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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120130206 | MODULAR ANTENNA FOR IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE Subject matter such as a method or apparatus can include an implantable antenna assembly, comprising a dielectric shell including first and second substantially parallel outer face portions, and a third outer face portion extending between the first and second portions,... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120130450 | FOLDED ANTENNAS FOR IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICES In an example, an apparatus can include an implantable medical device comprising a housing, an implantable telemetry circuit carried within the housing, a dielectric compartment mechanically coupled to the housing, the dielectric compartment including first and second s... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120130451 | FOLDED ANTENNAS FOR IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICES Subject matter such as a method or apparatus can include an implantable medical device comprising a housing, an implantable telemetry circuit carried within the housing, and a dielectric compartment, mechanically coupled to the housing an implantable telemetry antenna, ... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120109261 | PROTECTING AN IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE FROM EFFECTS CAUSED BY AN INTERFERING RADIATION FIELD Techniques are described for protecting an implantable medical device (IMD) from effects caused by interfering radiated fields. An IMD incorporating these techniques may include a telemetry conduction path that includes a first end electrically coupled to a telemetry an... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120109260 | IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE TELEMETRY IN DISRUPTIVE ENERGY FIELD An implantable medical device may include a telemetry module, a sensing module, a therapy delivery module, and a processor. The processor may be configured to detect a patient event based on data generated by the sensing module, operate the IMD in a first mode in which ... | 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 |
| 20120109112 | Ingestible Therapy Activator System and Method An ingestible therapy activator system and method are provided. In one aspect, the ingestible therapy activator includes an ingestible device having an effector module to send an effector instruction and a responder module associated with a therapeutic device. The respo... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120109048 | PROTOCOL IMPLEMENTATION FOR TELEMETRY COMMUNICATIONS INVOLVING IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICES Embodiments of the invention relate to optimizing telemetry communication involving one or more medical devices and one or more electrical devices. The telemetry communication is optimized by implementing software and/or one or more additional circuits within at least o... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120109259 | LOW-POWER SYSTEM CLOCK CALIBRATION BASED ON A HIGH- ACCURACY REFERENCE CLOCK Various techniques are described for periodically performing a calibration routine to calibrate a low-power system clock within an implantable medical device (IMD) based on a high accuracy reference clock also included in the IMD. The system clock is powered continuousl... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120109258 | DETERMINATION OF DIPOLE FOR TISSUE CONDUCTANCE COMMUNICATION Aspects of the present disclosure include a medical device system including an implantable medical device and an external device with three or more electrodes configured to contact a patient's skin. The external device either transmits or receives a test signal to or fr... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120109256 | MAGNETIC INDUCTION COMMUNICATION SYSTEM FOR AN IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE A communication system for an active implantable medical device. The communication system includes an isolation transformer a coil coupled to the isolation transformer, and first and second communication components each coupled to the isolation transformer such that the... | 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 |
| 20120041518 | NEUROSTIMULATION SYSTEM AND METHOD WITH GRAPHICALLY MANIPULATABLE STIMULATION TARGET An external control device for use with a neurostimulation device having a plurality of electrodes carried by at least one neurostimulation lead. The external control device comprises a display screen configured for displaying at least one object relative to a graphical... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120029599 | NEUROSTIMULATION PROGRAMMERS WITH IMPROVED RF ANTENNA RADIATION PATTERNS To provide for an improvement in the communication between an external handheld programmer and an implantable pulse generator (IPG) implanted within a patient or an external pulse generator attached to the patient, an antenna of the programmer is positioned relative to ... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120029598 | Antenna For An Implantable Medical Device This disclosure describes antenna structures for use in an implantable medical device. The implantable medical device may include a housing that hermetically encloses electronic components of the implantable medical device and a fixation mechanism that affixes the impla... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120022616 | Vestibular Implant System with Internal and External Motion Sensors A partially implantable vestibular prosthesis system is described which includes an external movement sensor that is attachable to the outer skin surface of a patient's head for generating an external movement signal which represents movement of the patient's head. An e... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120010682 | MEDICAL TELEMETRY SYSTEM AND OPERATING METHOD THEREFOR A method in a telemetry system for establishing a connection between a base station and an implantable medical device includes the steps of: starting, in the base station, a first timer B-T2; determining, in the base station 4, channels that are free f... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20120004708 | Implantable Medical Device and Charging System Employing Electric Fields An implantable medical device and external base station system are disclosed. The external base station can provide a passive electric field to power the implant, or to charge its battery. The base station may also power or charge using magnetic fields under certain cir... | 01/05/2012 |
