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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7660635 | 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 length of the ... | 02/09/2010 |
| 6718212 | Implantable medical electrical lead with light-activated adhesive fixation Medical electrical leads adapted to be implanted within the body, and particularly such leads having at least one distal electrode affixed at a site of a body organ, particularly the epicardium of the heart, employing a light-activated adhesive fixation, and methods... | 04/06/2004 |
| 7297443 | Lithium-limited anode subassembly An anode subassembly is provided for use in an implantable electrochemical cell wherein the anode subassembly includes an anode current collector designed to eliminate perforation edges in the final, outermost turn of a coiled electrode assembly. The anode current c... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7292894 | Methods and apparatus for joining small diameter conductors within medical electrical leads A conductor assembly and methods for mechanically and electrically coupling a small diameter conductor to a lead component having a relatively larger sized conductor bore is provided. The assembly includes a sizing member sized to fit securely around a relatively sm... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7292888 | Cardiac stimulation during a refractory period A medical device, e.g., an implantable medical device, delivers one or more neurally-excitable stimulation pulses to myocardial tissue during a period when the tissue is refractory. The width of the pulses is less than or equal to approximately one half millisecond.... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7288736 | Connection between two components A method of connecting two components includes providing an assembly including a first component and a second component, optically sensing a connection region between the first component and the second component to produce an image, defining a substantially elliptic... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7287995 | Medical lead and lead connector system A lead connector arrangement includes a non-cylindrically shaped connector pin coupled to a lead conductor and a connector sleeve assembly for receiving the non-cylindrically shaped connector pin. The connector sleeve assembly includes an insert with an axial bore f... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7282213 | Method for applying a drug coating to a medical device A method for coating a medical device with a drug is provided. Energy, preferably thermal energy, is applied to a crystalline deposit of a drug on the surface of a medical device to increase the molecular mobility and form a conformable drug coating with a low densi... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7280869 | Arrhythmia termination detection based on beat pattern In general, the invention is directed to an apparatus and method for determining whether an identified atrial tachyarrhythmia episode has terminated. The invention enables determination of whether the tachyarrhythmia episode has terminated based on cardiac beat patt... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7277762 | Radiopague marking of lead electrode zone in a continuous conductor construction A cardiac transvenous defibrillation lead has a continuous coil conductor within a layer of insulation. A portion of the coil conductor is exposed as a defibrillation electrode. In order to enhance fluoroscopic visualization of the exposed electrode during implant, ... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7274966 | Medical fluid delivery system A medical fluid delivery system includes an implantable medical lead including a fixation element adapted to secure the lead to a tissue site and a fluid delivery device including a tissue piercing distal tip; the device is adapted to pass through a proximal port, a... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7265676 | Alert system and method for an implantable medical device An alert system for alerting a clinician to an occurrence of an event detected by an implantable medical device includes a monitor and a patient management network. The implantable medical device includes a means for detecting the occurrence of the event and initiat... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7263399 | Apparatus and methods for analysis of cardiac device stored episodes containing sensed signals and waveforms Apparatus and methods for analyzing implantable medical device (IMD) data and to distinguish specific morphologies for review. EGM waveforms of a cardiac cycle can be grouped according to waveform shape similarities, preferably accomplished using clustering algorith... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7257445 | Welded connector attachment Methods and apparatus for an implantable medical device having a connector module that is welded to a housing. The apparatus comprises an implantable medical device that includes a housing and a connector module. The connector module includes an embedded fastener br... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7254450 | Atraumatic sensor lead assemblies The invention is directed to lead configurations for sensors that allow for less invasive sensor replacement procedures. In one configuration, a sensor lead assembly includes an outer lead body and an inner lead including a sensor such as an electrochemical glucose ... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7251532 | Medical lead fixation A distal tip coupled to a body of an implantable medical device includes a canted passageway extending distally from a lumen of the body and an opening terminating the passageway and positioned in proximity to a distal end of the distal tip; a helical fixation eleme... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7248920 | Apparatus and method for exercising a battery for an implantable medical device A method and apparatus exercise a battery of an implantable medical device by determining whether a film is disposed on a portion of an electrode of a battery, discharging the battery a sufficient amount to reduce the film, and optimizing energy used during exercisi... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7248918 | System and method for supplying a patient reminder alert from an implantable medical device An implantable medical device (IMD) provides an alert to a patient that has the IMD implanted in their body. The alert is used to remind the patient to schedule and/or proceed to a follow-up physician visit. The reminder is also used to remind the patient to initiat... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7245966 | Ventricular event filtering for an implantable medical device Pacing parameters are provided to address cross talk and intrinsic ventricular events occurring within a predefined blanking period following an atrial event. The parameters are used in conjunction with protocol for minimizing or reducing ventricular pacing, wherein... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7242987 | Medical lead adaptor An adaptor couples multiple high-voltage connector elements included on a plurality of medical electrical lead connectors to a single connector port of an implantable medical device thereby facilitating alternative high-voltage therapy vectors. ... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7242572 | Methods of applying separator members to an electrode of a capacitor A sealed electrode enclosed in separator material is provided for use in a capacitor cell. The separator may either be adhered to the electrode in sheets, or may be formed into a pouch, which is used to enclose the electrode. A method of preparing the electrode seal... