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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 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 |
| 20110106221 | TREATMENT PLANNING FOR ELECTROPORATION-BASED THERAPIES The present invention provides systems, methods, and devices for electroporation-based therapies (EBTs). Embodiments provide patient-specific treatment protocols derived by the numerical modeling of 3D reconstructions of target tissue from images taken of the tissue, an... | 05/05/2011 |
| 20100268307 | METHODS FOR INTRAVASCULARLY-INDUCED NEUROMODULATION Methods and apparatus are provided for intravascularly-induced neuromodulation using a pulsed electric field, e.g., to effectuate irreversible electroporation or electrofusion, necrosis and/or inducement of apoptosis, alteration of gene expression, changes in cytokine u... | 10/21/2010 |
| 20100094375 | NEURAL ELECTRODE TREATMENT An apparatus for applying a signal to a nerve for the treatment of a disorder includes a first electrode and a second electrode. Each of the electrodes is adapted to be secured to a nerve of a patient. A signal generator is electrically connected to each of the first an... | 04/15/2010 |
| 20100042187 | CONNECTING ELECTRICAL SOURCES TO ELECTRODE NODES IN A MEDICAL DEVICE This disclosure describes electrical stimulators that include some electrical sources (e.g., current sources, voltage sources) that are directly connected to a plurality of electrode nodes, and other electrical sources that may be selectively connected to selected ones ... | 02/18/2010 |
| 20100016828 | Drug Delivery System and Method A method for delivering a therapeutic agent to a predetermined location in a host is disclosed, wherein a liposome-encapsulated therapeutic agent is administered to the host, and an electrical field which encompasses a predetermined region within the host is established... | 01/21/2010 |
| 20090287279 | CURRENT STEERING FOR AN IMPLANTABLE STIMULATOR DEVICE INVOLVING FRACTIONALIZED STIMULATION PULSES A method for configuring stimulation pulses in an implantable stimulator device having a plurality of electrodes is disclosed, which method is particularly useful in adjusting the electrodes by current steering during initialization of the device. In one aspect, a set o... | 11/19/2009 |
| 20090240304 | METHOD AND APPARATUS TO STIMULATE CELL INITIATED NITRIC OXIDE (NO) ACTIVATION, INTERSTITIAL PROTEIN CLEARANCE, AND ANGIOGENESIS Methods and apparatus to restore central and peripheral disorders/dysfunction caused by edema, ischemia, and nitric oxide (NO) deficiency and to improve or facilitate muscle performance (e.g. endurance and recovery) by utilizing a device which stimulates cell initiated ... | 09/24/2009 |
| 20090012583 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR IMPROVING BLOOD FLOW BY A SERIES OF ELECTRICALLY-INDUCED MUSCULAR CONTRACTIONS A treatment method and device for promoting a localized increase in the flow of blood through a blood vessel in an area of the body, the method including the steps of: (a) providing a system including: (i) at least a first electrode operatively contacting a first portio... | 01/08/2009 |
| 20090012584 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR IMPROVING BLOOD FLOW BY A SERIES OF ELECTRICALLY-INDUCED MUSCULAR CONTRACTIONS A treatment method and device for promoting a localized increase in the flow of blood through a blood vessel in an area of the body, the method including the steps of: (a) providing a system including: (i) at least a first electrode operatively contacting a first portio... | 01/08/2009 |
| 20090012582 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR IMPROVING BLOOD FLOW BY A SERIES OF ELECTRICALLY-INDUCED MUSCULAR CONTRACTIONS A treatment method and device for promoting a localized increase in the flow of blood through a blood vessel in an area of the body, the method including the steps of: (a) providing a system including: (i) at least a first electrode operatively contacting a first portio... | 01/08/2009 |
| 20080294226 | SHORT DURATION PRE-PULSING TO REDUCE STIMULATION-EVOKED SIDE-EFFECTS A method and neurostimulation system of providing therapy to a patient is provided. At least one electrode is place in contact with tissue of a patient. A sub-threshold, hyperpolarizing, conditioning pre-pulse (e.g., an anodic pulse) is conveyed from the electrode(s) to... | 11/27/2008 |
| 20080195181 | Micro-Dermal Tone Skin Stimulator A micro dermal tone skin stimulator system (2) that uses sale, painless, low-level electrical impulses to “reprogram” muscles to assure nearly original muscle shape and to support skin tissues with healthier blood circulation and more youthful firmness. The s... | 08/14/2008 |
| 20080103400 | Method and apparatus for locating the fossa ovalis and performing transseptal puncture A method of identifying the fossa ovalis in a patient by positioning one or more electrodes against the tissue of the interatrial septum of the patient and acquiring unipolar and/or bipolar electrograms of the tissue of the interatrial septum while moving the electrodes... | 05/01/2008 |
| 20060265027 | Efficient dynamic stimulation in an implanted device A method for measuring impedance of a tissue (20), consisting of charging a capacitor (C15) to a potential, and discharging the capacitor for a discharge period through the tissue. The method further consists of measuring a voltage drop on the capacitor ov... | 11/23/2006 |
| 20060241719 | Electrical stimulation of tissue for therapeutic and diagnostic purposes Electrobiological stimulation is carried out transcranially by applying high frequency squarewave bursts exhibiting no d.c. term across the cranial region. Such stimulation is commenced employing ramp generators and positive and negative voltage converters which evolve ... | 10/26/2006 |
| 20060229688 | Controlling stimulation parameters of implanted tissue stimulators Systems and techniques for controlling the stimulation of tissue. In one aspect, an apparatus includes an implantable stimulation device to elicit a response in a tissue by delivering one or more stimuli. The stimulation device includes a stimulus delivery element to de... | 10/12/2006 |
| 20060136017 | Apparatus and method for treating strial hearing loss An electrolytic current injection device comprising an electrode and an electrolytic current port. In addition a control and rectification assembly is adapted to apply a biphasic pulse to said electrode, yet produce a pulsatile, unidirectional DC electrolytic current at... | 06/22/2006 |
| 20060129208 | Full-range electrotherapy unit with digital force modulator An electrotherapy unit includes a central processor, a digital force modulator connected to and controlled by the central processor, a voltage-increasing transformer, and two conductive pads connected to a secondary coil of the voltage-increasing transformer. The digita... | 06/15/2006 |
| 20060030896 | Pulsed electromagnetic field method of treatment of degenerative disc disease A pulsed electromagnetic field method of treating degenerative disc disease, wherein, in one embodiment, a patient in need of treatment for degenerative disc disease is administered a pulsed electromagnetic field (PEMF) having repetitive pulse bursts approximately 5 ms ... | 02/09/2006 |
| 20060009820 | Apparatus for the application of electrical pulses to the human body An apparatus is described for applying electrical pulses to a patients body by at least two electrodes at respective locations on the patients body, the apparatus comprising a pulse generating unit connectable to the electrodes, the pulse generating unit being arranged ... | 01/12/2006 |
| 20050197675 | Techniques for applying, calibrating, and controlling nerve fiber stimulation Apparatus is provided including an electrode device, adapted to be coupled to a site of a subject; and a control unit, adapted to drive the electrode device to apply a current to the site intermittently during alternating “on” and “off”periods, each of the “on... | 09/08/2005 |
| 20050033387 | Procedure and machine for electro-inducing/stimulating deep layered muscle contractions using a biphasic faradic pulse sequence A procedure and machine promotes healing by causing muscle fasciculation and contraction relaxation cycles that effectively pump blood through the microcirculation, draining the venous beds and raising the tissue oxygen levels. A high phase charged system is electronica... | 02/10/2005 |
