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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120130461 | RADIOPAQUE MARKERS FOR IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL LEADS, DEVICES, AND SYSTEMS Radiopaque markers represent that a lead is suitable for a particular medical procedure such as a magnetic resonance image scan and are added to the lead or related device. The markers may be added after implantation of the lead in various ways including suturing, gluin... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120130460 | HYBRID IMPLANTABLE LEAD ASSEMBLY A hybrid implantable lead assembly includes a lead body, distal, proximal, and intermediate electrodes, coiled inductive elements, and an inductive circuit. The proximal and intermediate electrodes are disposed on the lead body between the distal electrode and a proxima... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120130462 | Implantable Lead Comprising an Elongate Lead Body An implantable lead including an elongate lead body and a functional lead which extends in the longitudinal direction of the lead body and enables the implementation of a medical function of the lead, wherein, in addition to the functional lead and insulated therefrom, ... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120109246 | ASSESSING A LEAD BASED ON HIGH-FREQUENCY RESPONSE In general, this disclosure is directed to techniques and circuitry to determine characteristics of an implantable lead associated with an implantable medical device (IMD). The implantable lead may be designed to be MRI-safe by having one or more components that attenua... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120109271 | REINFORCED SILICONE INSULATION FOR IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL ELECTRICAL LEADS An improvement to silicone insulation for implantable medical electrical leads includes a plurality of ultra high molecular weight polyethylene multi-filament fibers, wherein each of the plurality includes approximately 25 monofilaments and has a titer of approximately ... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120109272 | IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE WITH COMPRESSIBLE FIXATION MEMBER An implantable medical device and method of implanting a medical device, the device including a housing surrounding an operative component and a resiliently deformable fixation member. The fixation member includes a ring shaped annulus circumscribing the housing and a p... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120109273 | IMPLANTABLE LEAD ASSEMBLY HAVING A PLURALITY OF INDUCTORS An implantable lead assembly includes an elongated body, a bobbin, and a conductor. The elongated body includes a distal end having an electrode and a proximal end having a header connector portion for coupling the elongated body with an implantable medical device. The ... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120083865 | MEDICAL DEVICE LEAD INCLUDING A ROTATABLE COMPOSITE CONDUCTOR A medical electrical lead includes a proximal connector including a rotatable portion and first and second co-radial conductors coupled to the rotatable portion and extending distally from the rotatable portion. An actuation member is coupled between an electrode and th... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120083866 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR EXPANDING A STIMULATION LEAD BODY IN SITU An implantable lead is provided with at least one extendable member to position therapy delivery elements, which may be electrodes or drug delivery ports, after the lead has been inserted into the body. The lead may formed as a resilient element which is contained in a ... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120083867 | HUB FOR IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL LEADS A hub (200) includes a first lead receptacle having a plurality of contacts (280) for electrically coupling a lead to an implantable electrical device. The hub further contains a second lead receptacle having a plurality of contacts for electrically coupli... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120071833 | IMPLANTABLE CATHETER OR LEAD ANCHOR FOR IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USE In one embodiment, an implantable anchor for holding a catheter in place within a patient, comprises a body comprising a channel for holding the catheter; a plurality of apertures such that at least one aperture is disposed on each side of the spiral channel; and one or... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120071949 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MAKING AND USING RADIALLY-ALIGNED SEGMENTED ELECTRODES FOR LEADS OF ELECTRICAL STIMULATION SYSTEMS An electrical stimulation lead includes a lead body insertable into a patient. Electrodes are disposed along the lead body. The electrodes include at least two sets of segmented electrodes. Each set of segmented electrodes includes a first segmented electrode and a seco... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120071956 | IMPLANTABLE LEAD BANDSTOP FILTER EMPLOYING AN INDUCTIVE COIL WITH PARASITIC CAPACITANCE TO ENHANCE MRI COMPATIBILITY OF ACTIVE MEDICAL DEVICES A medical lead system includes at least one bandstop filter for attenuating current flow through the lead across a range of frequencies. The bandstop filter has an overall circuit Q wherein the resultant 3 dB bandwidth is at least 10 kHz. The values of capacitance and i... