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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6237105 | Signal processor with intelligent feedback to ensure functionality of microprocessor and state machine based programmable pulse generators in the presence of clock and power supply disturbances A signal processor operates on a microprocessor or state machine based system to ensure that the central processing unit (CPU) and pulse generator (PG) have finished their instructions before allowing a new transition on the system master clock. The CPU a... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6230059 | Implantable monitor An implantable medical device (IMD) capable of monitoring physiologic data, distinguishing relatively noisy and noise free physiologic data, and recording noisy and relatively noise free segments of physiologic data in separate memory registers of a limit... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6195584 | Method and apparatus for determining atrial lead dislocation A method and apparatus for determining the occurrence of a mis-location of an atrial electrode in a cardiac stimulation device having an atrial pulse generator coupled with the atrial electrode and a ventricular sense amplifier coupled to a ventricular el... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6178355 | Intracardiac defibrillation leads A lead and a lead system for dispersion of a cardioversion/defibrillation electrode formed of one or more small diameter defibrillation electrodes in a heart chamber and for attaching a pace/sense electrode in contact with the heart. The small diameter de... | 01/23/2001 |
| 6169269 | Selectively activated shape memory device A shape memory device includes a shape memory alloy member configured to have at least a portion of the shape memory alloy member be selectively activated. A heating device is coupled to the member and configured to provide heat to a selected section of t... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6167312 | Telemetry system for implantable medical devices A device for use in communication with an implantable medical device. The device is provided with a spatial diversity antenna array mounted to the device housing and an operating at defined frequency, located within the device housing, coupled to the ante... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6161029 | Apparatus and method for fixing electrodes in a blood vessel Endocardial implantable cardiac leads are disclosed for applying electrical stimulation to and/or sensing electrical activity of the heart at one or more distal electrode positioned at a cardiac implantation site within a cardiac vessel adjacent to and at... | 12/12/2000 |
| 6146338 | Apparatus for deflecting a catheter or lead A deflectable stylet or guidewire formed of an elongated tube having a coil mounted to its distal end and a movable tension or push wire mounted within the coil and the tube, mechanically coupled to the distal end of the coil. A backbone is located within... | 11/14/2000 |
| 6144882 | Medical electrical lead A cardiac pacing lead for use in the coronary sinus and coronary veins. The lead is provided with a lead body configured to exhibit a curved configuration along a distal portion thereof, induced to maintain a portion of the curved configuration solely by ... | 11/07/2000 |
| 6141581 | Prioritized rule based method and apparatus for diagnosis and treatment of arrhythmias An implantable antiarrhythmia device which detects and classifies arrhythmias of the human heart, and delivers appropriate therapy. The device employs a method of arrhythmia classification based on a set of prioritized rules, each of the rules defining a ... | 10/31/2000 |
| 6141583 | Implantable medical device incorporating performance based adjustable power supply A method or apparatus for conserving power in an implantable medical device (IMD) of the type having at least one IC powered by a battery wherein, in each such IC, a voltage dependent oscillator for providing oscillator output signals at an oscillation fr... | 10/31/2000 |
| 6133547 | Distributed activator for a two-dimensional shape memory alloy A distributed activation system for a unitary sheet of electrically conductive or insulative shape memory alloy having a sufficiently small section to limit the lateral flow of heat including at least one heating element disposed on the shape memory alloy... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6134470 | Method and apparatus for treating a tachyarrhythmic patient An implantable anti-arrhythmia system which includes a spinal cord stimulator and an implantable heart rhythm monitor, coupled to control the spinal cord stimulator. The implantable heart monitor is adapted to detect the occurrence of tachyarrhythmias or ... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6132456 | Arrangement for implanting an endocardial cardiac lead An arrangement for transvenously introducing and fixing a cardiac electrode at a cardiac implantation site. The arrangement includes a pusher having an elongated body of flexible material, which may be coupled with a cardiac lead adjacent the distal end o... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6128528 | Error code calculations for data stored in an implantable medical device A cyclic redundancy code (CRC) and optionally a syndrome value calculation of one or more implantable medical device (IMD) data block is conducted by block mover/reader hardware of the IMD when the data block(s) are moved and/or read. In the block read op... | 10/03/2000 |
| 6119042 | Medical electrical lead An implantable lead which has an increased resistance to fracture and has the capability of continued function after fracture of a conductor. The lead is provided with a coiled conductor which may be monofilar or multifilar and which extends along the len... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6096069 | Medical electrical lead with conductors coiled around an inner tube A lead which is provided with a lead body and a connector assembly which are flexible and resistant to fatigue caused by flexing of the lead relative to an associated implantable medical device to which the lead is coupled. The lead is provided with an el... | 08/01/2000 |
| 6094597 | Implantable medical device incorporating distributed core, step-up transformer An implantable medical device (IMD) includes a distributed core, step-up transformer that is arranged within a hermetically sealed housing in space that would otherwise not be occupied and in a way that minimizes the size and weight of the IMD. The IMD pr... | 07/25/2000 |
