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US20120130345 |
RENAL NERVE STIMULATION METHOD FOR TREATMENT OF PATIENTS
A method and apparatus for treatment of heart failure, hypertension and renal failure by stimulating the renal nerve. The goal of therapy is to reduce sympathetic activity of the renal nerve.... |
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US20100198278 |
COMPOSITE ANTIMICROBIAL ACCESSORY INCLUDING A MEMBRANE LAYER AND A POROUS LAYER
An antimicrobial accessory may include a membrane layer defining a major surface comprising a first lateral portion, a second lateral portion, and a third lateral portion. The membrane layer may... |
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US20090143760 |
Methods, Devices, Kits and Systems for Defunctionalizing the Gallbladder
The application discloses devices, systems, kits and methods for treating biliary disease. Device comprise, for example, a component configured for deployment to a lumen of a gallbladder or... |
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US20060095032 |
Methods and systems for determining physiologic characteristics for treatment of the esophagus
A method and apparatus for treating abnormal mucosa in the esophagus is disclosed, such that the depth of the treated tissue is controlled. The depth of ablation is controlled by monitoring the... |
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US20050171574 |
Electroporation to interrupt blood flow
A method for disrupting blood flow to undesirable tissue such as cells of a cancerous or non-cancerous tumor is disclosed. It involves the placement of electrodes into or near the vicinity of... |
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US20060115514 |
Chelating and binding chemicals to a medical implant, medical device formed, and therapeutic applications
Chelating and binding chemicals to a medical implant, and therapeutic applications. Implantable metal chelated surface and chemical coated medical implant device—drug (or biological moiety) coated... |
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US20140288667 |
Sensing or Stimulating Activity of Tissue
An intravascular device for placement within an animal vessel, the intravascular device being adapted to at least one of sense and stimulate activity of neural tissue located outside the vessel... |
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US20120022339 |
PULSE DETECTION APPARATUS, SOFTWARE, AND METHODS USING PATIENT PHYSIOLOGICAL SIGNALS
The presence of a cardiac pulse in a patient is determined by evaluating physiological signals in the patient. In one embodiment, a medical device evaluates two or more different physiological... |
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US20100198357 |
PROPHYLACTIC BACTERICIDAL IMPLANT
A medical implant system is described for inhibiting infection associated with a joint prosthesis implant. An inventive system includes an implant body made of a biocompatible material which has a... |
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US20090048648 |
Self-sterilizing device
An insertable medical element may be supportive of evanescent energy for sterilization of a biomaterial. A system including an insertable medical element supportive of evanescent energy may... |
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US20050107829 |
Methods for treating the cardia of the stomach
Methods treat a tissue region. In one arrangement, the methods deploy an electrode on a support structure in a tissue region at or near the cardia of the stomach. In one embodiment, the support... |
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US20110306860 |
Band Stop Filter Employing a Capacitor and an Inductor Tank Circuit to Enhance MRI Compatibility of Active Medical Devices
A band stop filter is provided for a lead wire of an active medical device (AMD). The band stop filter includes a capacitor in parallel with an inductor. The parallel capacitor and inductor are... |
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US20110184494 |
Method and apparatus for stimulating the sphenopalatine ganglion to modify properties of the BBB and cerebral blood
Apparatus for modifying a property of a brain of a patient is provided, including one or more electrodes (7), adapted to be applied to a site selected from a group of sites consisting of: a... |
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US20100057148 |
Stimulus timer for a closed loop neuromodulator
This document discusses, among other things, a system and method for preventing stimulus delivery to a patient for a predetermined interval after commencing sleep therapy to ensure that the... |
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US20060235488 |
Systems and methods for RFID-based medical implant identification
Methods and systems for identifying medical implants. Data input is supplied by an operator including implant identification number, procedure date, and/or other patient record information. An RF... |
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US20090275996 |
TECHNIQUES FOR PLACING MEDICAL LEADS FOR ELECTRICAL STIMULATION OF NERVE TISSUE
This disclosure is directed to extra, intra, and transvascular medical lead placement techniques for arranging medical leads and electrical stimulation and/or sensing electrodes proximate nerve... |
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US20070135846 |
Vagal obesity treatment
At least one of a plurality of disorders of a patient characterized at least in part by vagal activity innervating at least one of a plurality of organs of the patient is treated by a method that... |
