitivity with which electrical cardiac signals are sensed within a patient, i.e....
8175705 System and method for sustained baroreflex stimulation  
Various aspects of the present subject matter provide an implantable medical device. In various embodiments, the device comprises a baroreflex stimulator and a controller. The baroreflex stimulator...
8174818 Method for a capacitor with a flexible interconnect  
The present subject matter includes a first capacitor stack including a first plurality of anode layers and a first plurality of cathode layers and a second capacitor stack including a second...
8174395 Transceiver unit in a measurement system  
A measurement system may comprise a sensor wire and a transceiver unit. The sensor wire may comprise an insertable portion configured to be inserted in a blood vessel of a patient's body and a...
8175715 Frequency agile telemetry system for implantable medical device  
A system enables high-frequency communication between an external communication device and one or more implantable medical devices. The system implements a communication protocol in which the...
8175703 Cardiac resynchronization therapy parameter optimization  
Systems and methods involve determination of CRT parameters using a number of CRT optimization processes. Each CRT optimization process attempts to return recommended parameters. The CRT parameters...
8175704 Techniques for delivery of stem cell and related therapies to treat cardiac conditions  
An exemplary method includes acquiring cardiac electrical activity information; detecting cardiac events within the information including T waves, QRS complexes and/or P waves; and calling for...
8175707 Enhancement of rate responsive IEGM-based AV/PV and VV delay algorithms  
An exemplary method includes delivering a cardiac resynchronization therapy using an atrio-ventricular delay and an interventricular delay, monitoring patient activity, optimizing the...
8170666 Method for scheduling atrial-ventricular conduction checks in minimum ventricular pacing  
A medical device and associated method deliver cardiac pacing in a dual chamber pacing mode and schedule an atrial-ventricular (AV) conduction check during the dual chamber pacing mode to detect...
8170664 Monitoring heart disease using implantable sensors and slopes determined therefrom  
Specific embodiments of the present invention use an implanted sensor, during a period of time, to measure a physiologic property when the patient's heart is not stressed, and when the patient's...
8170665 Quantum dot labeled stem cells for use in providing pacemaker function  
The present invention provides methods and compositions relating to the labeling of target cells with nanometer scale fluorescent semiconductors referred to as quantum dots (QDs). Specifically, a...
8170672 Elongated implant having an external energy coupling  
Electrotherapeutic implant for stimulation of body tissue, comprising at least two electrode poles (14) which are connected to electric feeder lines, a demodulation unit (22), at least one electric...
8170667 Implantable cardiac monitor upgradeable to pacemaker or cardiac resynchronization device  
An implantable cardiac monitor upgradeable to an implantable pacemaker or an implantable cardiac resynchronization device allows the use of a single implantable medical device for monitoring...
8165674 Methods and apparatus to increase secretion of endogenous naturetic hormones  
A method and apparatus for treatment of heart failure by increasing secretion of endogenous naturetic hormones ANP and BNP such as by stimulation of the heart atria. Heart pacing is done at an...
8160684 Method and apparatus for detecting arrhythmias in a medical device  
A method of detecting a cardiac event in a medical device that includes sensing cardiac signals from a plurality of electrodes forming a first sensing vector and a second sensing vector, and...
8160701 Systems and methods for delivering vagal nerve stimulation  
According to various method embodiments, a person is indicated for a therapy to treat a cardiovascular disease, and the therapy is delivered to the person to treat the cardiovascular disease....
8160700 Adaptive single site and multi-site ventricular pacing  
An exemplary method includes delivering a cardiac pacing therapy using an electrode configuration for left ventricular, single site pacing or left ventricular, multi-site pacing, measuring a series...
8160702 Method for digital cardiac rhythm management  
A cardiac rhythm management apparatus includes a proximal housing, a distal housing and a lead. The proximal housing includes a first energy storage device. The distal module is implantable within...
8155740 Constant current pacing apparatus and pacing method  
A constant current pacing apparatus and method for pacing uses, for example, H-bridge circuitry and a constant current source connected to the H-bridge circuitry.
8155739 Cardiac resynchronization therapy optimization using mechanical dyssynchrony and shortening parameters from realtime electrode motion tracking  
Therapy optimization includes tracking electrode motion using an electroanatomic mapping system and generating, based on tracked electrode motion, one or more mechanical dyssynchrony metrics to...
8155735 Prediction and prevention of postoperative atrial fibrillation in cardiac surgery patients  
Systems and methods are provided for predicting the onset of postoperative atrial fibrillation (AF) from electrocardiogram (ECG) data representing a patient. A signal processing component...
8150508 Vagus nerve stimulation method  
An implanted electrical signal generator delivers a novel exogenous electrical signal to a vagus nerve of a patient. The vagus nerve conducts action potentials originating in the heart and lungs to...