| 6091986 | Method and apparatus for storage of physiologic signals An alternative mechanism in an implantable device for meeting the physician's need for a stored electrogram and/or other stored physiologic signal associated with a detected arrhythmic or other physiological event without the undesirable current drain ass... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6091988 | Apparatus for treating atrial tachyarrhythmias with synchronized shocks An implantable anti-tachyarrhythmia device which delivers atrial cardioversion or defibrillation pulses heart in response to detection of atrial tachyarrhythmias. The pulses are synchronized to atrial and ventricular events in such a fashion as to assure ... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6081745 | Method and apparatus for treatment of arrhythmias An atrial cardioverter and a method of its operation. The cardioverter measures an interval between successive R-waves, defines a ventricular escape interval as a function of the measured interval between successive R-waves and delivers a ventricular paci... | 06/27/2000 |
| 6078837 | Method and apparatus for treatment of fibrillation A cardiac stimulator and a method of its use. The stimulator includes a lead system carrying a stimulation electrodes adapted to be located at multiple sites adjacent tissue of a patient's heart and is provided with stimulation pulse generators coupled to... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6072154 | Selectively activated shape memory device A shape memory device includes a shape memory alloy member configured to have at least a portion of the shape memory alloy member be selectively activated. A heating device is coupled to the member and configured to provide heat to a selected section of t... | 06/06/2000 |
| 6066166 | Medical electrical lead An implantable cardioversion/defibrillation lead having an elongated insulative lead body carrying a tip electrode located at its distal end and a cardioversion/defibrillation electrode located on the lead body, proximal to the tip electrode. An elongated... | 05/23/2000 |
| 6059739 | Method and apparatus for deflecting a catheter or lead An apparatus for deflecting a catheter or lead, for example a deflectable stylet or guidewire. The device includes an outer tubular member, a tension member mounted within the outer tubular member and coupled to the outer member and a handle mounted at th... | 05/09/2000 |
| 6061598 | Fracture resistant medical electrical lead An implantable lead which has an increased resistance to fracture and has the capability of continued function after fracture of a conductor. The lead is provided with a coiled conductor which may be monofilar or multifilar and which extends along the len... | 05/09/2000 |
| 6058327 | Implantable device with automatic sensing adjustment An implantable cardiac pacemaker and a method of its operation. The pacemaker delivers pacing pulses to a first chamber of a patient's heart and senses depolarizations of a second chamber of the patient's heart. The amplifier for sensing depolarizations o... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6055457 | Single pass A-V lead with active fixation device An implantable pacing lead system for pacing a patient's heart, including a delivery catheter and a lead delivered by the delivery catheter. The lead takes the form of a single non-diverging filament having a proximal end and a distal end and carries an e... | 04/25/2000 |
| 6052625 | Extractable implantable medical lead A medical electrical lead with a tip-ring assembly optimized to resist damage during extraction. The lead includes an elongated plastic tube and at least two elongated conductors mounted in the plastic tube. A tip-ring assembly is mounted to the distal en... | 04/18/2000 |
| 6052620 | Prioritized rule based method and apparatus for diagnosis and treatment of arrhythmias An implantable anti-tachyarrhythmia device which delivers anti-tachyarrhythmia therapies to a patient's heart in response to detection of tachyarrhythmias. The device defines first criteria indicating the presence of atrial tachycardia and second criteria... | 04/18/2000 |
| 6040369 | Medical electrical lead and reinforced silicone elastomer compositions used therein A medical electrical lead and a reinforced silicone elastomer used therein. The silicone elastomer used therein is preferably made from a novel silica reinforced polysiloxane material, which after vulcanization by cross-linking exhibits improved mechanica... | 03/21/2000 |
| 6038472 | Implantable defibrillator and lead system A lead and a lead system for dispersion of a cardioversion/defibrillation electrode formed of one or more small diameter defibrillation electrodes in a heart chamber and for attaching a pace/sense electrode in contact with the heart. The small diameter de... | 03/14/2000 |
| 6038463 | Medical electrical lead An implantable electrical lead of the type having a rigid, insulative electrode head carrying an advanceable helical electrode. The electrode head is mounted to an elongated insulative lead body less rigid than said electrode head and which carries an ext... | 03/14/2000 |
| 6027462 | Method and apparatus for deflecting a screw-in-lead An apparatus for deflecting a catheter or lead, for example a deflectable stylet or guidewire. The device includes an outer tubular member, a tension member mounted within the outer tubular member and coupled to the outer member and a handle mounted at th... | 02/22/2000 |
| 6026567 | Medical lead with stranded conductors A method of interconnecting a core, a stranded conductor such as a wire rope or cable and a component of a medical electrical lead provided with a internal lumen. At least one of the core and the internal lumen of the component is provided with a textured... | 02/22/2000 |
| 6021354 | Single pass lead and method of use A cardiac pacing lead for pacing the atria and a method of its use. The lead is provided with a mechanism for maintaining an atrial pacing electrode adjacent stimulable tissue in a patient's superior vena cava and an additional electrode locatable in the ... | 02/01/2000 |
| 6016809 | Method and apparatus for R-F ablation An ablation catheter and a method of performing cardiac ablation. The catheter is provided with a hollow, helical electrode, which is screwed into cardiac tissue at a desired ablation site and connected to a source of R-F electrical energy to ablate the t... | 01/25/2000 |
| 6018683 | Medical electrical lead having coiled and stranded conductors An implantable lead which has an increased resistance to fracture and has the capability of continued function after fracture of a conductor. The lead is provided with a coiled conductor which may be monofilar or multifilar and which extends along the len... | 01/25/2000 |
| 6016436 | Medical electrical lead An implantable electrical lead of the type which has an insulative rigid electrode head carrying an advanceable helical electrode. The electrode head is mounted toan elongated insulative lead body which is less rigid than the electrode head and which carr... | 01/18/2000 |
| 6010526 | Epicardial lead implant tool and method of use A tool for implanting a pacing lead of the type having a fixation helix. The tool is provided a curved, elongated shaft with rotatable tongs mounted at its distal end. The tongs extend distally from the shaft and angle radially outward and slide against a... | 01/04/2000 |
