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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120130224 | NON-MAGNETIC HIGH VOLTAGE CHARGING SYSTEM FOR USE IN CARDIAC STIMULATION DEVICES A cardiac defibrillator comprises electrical wires or terminals (24) connected with or configured to connect with defibrillation electrode pads (22), and an electrical circuit (32, 32a, 32b) including an electrical storage eleme... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120130220 | GUIDEWIRE AND SIGNAL ANALYZER FOR PACING SITE OPTIMIZATION Cardiac lead implantation systems, devices, and methods for lead implantation are disclosed. An illustrative cardiac lead implantation system comprises a mapping guidewire including one or more electrodes configured for sensing cardiac electrical activity, a signal anal... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120130441 | INDUCTIVE ELEMENT FOR INTRAVASCULAR IMPLANTABLE DEVICES An inductive element adapted for use in implantable intravascular devices (IIDs) having an elongate form factor with a cross-section. The inductive element includes a core that has an outer surface contour that corresponds to the form factor. A set of elongate, or oblon... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120105238 | DEFIBRILLATOR DELIVERING AUDIBLE PROMPTS TO EARPIECE Defibrillators, software and methods are provided, for transmitting inaudible audio information to one or more external personal sound devices. The audio information may encode an audible indication, which can thus be played by an external personal sound device to a use... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120109239 | DEFIBRILLATOR WITH MUTABLE SOUND PROMPTS Defibrillators, software and methods are provided, for issued verbal prompts to rescuers. A defibrillator may receive a muting input and, responsive thereto, cause a verbal prompt to not be issued or to be issued less loudly relative another verbal prompt.... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120109237 | SUPRAVENTRICULAR STIMULATION TO CONTROL VENTRICULAR RATE Various techniques for delivering atrial pacing and supraventricular stimulation to achieve a desired ventricular rate and/or cardiac output are described. One example method described includes delivering a pacing signal configured to cause an atrial depolarization to a... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120109238 | AUTOMATIC PERSONALIZATION OF PARAMETER SETTINGS AND ALGORITHMS IN A MEDICAL DEVICE A system includes a data retrieval module and a determination module. The data retrieval module receives a command from a user, the command indicating a first implantable medical device (IMD) and a second IMD. The data retrieval module also retrieves a first set of data... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120071938 | Disposable Internal Defibrillation Electrodes A disposable electrode paddle assembly is provided and includes a shaft having a proximal end and a distal end; a handle assembly supported at the proximal end of the shaft; a spoon supported at the distal end of the shaft; an electrical conductor extending from the han... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120071940 | DEFIBRILLATOR WITH UTILITY LIGHT Embodiments of the present concept are directed to external defibrillators that include a utility light for use by one or more rescuers using the defibrillator. In one implementation, an external defibrillator has a housing, an energy storage module for storing an elect... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120071939 | MEDICAL DEVICE WITH SPEAKER HAVING EXTERIOR DIAPHRAGM Embodiments of the present concept are directed to medical devices having features that prevent contaminants from infiltrating the housing of the device while providing a mechanism to provide clear auditory sounds to aid a rescuer in providing care to a patient. In one ... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120053507 | IMPLANTABLE ELECTRONIC THERAPY DEVICE An implantable electronic therapy device, having a therapy unit, a heart rate capturing unit, a contractility determination unit, and an evaluation and control unit. The therapy unit delivers an antitachycardiac therapy. The heart rate capturing unit determines a ventri... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120053475 | IMPLANTABLE SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MONITORING MYOCARDIAL ELECTRICAL STABILITY BY DETECTING PVC INDUCED T-WAVE ALTERNANS REVERSALS Embodiments of the present invention relate to implantable systems, and methods for use therewith, for assessing a patients' myocardial electrical stability. Implanted electrodes are used to obtain an electrogram (EGM) signal, which is used to identify periods when the ... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120046704 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTION ENHANCEMENT PROGRAMMING A system and method of enabling detection enhancements selected from a plurality of detection enhancements. In a system having a plurality of clinical rhythms, including a first clinical rhythm, where each of the detection enhancements is associated with the clinical rh... