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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7418296 | Wireless pacing system analyzer in a programmer system An external interface device provides telemetry between an implantable apparatus and a remote device. The interface device includes a battery powered circuit and a wireless transceiver. A power supply of the remote device is isolated from the implantable apparatus b... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7367971 | Self-limiting electrosurgical return electrode A removable semi-insulating sheet for use in self-limiting electrosurgical return semi-insulating sheet for use with electrosurgery. Through the selection of impedance characteristics for the electrode materials of the principal body of the semi-insulating sheet, an... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7353059 | Medical device with low EMI leakage A medical device is configured to attenuate emission of electromagnetic radiation and comprises a housing, a circuit assembly mounted in the housing, and a panel coupled to the housing and to the circuit assembly. The panel comprises a first conductive region on an ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7311560 | Return pad cable connector A return pad cable connector, in accordance with the present disclosure, for use with a disposable return pad, includes a cord having a conductive wire disposed therethrough which conductive wire interconnects the return pad cable connector to an electrosurgical ene... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7272441 | External defibrillator and methods for operating the external defibrillator Methods and apparatus are provided for minimizing the inherent time delays within external defibrillators and allowing operators to administer CPR therapy as close in time as possible to the delivery of a defibrillation shock to a patient. The methods and apparatuse... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7260428 | Shield arrangement for ECG lead wires A grounding arrangement in a system using the same connector for 5- and 12-lead connection in ECG-measurement. If 5-lead configuration is used, the connector elements of the 12-lead connection are used for grounding of lead wire shields through a current limiting ci... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7229307 | Return pad cable connector An electrosurgical system is provided which includes an electrosurgical energy source; a return pad including a conductive surface; and a return pad cable connector selectively connectable to the electrosurgical generator. The return pad cable connector includes a c... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7182604 | Return pad cable connector A return pad cable connector, in accordance with the present disclosure, for use with a disposable return pad, includes a cord having a conductive wire disposed therethrough which conductive wire interconnects the return pad cable connector to an electrosurgical ene... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7166102 | Self-limiting electrosurgical return electrode A removable semi-insulating sheet for use in self-limiting electrosurgical return semi-insulating sheet for use with electrosurgery. Through the selection of impedance characteristics for the electrode materials of the principal body of the semi-insulating sheet, an... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7066761 | Return pad cable connector An electrosurgical system is provided which includes an electrosurgical energy source; a return pad including a conductive surface; and a return pad cable connector selectively connectable to the electrosurgical generator. The return pad cable connector includes a c... | 06/27/2006 |
| 6997735 | Return pad cable connector A return pad cable connector, in accordance with the present disclosure, for use with a disposable return pad, includes a cord having a conductive wire disposed therethrough which conductive wire interconnects the return pad cable connector to an electrosurgical ene... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6925325 | Voltage sensing system with input impedance balancing for electrocardiogram (ECG) sensing applications A voltage sensing system includes input impedance balancing for electrocardiogram (ECG) sensing or other applications, providing immunity to common-mode noise signals while capable of use with two electrodes. Signals are received at first and second electrodes havin... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6666859 | Self-limiting electrosurgical return electrode A self-limiting electrosurgical return electrode for use with electrosurgery. Through selection of impedance characteristics for the materials of the principal body of the electrode, and through tailoring of electrode geometries, the electrode is self-reg... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6582424 | Capacitive reusable electrosurgical return electrode A capacitive reusable electrosurgical return electrode pad for use with electrosurgery. Through selection of the electrode geometries and the impedance characteristics of the electrode, the electrode is self-regulating and self-limiting as to current dens... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6544258 | Pressure sore pad having self-limiting electrosurgical return electrode properties and optional heating/cooling capabilities A self-limiting electrosurgical electrode for use with electrosurgery and various other surgical procedures. The electrode can include a pad and a conductive element that collectively has an effective bulk impedance equal to or greater than about 4,000 Ω... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6459447 | Video signal transmission device With an electronic endoscope, a wide band video signal is output to connected instruments without giving electric shocks to a body even when the connected instruments are not insulated. The video signal V is converted to differential signals V1, V2 by a d... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6454764 | Self-limiting electrosurgical return electrode A self-limiting electrosurgical return electrode for use with electrosurgery. Through the selection of impedance characteristics for the electrode materials of the principal body of the electrode, and through tailoring of electrode geometries, the return ... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6442422 | Compliance monitoring apparatus and method A method and apparatus for evaluating the connection between the patient monitor and the patient. The apparatus is a compliance monitoring circuit that generates a constant current output to the isolation transformer of a patient monitoring device. Change... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6334068 | Intraoperative neuroelectrophysiological monitor An economically manufactured, highly sensitive, noise and interference resistant, AC powered, two, four or eight channel intraoperative neuroelectrophysiological monitor includes a mainframe having a touch panel display and a low noise interface cable pro... | 12/25/2001 |
