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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7493165 | Implantable device and programmer system which permits multiple programmers A multiprogrammer system, for monitoring and optimizing implant performance, includes at least two programmers and an implant. Each programmer may perform inquiry and programming operations on the implant. In an inquiry operation, the programmer retrieves some or al... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7349735 | Methods and apparatus for treating fibrillation and creating defibrillation waveforms Methods and apparatus for treating fibrillation utilize biphasic waveforms. A cardiac stimulator includes a defibrillation circuit that uses a pulse width modulated capacitive discharge to generate various biphasic waveforms, one or more of which may be delivered to... | 03/25/2008 |
| 6856840 | Ionically conductive polymeric composition An ionically conductive polymeric composition is disclosed. The composition is especially useful for coating an implantable hot can defibrillator electrode. The polymeric composition, for example, polyethylene oxide containing NaCl or a similar ionic medium, can be ... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6792311 | Implantable device and programmer system which permits multiple programmers A multiprogrammer system for monitoring and optimizing implantable device performance. In one embodiment, the system includes at least two programming devices and an implantable device. Each of the programming devices may be used to perform inquiry and programming o... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6788972 | Implantable cardiac stimulator with electrode-tissue interface characterization A cardiac stimulator capable of measuring pacing impedance includes a tank capacitor for delivering charge to the heart via device leads, a shunt resistor, and high-impedance buffers for measuring pacing current through the shunt resistor. Soon after the leading edg... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6757561 | Methods and apparatus for treating fibrillation and creating defibrillation waveforms Methods and apparatus for treating fibrillation utilize biphasic waveforms. A cardiac stimulator includes a defibrillation circuit that uses a pulse width modulated capacitive discharge to generate various biphasic waveforms, one or more of which may be delivered to... | 06/29/2004 |
| 6718628 | Method of making a stimulator electrode with a conductive polymer coating A method of making a stimulator electrode with a conductive polymer coating is disclosed. A polymeric coating, such as polyethylene oxide containing NaCl or a similar ionic medium, coats and fills the pores of a high surface area electrode to provide a continuous io... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6650921 | Cardiac lead with minimized inside diameter of sleeve A lead assembly adapted for endocardial fixation to a human heart is provided. The lead assembly includes a lead body that has a proximal end provided with a connector for electrical connection to a cardiac stimulator. The cardiac stimulator may be a pace... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647289 | Non-invasive cardiorespiratory monitor with synchronized bioimpedance sensing A cardiorespiratory monitor that generates bioimpedance sensing signals that produce substantially no interference with bioimpedance signals generated by implanted devices. The monitor detects the bioimpedance signal generated by the implanted device, usi... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6635829 | Circuit board having side attach pad traces through buried conductive material A circuit substrate utilizes buried edge connectors. The buried edge connectors are mechanically disposed within the edge of the substrate and have substantial thickness. The configuration and method for making the same provides relatively large edge conn... | 10/21/2003 |
| 6571122 | Implantable medical device responsive to heart rate variability analysis A method and apparatus for evaluating heart rate variability of the heart of a person in order to forecast a cardiac event. A cardiac stimulator receives heart beat signals from the heart and determines a measurement of heart rate variability based on sta... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6571121 | Implantable medical device responsive to heart rate variability analysis A method and apparatus for evaluating heart rate variability of the heart of a person in order to forecast a cardiac event. A cardiac stimulator receives heart beat signals from the heart and determines a measurement of heart rate variability based on sta... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6564099 | Implantable cardiac stimulator with electrode-tissue interface characterization A cardiac stimulator capable of measuring pacing impedance includes a tank capacitor for delivering charge to the heart via device leads, a shunt resistor, and high-impedance buffers for measuring pacing current through the shunt resistor. Soon after the ... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6553265 | Cardiac stimulator lead with fluid restriction A cardiac stimulator lead is provided that includes a connector for connecting to a cardiac stimulator and a tubular insulating sleeve that has a first end coupled to the connector and a second end. An electrode is coupled to the second end and has a long... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6539613 | Method of forming trimmable resistors A method of forming trimmable resistors, resistor ray be embedded into a substrate. A portion of the resistor may be exposed, by segmenting the substrate, so that the resistor may be trimmed to a desired resistance level. Alternatively, a portion of a res... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6526321 | Method for making cardiac leads with zone insulated electrodes An electrode for a cardiac lead and method of making the same are provided. The electrode includes an electrode member and a coating applied to the electrode member. A method of fabricating a high impedance cardiac lead electrode is provided. The method i... | 02/25/2003 |
| 6525986 | Stackable microelectronic components with self-addressing scheme A memory device particularly useful in size-constrained electronic products, such as cardiac stimulators. To provide additional memory for such size-constrained products, memory chips are stacked one on top of another. The memory chips are configured to f... | 02/25/2003 |
| 6514276 | Metallized film capacitor for use in implantable defibrillator A thin film capacitor for use in an implantable defibrillator. A first dielectric polymer film layer has a metallized film on one side thereof. A second dielectric polymer film layer has a metallized film on one side thereof. The first and second layers a... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6512954 | Implantable device and programmer system which permits multiple programmers A multiprogrammer system for monitoring and optimizing implantable device performance. In one embodiment, the system includes at least two programming devices and an implantable device. Each of the programming devices may be used to perform inquiry and pr... | 01/28/2003 |
| 6510343 | Methods and apparatus for tachycardia rate hysteresis for dual-chamber cardiac stimulators It has been determined that certain dual-chambered cardiac stimulators may operate in a region in which an atrial pacing event may obscure the detection of a ventricular tachyarrhythmia Various exemplary techniques may be used to improve the ability of du... | 01/21/2003 |