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US20050070961 |
Energy treatment apparatus
An energy treatment apparatus adapted to irradiate a target site of living body tissue with energy comprises an energy emission unit for emitting the energy and a reflection device disposed at a... |
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US20100280334 |
PATIENT STATE DETECTION BASED ON SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINE BASED ALGORITHM
A patient state is detected with at least one classification boundary generated by a supervised machine learning technique, such as a support vector machine. In some examples, the patient state... |
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US20090198293 |
Microtransponder Array for Implant
A wireless microtransponder array constructed as a single structure of joined microtransponders. The microtransponders can be configured as a linear array strip with connective material in... |
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US20070207182 |
Medical devices having electrically aligned elongated particles
Medical devices configured for implantation or insertion into a subject, which contain one or more particle-containing region that comprises electrically aligned, elongated particles within a... |
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US20060276845 |
Pulsed electromagnetic energy treatment apparatus and method
An apparatus and method for the treatment of chronic wounds using electromagnetic energy. The apparatus includes a generator and at least one applicator. The generator can produce electromagnetic... |
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US20060212077 |
Electromagnetic treatment apparatus for augmenting wound repair and method for using same
A method for augmenting acute and chronic wound repair comprising the steps of configuring at least one waveform having at least one waveform parameter, selecting a value of said at least one... |
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US20060178703 |
Treating inflammatory disorders by electrical vagus nerve stimulation
A method and an apparatus for treating a patient suffering from, or at risk for, a condition mediated by the inflammatory cytokine cascade, by electrically stimulating vagus nerve activity in an... |
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US20060129189 |
Pulsed electromagnetic energy treatment apparatus and method
An apparatus and method for the treatment of chronic wounds using electromagnetic energy. The apparatus includes a generator and at least one applicator. The generator can produce electromagnetic... |
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US20130261368 |
NON-INVASIVE AND MINIMALLY INVASIVE AND TIGHTLY TARGETED MINIMALLY INVASIVE THERAPY METHODS AND DEVICES FOR PARATHYROID TREATMENT
Systems and method for treating organic tissue of a patient's body in precisely controlled regions of the body such as the parathyroid glands. The systems and methods include introducing an energy... |
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US20100241195 |
APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SELECTIVE STIMULATION
An implantable neurostimulator system is disclosed, the neurostimulator system comprising a hollow cylindrical electronics enclosure having a top, a bottom, and a side; a coil extending from a... |
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US20100168501 |
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MAGNETIC INDUCTION THERAPY
An energy emitting apparatus for providing a medical therapy includes one or more energy generators, a logic controller electrically connected to the one or more energy generators, and one or more... |
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US20090292325 |
HYBRID BIOELECTRICAL INTERFACE DEVICE
A hybrid bioelectrical interface (HBI) device can be an implantable device comprising an abiotic component operable to transmit charge via electrons or ions; a biological component interfacing... |
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US20090156958 |
DEVICES AND METHODS FOR PERCUTANEOUS ENERGY DELIVERY
The invention provides a system and method for percutaneous energy delivery in an effective, manner using one or more probes. Additional variations of the system include array of probes configured... |
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US20080154317 |
FIBER OPTIC PROBE TIP
The invention described here is an improved fiber optic probe and methods of making such fiber optic probe. The tip of the probe is made from a transparent fill material that is connected to the... |
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US20060200219 |
Systems and methods for differentiating and/or identifying tissue regions innervated by targeted nerves for diagnostic and/or therapeutic purposes
Systems and methods make possible the differentiation and identification of tissue regions locally innervated by targeted nerves. The systems and methods make it possible to access the nervous... |
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US20060041219 |
Method for muscle delivery of drugs, nucleic acids and other compounds
A method is disclosed for delivering molecules such as pharmaceutical drugs and nucleic acids into skeletal muscle in vivo. The molecule is first injected into the muscle at one or multiple sites.... |
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US20110288615 |
Implantable Therapeutic Systems Including Neurostimulation Circuits, Devices, Systems and Methods