| 6318374 | Epicardial pacer wires shield An epicardial pacer wires shield comprising a base element with a pair of spools mounted to the base element. Each of spool of the pair of spools has a slit in a top surface thereof for securing the epicardial pacer wires to the spool. A cover element is ... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6306100 | Intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring system An intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring system includes an adaptive threshold detection circuit adapted for use in monitoring with a plurality of electrodes placed in muscles which are innervated by a selected nerve and muscles not innervated by t... | 10/23/2001 |
| 6141037 | Video camera system and related method A video camera system is provided in which the camera head is powered at least in part by electrical energy converted from optical energy provided by a light source. In one implementation, communication between the camera head and control circuitry thereo... | 10/31/2000 |
| 6083221 | Resistive reusable electrosurgical return electrode A reusable electrosurgical return electrode pad for use with electrosurgery. In one embodiment it includes a presentation or working surface area at lying in a range of from about 100 to about 20,000 square centimeters. In another the working surface is a... | 07/04/2000 |
| 6063075 | Electrosurgical apparatus and separation detecting method capable of stably monitoring separation state of return electrode An electrosurgical apparatus detects separation of a return electrode of the electrosurgical apparatus for cutting and coagulating an organic tissue from a patient. An impedance detecting section detects a contact impedance between the return electrode an... | 05/16/2000 |
| 6032063 | Distributed resistance leadwire harness assembly for physiological monitoring during magnetic resonance imaging A leadwire harness system is used for recording an electrocardiogram (ECG) during magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The system includes a set of leadwires each having a nichrome wire helically wound on a bundle of glass or other high strength fibers and s... | 02/29/2000 |
| 5906633 | System for delivering rounded low pain therapeutic electrical waveforms to the heart A system for delivering low pain cardioversion shocks to the heart wherein the system provides a waveform to the heart that is biphasic and has rounded leading and trailing edges. The rounded leading and trailing edges are believed to decrease the discomf... | 05/25/1999 |
| 5877802 | Video-signal processing device connectable to an electronic endoscope A video-signal processing device is connectable to an electronic endoscope designed to output at least one kind of video signal, and comprises a character-information signal producer for producing a character-information signal on the basis of character-c... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5833710 | Protection circuit for implantable electronic device The invention protects circuits connected to low energy stimulating (pacing) or detection (sensing) electrodes of an implantable medical device from high energy pulses generated by the device itself or by external devices such as external defibrillators. ... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5830212 | Electrosurgical generator and electrode An electrosurgical generator has an active electrode output connector and a return current connector, the generator providing an electrosurgical current at the active electrode output connector, and including a fault detection circuit for monitoring the p... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5814996 | Leakage detector having shielded contacts The noise received by the unused connectors limits the accuracy of a device for measuring the leakage from a piece of electronic medical equipment. To reduce noise the device is surrounded by a Faraday shield which encloses unused connectors of the device... | 09/29/1998 |
| 5807253 | Patient electrical isolation system A patient isolation device is used as a safety device to provide electrical insulation between medical electronic equipment and portions of the equipment which come in contact with the patient. In one implementation of the patient isolation device, an RF ... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5785708 | Epilator probeholder An epilator probeholder for a replaceable, flexible, insulated epilator probe including a length of coaxial cable, and a coaxial capacitor structure for holding the epilator probe. The coaxial capacitor structure has an inner female connector and an outer... | 07/28/1998 |
| 5782241 | Sensor device for electrocardiogram A sensor device intended to be implemented at the vicinity or inside a nuclear magnetic resonance apparatus, and more particularly on a patient inside the canal of the magnet of a magnetic resonance imager (MRI). The device includes at least two non-metal... | 07/21/1998 |
| 5761019 | Medical current limiter A medical current limiter protects medical electrodes and associated diagnostic apparatus from overcurrents. The medical current limiter includes first and second external terminal connections and first and second cascade circuits, each formed of a pair o... | 06/02/1998 |
| 5748427 | Method and system for detecting relay failure In an external cardiac defibrillator (8), a method and system for determining when a relay (22) has failed in a conductive state. The defibrillator (8) includes a charge circuit (14) that charges an energy storage capacitor (C) to a predetermined voltage.... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5738091 | Suction catheter connection arrangements with automatically operated valve The invention relates to a suction catheter device usable with a respiratory support system which includes a catheter enveloped in a sleeve having a proximal end connector for connection to a suction source through a suction control device such as a sucti... | 04/14/1998 |
| 5671738 | Medical environment interface The present invention provides a method and an apparatus to facilitate feeding of electric signals, achieved in a defined area of medical electric environment, to and from auxiliary equipment, specifically a so called Personal Computer (PC), without the n... | 09/30/1997 |
| 5618309 | Cannula assembly having conductive cannula A conductive cannula assembly is disclosed to dissipate possible, accumulated electrical charges through body tissue. The cannula assembly includes cannula housing means and cannula means formed of a material having an electrical conductivity value which ... | 04/08/1997 |
| 5591218 | Current limiter for implantable electronic device lead The invention protects circuits connected to low energy stimulating (pacing) or detection (sensing) electrodes of an implantable medical device from high energy pulses generated by the device itself or by external devices such as external defibrillators. ... | 01/07/1997 |
| 5543831 | Endoscope system having reduced noise emission/permeation A medical system having an endoscope probe intubated into a body, a signal processing circuit for processing a signal for the probe and an electric source circuit insulated from a commercial electric source. A part of the signal processing circuit connect... | 08/06/1996 |