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7242333 | Alternate sampling integrator An alternate sampling integrator circuit is disclosed that can concurrently sample and integrate signals received at an input. The circuit may include multiple sampling capacitors, an operational amplifier, and multiple switches. The switches switch the capacitors b... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7241180 | Medical electrical lead connector assembly A connector for a medical electrical lead includes a single connector, which delivers three or more conductors to an implantable medical device (IMD). The connector includes integrated multiple electrode rings and conductors, and has a modular system of connector an... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7239927 | Implantable medical device including self-bootstrapped therapy pulse output circuit switches An implantable medical device (IMD) includes one or more semiconductor switches and one or more switch driver circuits. The semiconductor switches, in response to one or more switch-on and switch-off commands that each have a voltage magnitude, switch between a cond... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7239916 | Method and apparatus for automatic implantable medical lead recognition and configuration An automated identification and configuration system for use with an implantable medical device (IMD) is disclosed. The system includes a first communication circuit that is attached to, or otherwise carried by, a detachable component associated with the IMD such as... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7239915 | Hemodynamic optimization system for biventricular implants A system for monitoring a patient and treating the malfunctioning heart of the patient, either in an automatic mode or in a semiautomatic mode, includes means which derive at least one physiologic signal from or related to the patient's circulatory system representa... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7236828 | Implantable cardioverter defibrillator with automatically adaptable sensing configuration An implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) automatically determines whether to use electrogram (EGM) signals sensed by a true bipolar electrode pair or those sensed by an integrated bipolar electrode pair. EGM signals from both the true bipolar pair and the int... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7236825 | Cardiac activity sensing during pacing in implantable devices A method and device for sensing cardiac activity that includes a first plurality of electrodes forming a first electrode configuration to sense cardiac activity, a second plurality of electrodes forming a second electrode configuration to sense cardiac activity, and... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7236824 | Method and system for nodal rhythm detection and treatment A method and system nodal rhythm detection and treatment is provided. Detecting consecutive atrial events within a nodal activity window around ventricular events identifies nodal rhythm. Nodal rhythm is treated by calculating and applying a new atrial escape interv... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7235067 | Sleeve valve catheters A catheter body includes an exit port over which a pressure responsive sleeve is formed that allows material to exit a lumen of the catheter body at a given pressure. In one embodiment, a surface of the sleeve is approximately flush with a surface of the catheter bo... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7233826 | Bi-ventricular and single-ventricle pacing The invention is directed to methods and apparatus for automatically changing from bi-ventricular pacing, in which an implantable medical device (IMD) applies pacing stimuli to both ventricles of a heart during a cardiac cycle, to single-ventricle pacing, in which t... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7233825 | Impedance measurement in implanted device In an implantable medical device having an electrical lead coupled to tissue of a user and a circuit for measuring the impedance of the lead, a method and apparatus for responding to impedance variations in the lead which includes measuring the impedance of the lead... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7233824 | Secure and efficacious therapy delivery for an extra-systolic stimulation pacing engine An extra-systolic stimulation (ESS) therapy addresses cardiac dysfunction including heart failure. ESS therapy employs atrial and/or ventricular extra-systoles via pacing-level stimulation to a heart. These extra-systoles must be timed correctly to achieve beneficia... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7233822 | Combination of electrogram and intra-cardiac pressure to discriminate between fibrillation and tachycardia A system and method for detecting and classifying cardiac arrhythmias based on cardiac pressure signals or the combination of cardiac electrical and cardiac pressure signals. A cardiac electrogram signal is sensed to derive a cardiac rate from which an arrhythmia de... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7233821 | Method and apparatus for evaluating ventricular performance during isovolumic contraction A method of evaluating ventricular performance of a heart employing sensors to measure a ventricular dimension signal and deriving indices of ventricular performance therefrom. Premature Shortening (PS) and Isovolumic Lengthening (IL) comprise two indices of ventric... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7232435 | Delivery of a sympatholytic cardiovascular agent to the central nervous system to counter heart failure and pathologies associated with heart failure A sympatholytic cardiovascular agent delivered by a drug delivery pump to a central nervous system site to alleviate symptoms and otherwise treat heart failure (HF) and pathologies associated with HF. The drug delivery pump can be external or implantable infusion pu... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7231829 | Monolithic integrated circuit/pressure sensor on pacing lead A pressure module is provided which comprises a capsule having a cavity formed therein, and a pressure transducer disposed within the cavity of the capsule. A feedthrough pin, fixedly coupled to the capsule, extends into the capsule and is electronically coupled to ... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7231253 | IMD connector header with grommet retainer An implantable medical device (IMD) includes a connector header for making electrical and mechanical connections with a proximal connector assembly of an electrical medical lead and includes a retainer for retaining a penetrable grommet within a header grommet apert... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7228177 | Chip level biostable interconnect for implantable medical devices A lead is connected to an integrated circuit in an implantable medical device in a lead bonding region that includes a lead-receiving recessed region. At least a portion of a lead conductor is bonded in the lead-receiving recessed region, making an electrical and me... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7228174 | Algorithm for the automatic determination of optimal AV an 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, preferably sub-threshold impedance, is measured across the heart at selected c... | 06/05/2007 |
