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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7324851 | Closed-loop feedback-driven neuromodulation A neurological control system for modulating activity of any component or structure comprising the entirety or portion of the nervous system, or any structure interfaced thereto, generally referred to herein as a □nervous system component.□ The neurological cont... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7314485 | Mitral valve device using conditioned shape memory alloy A mitral valve annulus reshaping device includes at least a portion that is formed of a biocompatible shape memory alloy SMA having a characteristic temperature, Af, that is preferably below body temperature. The device is constrained in an unstable marte... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7303526 | Device for improving cardiac function A method and a device for improving cardiac function are provided. The device is packaged in a collapsed state in an end of a catheter. Portions of a frame construction of the device spring outwardly when the catheter is withdrawn from the device. Anchoring formatio... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7290347 | Facet joint prosthesis measurement and implant tools The present invention provides tools and methods designed to aid in the placement of facet joint prostheses at virtually all spinal levels. One aspect of the present invention is a measurement tool for installing a cephalad facet joint prosthesis including a fixatio... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7279007 | Method for improving cardiac function A method and a device for improving cardiac function are provided. The device is packaged in a collapsed state in an end of a catheter. Portions of a frame construction of the device spring outwardly when the catheter is withdrawn from the device. Anchoring formatio... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7278739 | Adaptive optic lens system and method of use An lens for correcting human vision, for example an IOL, contact lens or corneal inlay or onlay, that carries and interior phase or layer comprising a pattern of individual transparent adaptive displacement structures. In one embodiment, the displacement structures ... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7277758 | Methods and systems for predicting future symptomatology in a patient suffering from a neurological or psychiatric disorder A neurological control system for modulating activity of any component or structure comprising the entirety or portion of the nervous system, or any structure interfaced thereto, generally referred to herein as a “nervous system component.” The neurological cont... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7270676 | Mitral valve therapy device, system and method An assembly and method for effecting the condition of a mitral valve annulus of a heart includes a guide wire configured to be fed into the coronary sinus of the heart, and a mitral valve annulus therapy device configured to be slidingly received on the guide wire a... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7264351 | Adaptive optic lens and method of making An lens for correcting human vision, for example an IOL, contact lens or corneal inlay or onlay, that carries and interior phase or layer comprising a pattern of individual transparent adaptive displacement structures. In the exemplary embodiments, the displacement ... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7261737 | Accommodating intraocular lens system and method An accommodating intraocular lens is provided having optical parameters that are altered in-situ, wherein an optic portion of the lens includes a lens piston that alters the shape of a lens element of the lens to alter the optical power of the lens, responsive to fo... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7247168 | Accommodating intraocular lens system and method An accommodating intraocular lens is provided having optical parameters that are altered in-situ, wherein an optic portion of the lens includes an actuator that deflects a lens element to alter the optical power of the lens, responsive to forces applied to a haptic ... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7242984 | Apparatus and method for closed-loop intracranial stimulation for optimal control of neurological disease A neurological control system for modulating activity of any component or structure comprising the entirety or portion of the nervous system, or any structure interfaced thereto, generally referred to herein as a “nervous system component.” The neurological cont... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7231254 | Closed-loop feedback-driven neuromodulation A neurological control system for modulating activity of any component or structure comprising the entirety or portion of the nervous system, or any structure interfaced thereto, generally referred to herein as a “nervous system component.” The neurological cont... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7209787 | Apparatus and method for closed-loop intracranial stimulation for optimal control of neurological disease A neurological control system for modulating activity of any component or structure comprising the entirety or portion of the nervous system, or any structure interfaced thereto, generally referred to herein as a “nervous system component.” The neurological cont... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7198595 | Cardiac apparatus including electroactive polymer actuators and methods of using the same Cardiac apparatus and methods of using such cardiac apparatus are described. In one embodiment, a cardiac apparatus includes a covering that is configured to at least partially encircle a heart with a first portion of the covering adjacent to a second portion of the... | 04/03/2007 |
