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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120130345 | RENAL NERVE STIMULATION METHOD FOR TREATMENT OF PATIENTS A method and apparatus for treatment of heart failure, hypertension and renal failure by stimulating the renal nerve. The goal of therapy is to reduce sympathetic activity of the renal nerve. Therapy is accomplished by at least partially blocking the nerve with drug inf... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120109020 | METHODS FOR MODIFYING NEURAL TRANSMISSION PATTERNS The invention generally relates to methods for modifying neural transmission patterns. In certain embodiments, methods of the invention involve noninvasively applying a first type of energy to a region of neural tissue, noninvasively applying a second type of energy to ... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120109263 | Medical Instrument for Delivery of High Voltage Pulses and Method of Delivering the Same An instrument 10 for delivering a high voltage pulse to tissue is disclosed. The instrument 10 can include an outer support member 12 with a liquid reservoir 14 that has a liquid-contacting interior surface 16, an opening 18 at ... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120071952 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MAKING AND USING PADDLE LEAD ASSEMBLIES FOR ELECTRICAL STIMULATION SYSTEMS A paddle lead assembly for providing electrical stimulation of patient tissue includes a paddle body. The paddle body includes four columns of electrodes, each column including at least one electrode. The columns include two outer columns flanking two inner columns. The... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120071953 | MRI-SAFE HIGH IMPEDANCE LEAD SYSTEMS Some embodiments are directed to MRI/RF compatible medical interventional devices. A plurality of spaced apart high impedance circuit segments are configured to have a high impedance at a high range of radiofrequencies and a low impedance at a low range of frequencies. ... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120071951 | CONNECTOR DESIGN FOR IMPLANTABLE PULSE GENERATOR FOR NEUROSTIMULATION, IMPLANTABLE STIMULATION LEAD, AND METHODS OF FABRICATION In one embodiment, a stimulation system for generating and delivering electrical stimulation pulse to tissue of a patient, comprises: a pulse generator for generating electrical pulses, the pulse generator comprising a housing portion and a header portion with feedthrou... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120053660 | SPLANCHNIC NERVE STIMULATION FOR TREATMENT OF OBESITY A method for the treatment of obesity or other disorders by electrical activation or inhibition of the sympathetic nervous system is disclosed. This activation or inhibition can be accomplished by stimulating the greater splanchnic nerve or other portion of the sympathe... | 03/01/2012 |
| 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 |
| 20120029591 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR NON-INVASIVE CAPACITIVE ELECTRICAL STIMULATION AND THEIR USE FOR VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION ON THE NECK OF A PATIENT A non-invasive electrical stimulation device shapes an elongated electric field of effect that can be oriented parallel to a long nerve, such as a vagus nerve in a patient's neck, producing a desired physiological response in the patient. The stimulator comprises a sour... | 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 |
| 20120029601 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR NON-INVASIVE CAPACITIVE ELECTRICAL STIMULATION AND THEIR USE FOR VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION ON THE NECK OF A PATIENT A non-invasive electrical stimulation device shapes an elongated electric field of effect that can be oriented parallel to a long nerve, such as a vagus nerve in a patient's neck, producing a desired physiological response in the patient. The stimulator comprises a sour... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120022617 | MINIMALLY INVASIVE LEAD SYSTEM FOR VAGUS NERVE STIMLATION A system including two neurostimulation leads can be used for stimulating a select region of a nerve within a nerve bundle. For example, two leads can be used to stimulate a select region of the vagus nerve located within a patient's carotid sheath. The first neurostimu... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120016448 | ENERGY EFFICIENT HIGH FREQUENCY NERVE BLOCKING TECHNIQUE A neurostimulation system and method of blocking a neural axon. Time-varying electrical energy is conveyed to a blocking site on the neural axon for an initial phase. The conveyed electrical energy has an amplitude and frequency during the initial phase sufficient to bl... | 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 |