8150513 Method and apparatus for assessing left ventricular function and optimizing cardiac pacing intervals based on left ventricular wall motion  
A system and method for monitoring left ventricular (LV) lateral wall motion and for optimizing cardiac pacing intervals based on left ventricular lateral wall motion is provided. The system...
8145308 Method and apparatus for determining a parameter associated with delivery of therapy in a medical device  
A medical device and method for determining a parameter for delivery of a predetermined pacing therapy that includes a plurality of electrodes to deliver a pacing therapy, including the...
8145305 Subcutaneous defibrillator implantation without fluoroscopy  
A subcutaneous cardiac device includes a subcutaneous electrode and a housing coupled to the subcutaneous electrode by a lead with a lead wire. The subcutaneous electrode is adapted to be implanted...
8145304 Neural stimulation system for cardiac fat pads  
Various aspects relate to a device which, in various embodiments, comprises a header, a neural stimulator, a detector and a controller. The header includes at least one port to connect to at least...
8140155 Intermittent pacing therapy delivery statistics  
This document discusses, among other things, an apparatus comprising an implantable cardiac depolarization sensing circuit, an electrical stimulation circuit, and a pacing mode controller. The...
8140153 Cardiac tachyarrhythmia therapy selection based on patient response information  
Cardiac treatment methods and devices providing templates representative of past tachyarrhythmia events, each template associated with a therapy. A cardiac waveform is detected, and if it...
8135464 Painless ventricular rate control during supraventricular tachycardia  
In various embodiments of the present invention, lower amplitude high frequency burst stimulation of cardiac fat pad(s) innervating the AV node and/or ventricle tissue performed in conjunction with...
8135465 System providing ventricular pacing and biventricular coordination  
A cardiac rhythm management system includes techniques for computing an indicated pacing interval, AV delay, or other timing interval. In one embodiment, a variable indicated pacing interval is...
8135463 Algorithm for the automatic determination of optimal AV and VV intervals  
Methods and devices for determining optimal Atrial to Ventricular (AV) pacing intervals and Ventricular to Ventricular (VV) delay intervals in order to optimize cardiac output. Impedance,...
8131361 System and method for setting atrioventricular pacing delays based on far-field atrial signals  
An intrinsic inter-atrial conduction delay is determined by a pacemaker or implantable cardioverter-defibrillator based, at least in part, on far-field atrial events sensed using ventricular...
8131363 Closed-loop control of intermittent excitatory cardiac stimulation for therapeutic effect  
A device and method for delivering electrical stimulation to the heart in order to improve cardiac function in heart failure patients. The stimulation is delivered as high-output pacing in which...
8131362 Combined neural stimulation and cardiac resynchronization therapy  
Methods and devices for delivering cardiac therapy to a patient are provided. Various implantable device embodiments comprise a plurality of leads and a controller. The leads include at least one...
8126539 Method and apparatus for monitoring T-wave alternans  
An implantable medical device and associated method assess T-wave alternans by sensing a cardiac electrogram (EGM) signal and selecting a pair of consecutive T-wave signals from the EGM signal. A...
8123668 Signal transmitting and lesion excluding heart implants for pacing defibrillating and/or sensing of heart beat  
Devices, systems, and methods for treating a heart of a patient may make use of structures which limit a size of a chamber of the heart, such as by deploying a tensile member to bring a wall of the...
8126550 Methods and devices involving automatic atrial blanking  
During a period of time comprising a plurality of cardiac cycles, a time relationship between ventricular events and atrial detections is established. Based on the relationship, a post-ventricular...
8126547 Method and apparatus for adjustment of sequential biventricular pacing parameters  
A method and system are disclosed for setting the pacing parameters utilized by an implantable cardiac device in delivering cardiac resynchronization therapy. The system may, in different...
8123684 Methods for configuring implantable satellite effectors  
Techniques for controlling one or more modular circuits (“satellites”) that are intended for placement in a subject's body. The one or more satellites are controlled by sending signals over a bus...
8126551 AV delay features  
An atrial event and a ventricular event can be received, and an atrioventricular (AV) delay can be provided using information about the atrial and ventricular events. The AV delay can be increased...
8126548 Closed loop impedance-based cardiac resynchronization therapy systems, devices, and methods  
This document discusses, among other things, systems, devices, and methods measure an impedance and, in response, adjust an atrioventricular (AV) delay or other cardiac resynchronization therapy...
8126549 Cardiac protection system and method  
A cardiac ischemic protection system and method for conditioning a patient's heart is provided. The method can include detecting acute myocardial infarction, angina pectoris, silent ischemia, or...