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120053663 | HEADER CONTACT FOR AN IMPLANTABLE DEVICE An implantable medical device includes a housing, a header mounted to the housing, the header including a header body having a bore with an electrical contact located within the bore, wherein the electrical contact includes a plurality of contact points, wherein at leas... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120053664 | SHIELDED IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL LEAD WITH REDUCED TORSIONAL STIFFNESS Shields within implantable leads increase the torsional stiffness of the leads. The torsional stiffness may be reduced by cutting the shield axially to break the circumferential mechanical continuity of the shield. The circumferential shielding continuity of the shield ... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120046723 | MEDICAL LEAD HAVING A BANDSTOP FILTER EMPLOYING A CAPACITOR AND AN INDUCTOR TANK CIRCUIT TO ENHANCE MRI COMPATIBILITY A bandstop filter includes a capacitance in parallel with an inductance and is placed in series with the implantable lead of an active implantable medical device, wherein values of capacitance and inductance are selected such that the bandstop filter attenuates RF curre... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120046721 | LAYERED ELECTRODE FOR AN IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE LEAD A medical device lead includes an insulative lead body, a conductor extending through the lead body from a proximal end to a distal end, and an electrode electrically connected to the conductor. The proximal end is adapted to be electrically connected to a pulse generat... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120046531 | INSERTION OF MEDICAL DEVICES THROUGH NON-ORTHOGONAL AND ORTHOGONAL TRAJECTORIES WITHIN THE CRANIUM AND METHODS OF USING The invention comprises an elongated device adapted for insertion, including self-insertion, through the body, especially the skull. The device has at least one effector or sensor and is configured to permit implantation of multiple functional components through a singl... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120046722 | SHIELDING AN IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL LEAD Implantable medical leads are shielded with a braided shield that surrounds an inner layer of insulation. An outer layer of insulation may also surround the shield. The shield is designed with parameters that limit the passage of radio frequency energy, particularly in ... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120041529 | ESTABLISHING CONTINUITY BETWEEN A SHIELD WITHIN AN IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL LEAD AND A SHIELD WITHIN AN IMPLANTABLE LEAD EXTENSION Implantable medical leads and implantable lead extensions include a shield. The implantable medical lead is coupled to the implantable lead extension. Stimulation electrodes of the implantable medical lead contact stimulation connectors within a housing of the implantab... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120041531 | COCHLEAR IMPLANT WITH IMPROVED LUMEN ARRANGEMENT Disclosed is an electrode lead for a medical implant, and in one example, a cochlear implant. The electrode lead includes a lumen for receiving a stylet for assisting in implanting the device. The lumen of the electrode lead is removable from the electrode lead upon or ... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120041295 | CATHETER WITH THIN FILM PRESSURE SENSING DISTAL TIP A mapping and ablation catheter has contact force sensing capabilities at a distal end. In one embodiment, the catheter includes a catheter body, a deflectable section, and a tip distal tip section which has a tip electrode with a thin-film pressure sensor that is adapt... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120035711 | ENHANCING PERFUSION BY CONTRACTION Apparatus and methods are described including a mechanical support element that is placed inside a first vein of a subject. At least one electrode disposed on the mechanical support element is placed inside the first vein, in a vicinity of a site upstream of a bifurcati... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120035696 | TERMINATION OF A SHIELD WITHIN AN IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL LEAD A shield located within an implantable medical lead may be terminated in various ways. The shield may be terminated by butt, scarf, lap, or other joints between insulation layers surrounding the lead and an insulation extension. For lap joints, a portion of an outer ins... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120035698 | CAPACITOR AND INDUCTOR ELEMENTS PHYSICALLY DISPOSED IN SERIES WHOSE LUMPED PARAMETERS ARE ELECTRICALLY CONNECTED IN PARALLEL TO FORM A BANDSTOP FILTER One or more inductors and one or more capacitors are physically disposed relative to one another in series and are electrically connected to one another in parallel to form a bandstop filter. Chip inductors and chip capacitors having spaced apart conductive terminals ar... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120035692 | IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL ANCHOR There is disclosed various embodiments of an implantable anchor for permanently anchoring a medical lead or catheter. For instance, there is disclosed an implantable anchor including a body having a longitudinal lumen defined therein, wherein the longitudinal lumen is s... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120035693 | IMPLANTABLE MRI COMPATIBLE MEDICAL LEAD A medical implantable lead is adapted to be implanted into a human or animal body for monitoring and/or controlling of an organ inside the body, and has in a distal end, a combined fixation means and electrode member in form of a helix, which is rotatable in relation to... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120035697 | SHIELDED IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL LEAD WITH GUARDED TERMINATION Implantable medical leads include a shield that is guarded at a termination by having a first portion and second portion of the shield, where the first portion is between a termination of the shield at the second portion and an inner insulation layer surrounding the fil... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120035691 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SECURING A LEAD IN A VESSEL A two-part system for securing and stabilizing a lead at a location within a patient's internal jugular vein adjacent a region of the vagus nerve to be stimulated is described. The two-part system includes a lead and a stent-like fixation member that is provided separat... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120035694 | GROUNDING OF A SHIELD WITHIN AN IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL LEAD Grounding of a shield that is located in an implantable medical lead may be done in many ways. The shield may be grounded directly to tissue from the lead body at one or more points along the lead body. The pathway for grounding may be a direct current pathway or be cap... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120035695 | GROUNDING OF A SHIELD WITHIN AN IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL LEAD Grounding of a shield that is located in an implantable medical lead may be done in many ways. The ground pathway may couple to the shield at a point that is outside of a header of an implantable medical device to which the implantable medical lead is attached. The grou... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120029596 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MAKING AND USING ELECTRICAL STIMULATION SYSTEMS HAVING MULTI-LEAD-ELEMENT LEAD BODIES A lead for providing electrical stimulation of patient tissue includes a distal lead element, at least two proximal lead elements, and a junction coupling the distal lead element to each of the at least two proximal lead elements. The distal lead element includes a plur... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120029585 | Implantable Electrode An implantable electrode, for an implantable tissue stimulator, has an electrically conductive porous material comprising metal carbide, metal nitride, metal carbonitride, metal oxide or metal oxynitride and one or more coating layers on a surface thereof. The coating l... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120022625 | Electronics Package Suitable for Implantation The invention is directed to a method of bonding a hermetically sealed electronics package to an electrode or a flexible circuit and the resulting electronics package that is suitable for implantation in living tissue, such as for a retinal or cortical electrode array t... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120022356 | IMPLANTABLE MRI COMPATIBLE MEDICAL LEAD WITH A ROTATABLE CONTROL MEMBER A medical implantable lead is adapted to be implanted into a human or animal body for monitoring and/or controlling of an organ inside the body. The lead has in a distal end, a combined fixation means and electrode member in form of a helix, which is connected to a rota... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120016378 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RADIAL STEERING OF ELECTRODE ARRAYS A device for brain stimulation includes a lead having a longitudinal surface, a proximal end and a distal end. A plurality of electrodes are disposed along the longitudinal surface of the lead near the distal end of the lead. At least one marker is disposed on the longi... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20120016451 | TORQUE ENHANCEMENT FOR MRI-CONDITIONALLY SAFE MEDICAL DEVICE LEAD An implantable medical device lead includes an inner conductor assembly coupled to a first electrode at a distal end of the inner conductor assembly and an outer conductive coil extending coaxially with the inner conductor assembly and coupled to a second electrode. The... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20120016452 | HIGH-RESOLUTION CONNECTOR FOR A NEUROSTIMULATION LEAD An implantable connector comprises an electrically insulative housing including an outer wall, an interior cavity surrounded by the outer wall, a port through which the lead body portion can be introduced into the interior cavity, and a pair of first apertures disposed ... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20120010626 | BURR HOLE CAPS AND METHODS OF USE In one embodiment, a kit, for securing a lead or cannula within a burr hole, comprises: a base structure to be positioned immediately adjacent to or partially within the burr hole; a lead securing member for securing the lead within the burr hole, the lead securing memb... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20120010689 | LEAD ELECTRODE FOR USE IN AN MRI-SAFE IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE A medical lead is configured to be implanted into a patients body and comprises a lead body, and an electrode coupled to the lead body. The electrode comprises a first section configured to contact the patient's body, and a second section electrically coupled to the fir... | 01/12/2012 |