| 20110301658 | SPATIALLY SELECTIVE VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION By targeting on selected branches or fascicles of a vagus nerve using electrode placement and/or selection, one or more target branches of the vagus nerve are substantially activated by electrical stimulation pulses delivered to a branch without substantially activating... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110301659 | VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION WITH TARGET EFFECTS CONTROLLED BY ADJUSTING TEMPORAL PARAMETERS One or more temporal stimulation parameters of vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) are selected to substantially modulate one or more target physiological functions without substantially modulating one or more non-target physiological functions. In one embodiment, a stimulati... | 12/08/2011 |
| 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 |
| 20110276112 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR NON-INVASIVE CAPACITIVE ELECTRICAL STIMULATION AND THEIR USE FOR VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION ON THE NECK OF A PATIENT A non-invasive electrical stimulator shapes an elongated electric field of effect that can be oriented parallel to a long nerve, such as a vagus nerve in a patient's neck, producing a desired physiological response in the patient. The stimulator comprises a source of el... | 11/10/2011 |
| 20110270363 | HEADER FOR IMPLANTABLE PULSE GENERATOR AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME A header for use in implantable pulse generator devices. The header is cart, of electrical connector assembly having one or more openings designed to receive the terminal pin of an electrical lead wire or electrode. The header is designed to provide and sustain long-ter... | 11/03/2011 |
| 20110270360 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR ACTIVATING BROWN APIDOSE TISSUE USING ELECTRICAL ENERGY Methods and devices are provided for activating brown adipose tissue (BAT). Generally, the methods and devices can activate BAT to increase thermogenesis, e.g., increase heat production in the patient, which over time can lead to weight loss. In one embodiment, a medica... | 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 |
| 20110257711 | Medical Devices Including Flexible Circuit Bodies with Exposed Portions of Circuit Traces Attached to Electrical Contacts of Components Medical devices include stimulation and/or sensing circuitry that is interconnected to electrical components by a flexible circuit body having exposed portions of circuit traces that are attached to electrical contacts of the electrical components. Each circuit trace ma... | 10/20/2011 |
| 20110245893 | METHOD OF FABRICATING IMPLANTABLE PULSE GENERATOR USING WIRE CONNECTIONS TO FEEDTHROUGH STRUCTURES AND IMPLANTABLE PULSE GENERATORS In one embodiment, a method of fabricating an implantable pulse generator, comprises: providing a lead body including a plurality of conductors, the plurality of conductors being enclosed in insulative material along a first length of the conductors, a second length of ... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110245645 | ARRANGEMENT FOR IMPLANTING AND METHOD FOR IMPLANTING The invention relates to an arrangement for implanting in a human or animal body, comprising a carrier device which provides a receiving means and which is made from a synthetic mesh or fabric material, and an electronic element which is fixed to the carrier device in t... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110245894 | METHOD OF FABRICATING IMPLANTABLE PULSE GENERATOR USING WIRE CONNECTIONS TO FEEDTHROUGH STRUCTURES AND IMPLANTABLE PULSE GENERATORS In one embodiment, a method of fabricating an implantable pulse generator for generating electrical pulses for application to tissue of a patient, the method comprises: providing one or more housing components adapted to house at least pulse generating and switching cir... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110245895 | METHOD OF FABRICATING IMPLANTABLE PULSE GENERATOR USING WIRE CONNECTIONS TO FEEDTHROUGH STRUCTURES AND IMPLANTABLE PULSE GENERATORS In one embodiment, a method of fabricating an implantable pulse generator, comprises: providing a lead body including a plurality of conductors, the plurality of conductors being enclosed in insulative material along a first length of the conductors, a second length of ... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110224578 | USE OF ELECTRIC FIELDS TO MINIMIZE REJECTION OF IMPLANTED DEVICES AND MATERIALS This invention relates to the electric field method to reduce fibrous capsule formation adjacent to the surface of implanted medical devices and associated apparatus for generating electrical currents to reduce fibrous capsule formation. The invention has utility with m... | 09/15/2011 |