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120046705 | Method of Implanting and Using a Subcutaneous Defibrillator A subcutaneous implantable cardioverter-defibrillator is disclosed which has an electrically active canister which houses a source of electrical energy, a capacitor, and operational circuitry that senses the presence of potentially fatal heart rhythms. At least one subc... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120046706 | EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR An external defibrillator estimates the phase of ventricular defibrillation (VF) by deriving, from an ECG exhibiting VF, at least one quality marker representing the morphology of the ECG and, therefore, the duration of the VF. The duration of the VF is calculated as a ... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120046703 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR COMPREHENSIVE ANTI-TACHYARRHYTHMIA THERAPY A method and apparatus for delivering therapy to treat ventricular tachyarrhythmias is described. In one embodiment, neural stimulation, anti-tachycardia pacing, and shock therapy are employed in a progressive sequence upon detection of a ventricular tachycardia.... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120046566 | CLASSIFICATION OF SUPRAVENTRICULAR AND VENTRICULAR CARDIAC RHYTHMS USING CROSS CHANNEL TIMING ALGORITHM A system and method for classifying cardiac complexes sensed during a tachycardia episode. A first cardiac signal and a second cardiac signal are sensed, where the first cardiac signal has a voltage. A first cardiac complex and a second cardiac complex of a cardiac cycl... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120035544 | MEDICAL DEVICES WITH PLASMA-TREATED SURFACE AND METHODS A medical device (e.g., an implantable medical device) including a sealing apparatus (sealing element, e.g., a grommet for securing a lead to the device) that includes an element (e.g., a body) having a plasma-treated surface and methods (e.g., methods of making the dev... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120035491 | RHYTHM DISCRIMINATION ENHANCEMENT - AV DRIVE An apparatus comprises an implantable cardiac signal sensing circuit and a controller circuit. The implantable cardiac signal sensing circuit provides a sensed depolarization signal from a ventricle and a sensed depolarization signal from an atrium. The controller circu... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120035677 | DEFIBRILLATION SYSTEM AND CARDIAC DEFIBRILLATION METHOD Provided is a defibrillation system including an electrode section that is attached to a heart and applies electrical energy to the heart, a defibrillator that generates the electrical energy on the basis of a predetermined defibrillation wave, and a lead that electrica... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120035676 | PULSE DETECTION USING PATIENT PHYSIOLOGICAL SIGNALS The presence of a cardiac pulse in a patient is determined by evaluating physiological signals in the patient. In one embodiment, a medical device evaluates optical characteristics of light transmitted into a patient to ascertain physiological signals, such as pulsatile... | 02/09/2012 |
| 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 |
| 20120022339 | PULSE DETECTION APPARATUS, SOFTWARE, AND METHODS USING PATIENT PHYSIOLOGICAL SIGNALS The presence of a cardiac pulse in a patient is determined by evaluating physiological signals in the patient. In one embodiment, a medical device evaluates two or more different physiological signals, such as phonocardiogram (PCG) signals, electrocardiogram (ECG) signa... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120022607 | VENTRICULAR CAPTURE TESTING BY ANALYSIS OF AN ENDOCARDIAL ACCELERATION SIGNAL IN AN ACTIVE IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE An active implantable medical device such as a cardiac prosthesis, including ventricular capture testing by analysis of an endocardial acceleration signal. The device isolates in an endocardial acceleration (“EA”) signal an EA component, extracts from it, n represen... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120010672 | BATTERY LONGEVITY ESTIMATOR THAT ACCOUNTS FOR EPISODES OF HIGH CURRENT DRAIN System and method for estimating a remaining capacity of a battery of an implantable medical device. The implantable medical device has a battery producing a current and having a remaining battery capacity, the implantable medical device being configured to utilize a re... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20120004693 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PREDICTING SUCCESSFUL DEFIBRILLATION FOR VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION CARDIAC ARREST A computer-assisted method for quantitative characterization and treatment of ventricular fibrillation includes acquiring a time series of a ventricular fibrillation (VF) signal using a probe from a patient experiencing VF, subtracting the mean from the time series of t... | 01/05/2012 |
| 20120004566 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ESTABLISHING EPISODE PROFILES OF DETECTED TACHYCARDIA EPISODES A medical device and associated method sense a cardiac signal and initiate an arrhythmia episode detection process in response to the cardiac signal by enabling an arrhythmia detection counter to be adjusted during the detection process. Data is accumulated relating to ... | 01/05/2012 |
