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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120109257 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING FLUID REAL-TIME VISUALIZATION OF REGION OF TISSUE ACTIVATION A system for a tissue stimulator coupled to an array of electrodes. The system comprises a user-controlled input device configured for generating control signals, and at least one processor configured for generating a plurality of stimulation parameter sets in response ... | 05/03/2012 |
| 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 |
| 20120071948 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MAKING AND USING ELECTRODE CONFIGURATIONS FOR PADDLE LEADS A paddle lead assembly for providing electrical stimulation of patient tissue includes a paddle body having a longitudinal axis and a lateral axis transverse to the longitudinal axis. The paddle body includes a plurality of electrodes disposed into at least four columns... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120046715 | USER INTERFACE FOR SEGMENTED NEUROSTIMULATION LEADS An external control device for use with a neurostimulation system having a plurality of electrodes capable of conveying an electrical stimulation field into tissue in which the electrodes are implanted is provided. The external control device comprises a user interface ... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120041511 | METHOD FOR SELECTIVELY PERFORMING LOCAL AND RADIAL PERIPHERAL STIMULATION A control system for use with a neurostimulator comprises a user interface for receiving an input from a user and a controller. The user interface has a first control and a second control. The controller is configured for, in response to actuating the first control, ope... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120035684 | Multiplexed, Multi-Electrode Neurostimulation Devices with Integrated Circuits Having Integrated Electrodes Implantable stimulation devices are provided. Aspects of the devices include a multiplexed multi-electrode component configured for neural stimulation. The multiplexed multi-electrode component includes two or more individually addressable satellite electrode structures... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120035685 | USER INTERFACE SYSTEM FOR USE WITH MULTIPOLAR PACING LEADS An interactive representation of electrostimulation electrodes or vectors can be provided, such as for configuring combinations of electrostimulation electrodes. In an example, electrodes or test parameters can be presented graphically or in a table. A user interface ca... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120035686 | FAIL-SAFE PROGRAMMING FOR IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE In general, the invention is directed to a system with a fail-safe mode for remote programming of medical devices, such as implantable medical devices (IMDs). During a remote programming session, an adverse event, such as a programming session failure, may prevent prope... | 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 |
| 20120029597 | GRAPHICAL CONFIGURATION OF ELECTRODES FOR ELECTRICAL STIMULATION A device that programs a medical device includes a display and a user input device. The device displays a graphical representation of a plurality of electrodes on a medical lead implanted in the patient, and displays an active electrode template at a first position rela... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120029592 | Method and Apparatus for Diagnosing and Treating Neural Dysfunction A method and apparatus for diagnosing and treating neural dysfunction is disclosed. This device has the capability of delivering the therapeutic electrical energy to more than one treatment electrode simultaneously. In another exemplary embodiment, this device can perfo... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120022614 | SHIFTING BETWEEN ELECTRODE COMBINATIONS IN ELECTRICAL STIMULATION DEVICE The disclosure is directed to techniques for shifting between two electrode combinations. An amplitude of a first electrode combination is incrementally decreased while an amplitude of a second, or subsequent, electrode combination is concurrently incrementally increase... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120022615 | SHIFTING BETWEEN ELECTRODE COMBINATIONS IN ELECTRICAL STIMULATION DEVICE The disclosure is directed to techniques for shifting between two electrode combinations. An amplitude of a first electrode combination is incrementally decreased while an amplitude of a second, or subsequent, electrode combination is concurrently incrementally increase... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120016445 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ESTIMATING CLUSTERING OF ELECTRODES IN NEUROSTIMULATION SYSTEM A method and neurostimulation control system for programming electrodes disposed adjacent tissue of a patient. The electrodes are initially assigned to a plurality of electrode subsets to be evaluated. A pair of immediately neighboring ones of the electrode subsets is d... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20120010680 | CONDITIONAL ELECTRICAL STIMULATION In general, the disclosure describes techniques for providing conditional electrical stimulation to a patient for pelvic health. An implantable medical device (IMD) may adjust the delivery cycle of the electrical stimulation applied to a patient in response to receiving... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20120004707 | USE OF STIMULATION PULSE SHAPE TO CONTROL NEURAL RECRUITMENT ORDER AND CLINICAL EFFECT A method, electrical tissue stimulation system, and programmer for providing therapy to a patient are provided. Electrodes are placed adjacent tissue (e.g., spinal cord tissue) of the patient, electrical stimulation energy is delivered from the electrodes to the tissue ... | 01/05/2012 |