| 20110213445 | STIMULATION LEAD, STIMULATION SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR LIMITING MRI-INDUCED CURRENT IN A STIMULATION LEAD In one embodiment, a stimulation lead for delivering electrical pulses from a pulse generator to tissue of a patient, comprises: a plurality of electrodes; a plurality of terminals; a plurality of conductors electrically coupling the plurality of electrodes with the plu... | 09/01/2011 |
| 20110213439 | Neuromodulation Having Non-Linear Dynamics Methods of neuromodulation in a live mammalian subject, such as a human patient. The method comprises applying electromagnetic energy to a target site in the nervous system of the subject using a signal comprising a series of pulses, wherein the inter-pulse intervals ar... | 09/01/2011 |
| 20110208271 | DYNAMIC NERVE STIMULATION EMPLOYING FREQUENCY MODULATION Described are apparatus and methods for electrically modulating a nerve in a mammal. An electrical signal that includes a signal intensity pattern and a signal frequency pattern is delivered to a nerve. The combination of the signal intensity pattern and the signal freq... | 08/25/2011 |
| 20110202098 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PULSED ELECTRIC FIELD NEUROMODULATION VIA AN INTRA-TO-EXTRAVASCULAR APPROACH Methods and apparatus are provided for pulsed electric field neuromodulation via an intra-to-extravascular approach, e.g., to effectuate irreversible electroporation or electrofusion, necrosis and/or inducement of apoptosis, alteration of gene expression, changes in cyt... | 08/18/2011 |
| 20110184497 | AC LOGIC POWERED STIMULATOR IC FOR NEURAL PROSTHESIS Disclosed is a neural stimulator for neural prosthesis: including a power receiver which receives power from outside and supplies the received power to a circuitry including an electrical signal generator; the electrical signal generator which generates a neural stimula... | 07/28/2011 |
| 20110178570 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR MULTI-VESSEL RENAL NEUROMODULATION Methods and apparatus are provided for multi-vessel neuromodulation, e.g., via a pulsed electric field. Such multi-vessel neuromodulation may effectuate irreversible electroporation or electrofusion, necrosis and/or inducement of apoptosis, alteration of gene expression... | 07/21/2011 |
| 20110160810 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INDEPENDENTLY OPERATING MULTIPLE NEUROSTIMULATION CHANNELS A multi-channel neurostimulation system comprises a plurality of electrical terminals configured for being respectively coupled to a plurality of electrodes, stimulation output circuitry including electrical source circuitry of the same polarity configured for generatin... | 06/30/2011 |
| 20110160811 | SYSTEMS, APPARATUSES, AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING NON-TRANSCRANIAL ELECTROTHERAPY Systems, apparatuses, and methods for providing non-transcranial electrical stimuli to a biological subject may employ a support structure, at least one waveform generator, and at least a first electrode and a second electrode. The system can be sized and dimensioned to... | 06/30/2011 |
| 20110160812 | IMPLANTABLE PULSE GENERATOR WITH A STACKED BATTERY AND CAPACITOR One example includes a configurable power source system for an implantable device having a predetermined power requirement, the system comprising a housing for a battery and a capacitor, the housing including a distance D between a first internal face and a second inter... | 06/30/2011 |
| 20110144722 | MRI-COMPATIBLE IMPLANTABLE LEAD WITH IMPROVED LC RESONANT COMPONENT An implantable lead is provided that comprises a lead body extending along a longitudinal axis. The lead body includes a distal end and a proximal end and a lumen within the lead body. The lead also includes a header assembly provided at the distal end of the lead body.... | 06/16/2011 |
| 20110137365 | TECHNIQUES FOR REDUCING PAIN ASSOCIATED WITH NERVE STIMULATION Apparatus is provided including an electrode device and a control unit. The electrode device is configured to be coupled to a site of a subject selected from the group consisting of: a vagus nerve, an epicardial fat pad, a pulmonary vein, a carotid artery, a carotid sin... | 06/09/2011 |
| 20110137382 | METHOD FOR FABRICATION OF A NEUROSTIMULATON LEAD INCLUDING MULTIPLE MICRO-CABLES In one embodiment, a method of fabricating a stimulation lead for stimulation of tissue of a patient, the method comprises: providing a plurality of cables, wherein each of the cables comprises a plurality of wires twisted about a core support and disposed within an out... | 06/09/2011 |