| 20110319948 | INTRACARDIAC DEFIBRILLATION CATHETER SYSTEM An intracardiac defibrillation catheter system equipped with a defibrillation catheter, a power source device and an electrocardiograph. The defibrillation catheter is equipped with a first DC electrode group and a second DC electrode group. The power source device is e... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110313480 | CARDIOVERTOR/DEFIBRILLATOR Cardiovertor/defibrillator with electronics (12) that receives a detection signal from a detection device (16) indicating whether a heart of a mammal is fibrillating, processes the detection signal by running a program and generates a control signal for a ... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110301513 | Dynamically Adjusted CPR Compression Parameters A resuscitation system for use in resuscitation of cardiac arrest victims includes an ECG monitor programmed to monitor an organized, non-shockable rhythm of an electrocardiogram (ECG) signal from a patient undergoing lifesaving cardiac care; a processor programmed to i... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110301473 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ASSESSING CARDIAC PERFORMANCE THROUGH CARDIAC VIBRATION MONITORING A system and method for assessing cardiac performance through cardiac vibration monitoring is described. Cardiac vibration measures are directly collected through an implantable medical device. Cardiac events including at least one first heart sound reflected by the car... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110301657 | Durable small gauge wire electrical conductor suitable for delivery of high intensity energy pulses Implantable medical devices intended for electrostimulation and sensing devices typically incorporate one or more electrical conductors as leads for electrical stimulation to, or retrieval of localized sensing data from, discrete points in the body, such as the heart. C... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110295333 | IMPLANTABLE SYSTEMS AND DEVICES FOR PROVIDING CARDIAC DEFIBRILLATION AND APNEA THERAPY An aspect relates to a system for providing baroreflex stimulation. An embodiment of the system comprises a cardiac activity monitor to sense cardiac activity and provide a signal indicative of the cardiac activity, and a baroreflex stimulator. The stimulator includes a... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110288606 | External Defibrillator An external defibrillator having a battery; a capacitor electrically communicable with the battery; at least two electrodes electrically communicable with the capacitor and with the skin of a patient; a controller configured to charge the capacitor from the battery and ... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110288605 | WEARABLE AMBULATORY MEDICAL DEVICE WITH MULTIPLE SENSING ELECTRODES An ambulatory medical device including a plurality of electrodes configured to be disposed at spaced apart positions about a patient's body, an electrode signal acquisition circuit, and a monitoring circuit. The acquisition circuit has a plurality of inputs each electri... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110288603 | POST-SHOCK RECOVERY MONITORING FOR TACHYARRHYTHMIA DISCRIMINATION A cardiac rhythm management device is configured to discriminate between ventricular and supraventricular tachycardias (referred to as SVT/VT discrimination) by utilizing a morphology criterion in which the morphology of electrogram waveforms during ventricular beats ar... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110288604 | WEARABLE THERAPEUTIC DEVICE A wearable therapeutic device that includes a garment configured to contain an external defibrillator. The garment is configured to house at least one of an alarm module and a monitor and to house a first therapy electrode and a second therapy electrode. The garment is ... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110282406 | Method and Devices for Performing Cardiac Waveform Appraisal Implementations of various technologies described herein are directed toward a sensing architecture for use in cardiac rhythm management devices. The sensing architecture may provide a method and means for certifying detected events by the cardiac rhythm management devi... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110282407 | IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR WITH PROGRAMMABLE CAPACITOR CHARGING LEVEL An implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) has a programmable ICD energy level corresponding to the maximum defibrillation energy deliverable with each defibrillation shock pulse. The ICD energy level is programmable within the maximum energy capacity of the defibr... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110282671 | METHODS FOR PERSONAL EMERGENCY INTERVENTION A method according to an aspect of the present invention includes receiving a communication from a patient through an interactive voice response (IVR) system; providing a guided voice prompt from the interactive voice response system to the patient; receiving a response... | 11/17/2011 |