| 20110319967 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMPUTATIONALLY DETERMINING MIGRATION OF NEUROSTIMULATION LEADS A tissue stimulation system and computer software and method of monitoring a neurostimulation lead having a plurality of electrodes implanted within a patient (e.g., adjacent the spinal cord) is provided. Neurostimulation lead models are provided, each of which includes... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110313492 | VARIABLE VOLTAGE COMPLIANCE FOR CURRENT OUTPUT GENERATOR A system for providing stimulation current in implantable medical devices is provided. One aspect of this disclosure relates to an apparatus including a power supply terminal adapted to be connected to a power supply. The apparatus embodiment also includes circuitry con... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110313489 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING COMPLEX TISSUE STIMULATION PATTERNS The invention relates to a stimulation device for creating complex or multi-purpose tissue stimulation. Many typical stimulation devices suffer from deficiencies in providing complex stimulation patterns. Using a circuitry operable or programmable to repeat and skip sti... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110313490 | Method for Controlling Telemetry in an Implantable Medical Device Based on Power Source Capacity An implantable microstimulator configured for implantation beneath a patient's skin for tissue stimulation to prevent and/or treat various disorders, uses a self-contained power source. Periodic or occasional replenishment of the power source is accomplished, for exampl... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110313488 | AUTOMATIC NEURAL STIMULATION TITRATION SWEEP Various neural stimulator embodiments comprise controller circuitry, neural stimulation output circuitry, sensor circuitry and a memory. The neural stimulation output circuitry is configured to deliver the neural stimulation. The controller circuitry is configured to co... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110313491 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RF WAKE-UP OF IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE A telemetry system is presented for enabling radio-frequency (RF) communications between an implantable medical device and an external device in a manner which reduces the power requirements of the implantable device by duty cycling its RF circuitry. A wakeup scheme for... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110313487 | Clinician programmer system and method for steering volumes of activation A system and method for selection of stimulation parameters for Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) may include a processor that displays in a display device and in relation to a displayed model of a leadwire including model electrodes, a current field corresponding to a first... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110307032 | PROGRAMMING TECHNIQUES FOR CONTROLLING RATE OF CHANGE OF ELECTRICAL STIMULATION THERAPY Techniques are described, for medical devices that deliver electrical stimulation therapy, for controlling a transition from an initial stimulation location or initial stimulation shape to a user-specified target stimulation location or target stimulation shape in order... | 12/15/2011 |
| 20110301667 | INDUCTIVELY RECHARGEABLE EXTERNAL ENERGY SOURCE, CHARGER, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A TRANSCUTANEOUS INDUCTIVE CHARGER FOR AN IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE A mechanism for transferring energy from an external power source to an implantable medical device is disclosed. A sensor may be used to measure a parameter that correlates to a temperature of the system that occurs during the transcutaneous coupling of energy. For exam... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110301666 | System and Method for Transvascular Activation of Cardiac Nerves with Automatic Restart A system and method for electrically stimulating the heart muscle to improve heart function requires identifying a site in the venous system adjacent a sympathetic nerve. An electrode is then positioned at the site to electrically stimulate the nerve. In turn, this stim... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110301530 | MONITORING OF CHRONOBIOLOGICAL RHYTHMS FOR DISEASE AND DRUG MANAGEMENT USING ONE OR MORE IMPLANTABLE DEVICE The health state of a subject is automatically evaluated or predicted using at least one implantable device. In varying examples, the health state is determined by sensing or receiving information about at least one physiological process having a circadian rhythm whose ... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110288615 | Implantable Therapeutic Systems Including Neurostimulation Circuits, Devices, Systems and Methods A neurostimulation array comprising a first implantable neurostimulator storing a first identification code in a non-volatile memory and responding to communications including said first identification code, a second implantable neurostimulator storing a second identifi... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110288616 | ELECTRICAL NERVE STIMULATION DEVICE The electrical nerve stimulation unit in accordance with the present invention generally includes a housing, an input panel, a display panel, a controller, a first channel output, a second channel output, and a power system. While the device is generally described in te... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110282414 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DEFINING NEUROSTIMULATION LEAD CONFIGURATIONS A method and external control device for operating a plurality of electrode leads implanted within the tissue of a patient. A virtual electrode leads in a reference lead configuration are displayed. One of the virtual electrode leads is selected. The selected virtual el... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110270357 | STIMULATION WITH UTILIZATION OF NON-SELECTED ELECTRODE This disclosure describes techniques that support delivering electrical stimulation current via at least two user-selected electrodes of an implantable medical device (IMD) and automatically delivering balancing current below via at least one non-selected electrode. Bal... | 11/03/2011 |
| 20110270348 | BRAIN STIMULATION PROGRAMMING A programming system allows a user to program therapy parameter values for therapy delivered by a medical device by specifying a desired therapeutic outcome. In an example, the programming system presents a model of a brain network associated with a patient condition to... | 11/03/2011 |
| 20110264171 | ELECTRICAL STIMULATOR WITH VOLTAGE MODE EMULATION USING REGULATED CURRENT Techniques are described for generating electrical stimulation current pulses for delivery of electrical stimulation therapy via a current-controlled system that emulates voltage pulses generated via a voltage-controlled system. In one example, a method includes receivi... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20110264157 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GRAPHICALLY CONFIGURING LEADS Systems and methods are provided for graphically configuring leads for a medical device. According to one aspect, the system generally comprises a medical device and a processing device, such as a programmer or computer, adapted to be in communication with the medical d... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20110257701 | PORTABLE ASSEMBLIES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING FUNCTIONAL OR THERAPEUTIC NEUROSTIMULATION Neurostimulation assemblies, systems, kits, and methods make possible the providing of short-term therapy or diagnostic testing by providing electrical connections between muscles or nerves inside the body and stimulus generators or recording instruments mounted on the ... | 10/20/2011 |
| 20110257705 | CONTROL UNIT HAVING A DEPLOYABLE ANTENNA A control unit for an implantable medical device includes a housing and electronics within the housing. The electronics control an RF emission from the control unit. An antenna is pivotably connected to the housing. The antenna is movable between a stowed position where... | 10/20/2011 |
| 20110238135 | Method for a Controlled Shutdown of an Implantable Medical Device An improved implantable pulse generator (IPG) containing graceful shutdown circuitry is disclosed. A magnet sensor senses the presence of an emergency shutdown magnet. Output of the magnet sensor is conditioned by a signal conditioning circuit. Output of the signal cond... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110230936 | ELECTRICAL STIMULATION BASED ON PHASE RESPONSE MAPPING This disclosure describes techniques for delivering electrical stimulation at one or more phases relative to an ongoing oscillating signal in a patient, and then mapping the response to the oscillating signal. The techniques may reduce or eliminate the oscillating signa... | 09/22/2011 |
| 20110230935 | Rechargeable Stimulation Lead, System, and Method Implantable electrical stimulation leads, method, and system are provided. Components of the system include a hermetically sealed integrated circuit controller, two or more hermetically sealed individually addressable satellite electrode structures and an inductive powe... | 09/22/2011 |
| 20110218587 | Programmer for Biostimulator System A biostimulator system comprises one or more implantable devices and an external programmer configured for communicating with the implantable device or devices via bidirectional communication pathways comprising a receiving pathway that decodes information encoded on st... | 09/08/2011 |