A neurostimulation array comprising a first implantable neurostimulator storing a first identification code in a non-volatile memory and responding to communications including said first... |
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US20100280562 |
BIOMARKERS FOR MONITORING TREATMENT OF NEUROPSYCHIATRIC DISEASES
Methods for identifying and measuring pharmacodynamic biomarkers of neuropsychiatric disease, and for monitoring a subject's response to treatment. For example, materials and methods for... |
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US20080161880 |
METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR EFFECTUATING A LASTING CHANGE IN A NEURAL-FUNCTION OF A PATIENT
The following disclosure describes several methods and apparatus for intracranial electrical stimulation to treat or otherwise effectuate a change in neural-functions of a patient. Several... |
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US20080140138 |
Inhibition of inflammatory cytokine production by stimulation of brain muscarinic receptors
Methods for inhibiting pro-inflammatory cytokine release or inflammation in a vertebrate are provided. The methods comprise activating a brain muscarinic receptor of the vertebrate, or directly... |
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US20070106333 |
Integrated biosensor and simulation system for diagnosis and therapy
BioMEMS/NEMS appliance biologically monitors an individual, using biosensors to detect cellular components. Data is simulated or analyzed using systems-biology software, which provides diagnostic... |
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US20050203578 |
Process and apparatus for treating biological organisms
An apparatus for treating a biological organism comprising a device for emitting and delivering energy to the biological organism, a programmable controller for varying the type and amount of... |
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US20070244520 |
Lumen-traveling biological interface device and method of use
Lumen-traveling biological interface devices and associated methods and systems are described. Lumen-traveling biological interface devices capable of traveling within a body lumen may include a... |
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US20070167984 |
Method and apparatus for stimulation of baroreceptors
Devices and methods for controlling the baroreflex system for the treatment and/or management of cardiovascular, renal, and neurological disorders. |
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US20070038252 |
Apparatus for surface electrical stimulation and stabilization to treat disorders of the joints
The present invention is an apparatus having a stabilizing device, at least two signal applicators, and a signal generator for surface electrical stimulation and stabilization to treat disorders... |
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US20070027484 |
Autonomic nerve stimulation to treat a pancreatic disorder
A method for stimulating a portion of a vagus nerve of a patient to treat a pancreatic disorder is provided. At least one electrode is coupled to at least one portion of an autonomic nerve of the... |
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US20060234369 |
Implantable biosensor
The present invention provides implantable biosensors. The biosensors comprise tissue or cells which are electrically excitable or are capable of differentiating into electrically excitable cells,... |
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US20110125203 |
Magnetic Stimulation Devices and Methods of Therapy
Devices and systems are disclosed for the non-invasive treatment of medical conditions through delivery of energy to target tissue, comprising a source of electrical power, a magnetically... |
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US20090248033 |
Method for the treatment of gallstones
There is provided a method for controlling the movement of bile and/or gall stones in the biliary duct. The method comprises gently constricting (i.e., without substantially hampering the blood... |
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US20090216286 |
Methods and apparatus for neuromodulation and physiologic modulation for the treatment of obesity and metabolic and neuropsychiatric disease
The present invention teaches a method and apparatus for physiological modulation, including neural and gastrointestinal modulation, for the purposes of treating several disorders, including... |
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US20090131995 |
MICRODEVICE-BASED ELECTRODE ASSEMBLIES AND ASSOCIATED NEURAL STIMULATION SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS
Microdevice-based electrode assemblies and associated neurostimulation systems, devices and methods are disclosed. A system in accordance with a particular embodiment includes a microdevice... |
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US20080097549 |
Electrode Assembly and Method of Using Same
An electrode assembly for delivering electrical stimulation to a vestibular system of a user or monitoring a physiological parameter of the user. The apparatus includes a body member comprising an... |
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US20080058803 |
SURGICAL INSTRUMENT AND SURGICAL INSTRUMENT DRIVING METHOD
A surgical instrument includes a hand piece including a probe to be supplied with a high frequency current, a high frequency drive circuit for supplying a high frequency current to the probe and... |