| 20110313493 | MEDICAL ACCESSORY PROXIMITY TESTING, DETECTION, AND ALERTING SYSTEM Disclosed is a system having an implanted component and external component which are configured to provide a test of wireless communication in order to assess the success or failure of such communication and to store attributes related to such test in a memory log. To p... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110313494 | PACEMAKER RF TELEMETRY REPEATER AND METHOD A system and method for repeating radio frequency (RF) transmissions between a programmer and an implantable medical device (IMD) is provided. One aspect of this disclosure relates to an RF repeater. According to various embodiments, the repeater includes a first antenn... | 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 |
| 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 |
| 20110307033 | CHARGE LEVEL MEASUREMENT This disclosure describes techniques for estimating an amount of charge on a power source. A processor may determine an uncertainty value associated with a first charge level of a power source and an uncertainty value associated with a second charge level of the power s... | 12/15/2011 |
| 20110301668 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPLYING ENERGY TO AN IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE An implanted coil supplies energy or control signals to, or provides information from, a medical device implanted in a human or animal patient. Preferably, the coil is implanted subcutaneously in the patient at a location suitable for easy access to the coil. The implan... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110295340 | Multiple Telemetry and/or Charging Coil Configurations for an Implantable Medical Device System Embodiments of an improved implantable medical device system for orientation-independent telemetry to and from the device are disclosed. The system includes an external controller which produces an electromagnetic field to induce a current in a coil in the implantable m... | 12/01/2011 |
| 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 |
| 20110279280 | Device for Verifying the Electrical Output of a Microcurrent Therapy Device A device and method verifies the electrical output of a microcurrent therapy device. The current and/or voltage of an electrical pulse, being supplied to an electrode adapted to contact tissue, is measured by a control unit. The current and/or voltage is supplied by the... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110276110 | Power Circuitry for an Implantable Medical Device Using a DC-DC Converter Improved power circuitry for charging a battery in an implantable medical device is disclosed. The improved power circuitry uses a DC-DC converter positioned between the rectifier and the battery in the implant to be charged, and operates to boost the voltage produced b... | 11/10/2011 |
| 20110270358 | IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE PROGRAMMING USING GESTURE-BASED CONTROL A programming device includes a touchscreen display, a processor, and a communication module. The processor controls the display to present a graphical icon on a first portion of the display. The processor detects a gesture-based contact between an object and the first ... | 11/03/2011 |
| 20110264172 | MRI-Safe Disc Magnet for Implants A magnetic arrangement is described for an implantable system for a recipient patient. A planar coil housing contains a signal coil for transcutaneous communication of an implant communication signal. A first attachment magnet is located within the plane of the coil hou... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20110257706 | LOW ENERGY COMMUNICATIONS FOR IMPLANTED MEDICAL DEVICES Techniques are generally described for low average power communications that can be used for communications between one or more bionic implants and/or one or more control units. Bionic implants and/or control units can be adapted to provide stimulus control and/or senso... | 10/20/2011 |
| 20110257707 | NEUROSTIMULATION SYSTEM AND METHOD WITH ADJUSTABLE PROGRAMMING RATE Neurostimulation systems, control systems, and methods for providing therapy to a patient are provided. Electrical stimulation energy is delivered to a tissue region in accordance with different stimulation parameter sets. The delivered electrical stimulation energy is ... | 10/20/2011 |
| 20110237921 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FLEXIBLE ELECTRODES Disclosed herein are systems and methods for producing and using electrodes, which may be flexible and/or stretchable, and interconnection structures that can be used both externally and/or implanted within the body. Electrodes according to various embodiments disclosed... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110224757 | Multiplexed Multi-Electrode Neurostimulation Devices 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... | 09/15/2011 |
| 20110218408 | MEDICAL SYSTEM WITH IDENTIFICATION PATCH A medical system that includes an identification patch having a memory that stores identification information associated with the patch. A monitoring device to be used with the identification patch interrogates the patch to obtain the identification information stored w... | 09/08/2011 |
| 20110218594 | ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCER FOR BI-DIRECTIONAL WIRELESS COMMUNICATION A piezoelectric element within an external ultrasonic transducer assembly can be used for wireless communication of data between an implantable device and the external ultrasonic transducer assembly such as using ultrasonic energy coupled to a flexible portion of a hous... | 09/08/2011 |
| 20110208268 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR POWER-ON-RESET DETECTION AND DECODING Systems, methods and devices are provided for automatically detecting and classifying power-on-reset (POR) events occurring in medical devices. Data regarding the operating parameters of the medical device is communicated to a remote server where a POR detection algorit... | 08/25/2011 |
| 20110202103 | WAKEUP OF IMPLANTABLE COMMUNICATION CIRCUITRY An IMD has its communication circuitry in an inactive state and has access to two different identifier codes. The IMD activates the communication circuitry based on reception of a wakeup message that includes an identifier code that is identical to the identifier code c... | 08/18/2011 |
| 20110202112 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING INTERMITTENT INTERRUPTIONS IN ELECTRICAL STIMULATION THERAPY OF A PATIENT In one embodiment, a method of identifying a cause of intermittent interruption in stimulation therapy, comprises: communicating a signal by an external controller device to an implantable pulse generator to initiate a diagnostic mode; generating a stimulation pulses by... | 08/18/2011 |
| 20110202113 | ADAPTIVE STAGED WAKE-UP FOR IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE COMMUNICATION A communication wake-up scheme for an implantable medical device may involve repeatedly activating a receiver to determine whether an external device is attempting to establish communication with the implantable device. To reduce the amount of power consumed by the impl... | 08/18/2011 |