| 6507759 | Implantable device with digital waveform telemetry A technique for acquiring and accessing information from a medical implantable device is provided. Analog waveforms of interest are sensed and processed by signal acquisition circuitry. Analog parameters of interest are applied to selector switches which ... | 01/14/2003 |
| 6505665 | Method and apparatus for use in assembling electronic devices A first fixture holds a plurality of circuit components backside up in a substantially coplanar relationship. An adhesive applying device, such as screen printer, applies adhesive to the backside of each circuit component. A second fixture is aligned with... | 01/14/2003 |
| 6505081 | Cardiac pacemaker lead with swaged distal electrode A cardiac stimulator lead is provided. The cardiac stimulator lead includes a connector for connecting to a cardiac stimulator and a flexible tubular sleeve that has a first end coupled to the connector and a second end. An electrode has a proximal end th... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6477429 | Endocardial defibrillation lead with looped cable conductor An implantable endocardial defibrillation lead having a looped cable conductor for conducting at least high voltage defibrillation shocks. A coil electrode is connected to an elongated, flexible, electrically non-conductive lead body and is supplied with ... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6473648 | Implantable cardiac stimulator with electrode-tissue interface characterization A cardiac stimulator capable of measuring pacing impedance includes a tank capacitor for delivering charge to the heart via device leads, a shunt resistor, and high-impedance buffers for measuring pacing current through the shunt resistor. Soon after the ... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6445958 | Steerable coronary sinus defibrillation lead An implantable defibrillation lead with steerable characteristics, allowing the lead to be more easily placed within the coronary sinus. The lead comprises an elongated lead body having a proximal end and a distal end. Adjacent the distal end, there is an... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6426880 | Surface mounted device with grooves on a termination lead Surface mount device packages with increased mounting strength and a method therefor. In one embodiment, an, electronic device is made up of a device package and one or more electrically conductive terminals. For surface mounting, the device terminals are... | 07/30/2002 |
| 6406940 | Method and apparatus for stacking IC devices Disclosed is a method for stacking semiconductor chips, including positioning a first chip and manipulating a second chip to a distance above the first chip that is no greater than a selected distance, and releasing the second chip to drop into a stacked ... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6401334 | Apparatus for laser stripping coated cables for endocardial defibrillation leads and method of manufacture of such leads An apparatus and method for laser stripping coated cables for endocardial defibrillation leads comprising a jig for holding at least one insulated wire, the jig having a base plate, a linear stripping area on the plate, a first clasp mounted on the plate ... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6395038 | Apparatus for imparting physician-determined shapes to implantable tubular devices A tubular sleeve is provided for enabling a physician to impart a preselected shape in an implantable tubular device, such as a cardiac lead, a catheter, or some other tubular structure. The sleeve may be deformed by the surgeon before or at the time of i... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6381835 | Endocardial defibrillation lead with multi-lumen body and axially mounted distal electrode An implantable endocardial, multi-lumen lead wherein the distal end of the lead body is cored to provide a stopped bore co-axial with the axis of the lead body. A distal electrode is inserted into the stopped bore without an additional tubular segment and... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6381500 | Cardiac stimulator lead with two-stage extendable/retractable fixation and method for using same A cardiac stimulator lead is provided that includes a two-stage extendable/retractable fixation. A cardiac stimulator lead comprises a connector for connecting to a cardiac stimulator, a tubular insulating sleeve having a first end coupled to the connecto... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6374488 | Method of laser stripping coated cables for endocardial defibrillation leads An apparatus and method for laser stripping coated cables for endocardial defibrillation leads comprising a jig for holding at least one insulated wire, the jig having a base plate, a linear stripping area on the plate, a first clasp mounted on the plate ... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6377857 | Apparatus for manufacturing an endocardial defibrillation lead with multi-lumen body and method An implantable endocardial defibrillation lead having an elongated lead body with multiple lumens therein. Windows, cut through the lead body, provide access to selected ones of the lumens at selected locations along the lead body. In addition, a method a... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6370424 | Non-invasive cardiorespiratory monitor with synchronized bioimpedance sensing A cardiorespiratory monitor that generates bioimpedance sensing signals that produce substantially no interference with bioimpedance signals generated by implanted devices. The monitor detects the bioimpedance signal generated by the implanted device, usi... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6355401 | Method for preparing a high definition window in a conformally coated medical device A method is disclosed for rapidly removing electrically insulative coating material from a portion of the titanium housing of an implantable cardiac pulse generator. Pulsed excimer laser radiation ablates an organic coating, such as parylene or a similar ... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6349234 | Implantable device with optical telemetry A system is provided for optically communicating with an implantable device. In one embodiment, the system includes an implantable device having a large memory and an external unit which downloads information from the memory for analysis and display. The ... | 02/19/2002 |
| 6326587 | Apparatus for removing an insulating layer from a portion of a conductor An apparatus for using a laser beam to remove or ablate an insulating coating from a desired segment of an insulating coating from a desired segment of an insulated conductor (wire) without damaging or causing mechanical stress to the wire. A lens can be ... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6324415 | Cardiac lead with minimized inside diameter of sleeve A lead assembly adapted for endocardial fixation to a human heart is provided. The lead assembly includes a lead body that has a proximal end provided with a connector for electrical connection to a cardiac stimulator. The cardiac stimulator may be a pace... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6321102 | Cardiac lead with minimized inside diameter of sleeve A lead assembly adapted for endocardial fixation to a human heart is provided. The lead assembly includes a lead body that has a proximal end provided with a connector for electrical connection to a cardiac stimulator. The cardiac stimulator may be a pace... | 11/20/2001 |
