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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8175719 | Techniques for sensing and adjusting a compliance voltage in an implantable stimulator device Disclosed herein are methods and circuitry for monitoring and adjusting a compliance voltage in an implantable stimulator devices to an optimal value that is sufficiently high to allow for proper circuit performance (i.e., sufficient current output), but low enough ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8175720 | Posture-responsive therapy control based on patient input Patient efficacy inputs are received over a period of time during which posture-responsive therapy is delivered to the patient while the patient occupies a plurality of posture states. The patient inputs are correlated with the times at which the inputs were receive... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8155753 | Activity sensing for stimulator control The disclosure describes a system that measures the distance between one or more electrodes and tissue of a patient, and controls one or more parameters of the stimulation delivered to the tissue by the electrodes based on the measured distance. The system controls ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8150531 | Associating therapy adjustments with patient posture states A therapy adjustment received from a patient is associated with a sensed patient posture state. Thereafter, a stability indication can be associated with the sensed posture state to indicate that a therapy adjustment specific to the sensed posture state was received... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8150530 | Activity sensing for stimulator control The disclosure describes a system that measures the distance between one or more electrodes and tissue of a patient, and controls one or more parameters of the stimulation delivered to the tissue by the electrodes based on the measured distance. The system controls ... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8126567 | Therapy adjustment Systems and methods for adjusting a therapy delivered to a patient include detecting a value of at least one sensed patient parameter and adjusting a therapy parameter value to accommodate different patient parameter values. A data structure including a plurality of... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8121702 | Impedance-based stimulation adjustment Techniques for adjusting stimulation are disclosed. A medical device measures an impedance associated with one or more electrodes, e.g., the impedance presented to the medical device by a total electrical circuit that includes the one or more electrodes, the conduct... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8108049 | Impedance-based stimulation adjustment A medical device measures an impedance associated with one or more electrodes, e.g., the impedance presented to the medical device by a total electrical circuit that includes the one or more electrodes, the conductors associated with the electrodes, and tissue proxi... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8099170 | 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 s... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8032228 | Method and apparatus for disconnecting the tip electrode during MRI A medical device includes a pulse generator, a lead, and an electrode. The lead includes an electrode and a lead conductor connecting the pulse generator with the electrode via first and second conductive paths. The medical device includes first and second switches.... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8032229 | Therapy adjustment Systems and methods for adjusting a therapy delivered to a patient include detecting a value of at least one sensed patient parameter and adjusting a therapy parameter value to accommodate different patient parameter values. A data structure including a plurality of... | 10/04/2011 |
| 7970478 | Optimizing stimulation therapy of an external stimulating device based on firing of action potential in target nerve A method and system for optimizing stimulation therapy of an external stimulating device. The stimulating signal for stimulation of a target nerve is produced using the external stimulating device. A magnetic field is induced in an implanted transmitting coil dispos... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7899547 | Level-dependent stimulation methods and systems An exemplary method includes an implantable stimulator simultaneously applying stimulation current to a stimulation site within a patient via at least one stimulating electrode and compensating current via one or more additional electrodes of opposite polarity as th... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7877149 | Electrical angle gauge Methods of using electrodes to obtain physiological location motion data are provided. Embodiments of the methods include producing an electrode from a broadcasting electrode that is proximal to the physiological location of interest and detecting a change in an ind... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7853330 | Apparatus and method for determining the relative position and orientation of neurostimulation leads A method for determining whether the relative position of electrodes used by a neurostimulation system has changed within a patient comprises determining the amplitude of a field potential at each of at least one of the electrodes, determining if a change in each of... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7822481 | Therapy adjustment Systems and methods for adjusting a therapy delivered to a patient include detecting a value of at least one sensed patient parameter and adjusting a therapy program to accommodate different patient parameter values. A data structure including a plurality of patient... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7801621 | Neural stimulation system providing auto adjustment of stimulus output as a function of sensed pressure changes A neural stimulation system automatically corrects or adjusts the stimulus magnitude in order to maintain a comfortable and effective stimulation therapy. Auto correction of the stimulus magnitude is linked to the measurement of pressure in the vicinity of the elect... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7783360 | Sensory system A device for sensing and communicating nerve cell endings and neural signals, the device comprising: at least one neural bridge device; at least one neural bridge switch, wherein each neural bridge switch is an implanted integrated circuit and is connected to at lea... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7778711 | Reduction of heart rate variability by parasympathetic stimulation Apparatus is provided that includes an electrode device, adapted to be coupled to a vagus nerve of a subject, and a control unit, adapted to drive the electrode device to apply to the vagus nerve a current that reduces heart rate variability of the subject. Also pro... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7769467 | Level-dependent stimulation methods and systems Methods of applying stimulation to a stimulation site within a patient include applying stimulation current to the stimulation site via at least one stimulating electrode, applying compensating current configured to affect at least one excitation field caused by the... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7742823 | Neural stimulation system providing auto adjustment of stimulus output as a function of sensed impedance A neural stimulation system automatically corrects or adjusts the stimulus magnitude (stimulation energy) in order to maintain a comfortable and effective stimulation therapy. Because the changes in impedance associated with the electrode-tissue interface can indica... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7720548 | Impedance-based stimulation adjustment Techniques for adjusting stimulation are disclosed. A medical device measures an impedance associated with one or more electrodes, e.g., the impedance presented to the medical device by a total electrical circuit that includes the one or more electrodes, the conduct... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7684869 | Apparatus and method for determining the relative position and orientation of neurostimulation leads Interelectrode impedance or electric field potential measurements are used to determine the relative orientation of one lead to other leads in the spinal column or other body/tissue location. Interelectrode impedance is determined by measuring impedance vectors. The... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7676273 | Stimulation templates for programming a stimulation lead with complex electrode array geometry The disclosure is directed to programming implantable stimulators to deliver stimulation energy via one or more implantable leads having complex electrode array geometries. A user interface of a programmer allows a user to define stimulation therapy by interacting w... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7647121 | Therapy delivery mode selection Techniques for selectably providing either constant voltage or constant current stimulation are described. A programming device provides a user interface by which a user selects either constant voltage or constant current stimulation, and selects either a voltage or... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7610100 | Methods and systems for treating osteoarthritis Methods of treating osteoarthritis include applying at least one stimulus to a stimulation site within a patient with an implanted system control unit in accordance with one or more stimulation parameters. Systems for treating osteoarthritis include a system control... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7606623 | Methods and devices for intramuscular stimulation of upper airway and swallowing muscle groups Devices and methods were discovered that successfully provided patient autonomous control of both hyolaryngeal elevation, anterior hyoid motion and opening of the upper esophageal sphincter for swallowing by intramuscular stimulation of two muscles. The technology a... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7571008 | System and apparatus for remote activation of implantable medical devices An integrated activation system for an implantable medical device (IMD) sharing a power source, the activation system having a switching circuit and a sensing element coupled to the switching circuit. The switching circuit is configured to gate power from the power ... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7406351 | Activity sensing for stimulator control The disclosure describes a system that measures the distance between one or more electrodes and tissue of a patient, and controls one or more parameters of the stimulation delivered to the tissue by the electrodes based on the measured distance. The system controls ... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7386347 | Electric stimilator for alpha-wave derivation An electric stimulator for alpha-wave derivation is characterized in that frequency selected from a range of 1 Hz to 50 Hz, preferably, 7 Hz to 14 Hz, and an output voltage are applied to auricle of a patient's ears to derive alpha-waves, and that cycle and intensit... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7369900 | Neural bridge devices and methods for restoring and modulating neural activity The neural bridge devices may be implanted between the endings of severed or damaged nerve cells. The operation of these devices may facilitate restoring conductivity of neural signals or responses within severed or damaged nerve cells. The neural bridge device may ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7364564 | Implant having MEMS flow module with movable, flow-controlling baffle Various embodiments of MEMS flow modules that may be disposed in a flow path (296) of a shunt (290) are disclosed, where the shunt (290) may be used to control a flow out of an anterior chamber (284) of an eye (266). One such MEMS ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7343201 | Gastrointestinal motility control A method and a multichannel implantable device are described for partial or complete restoration of impaired gastrointestinal motility, or for disturbing and/or partially or completely blocking normal gastrointestinal motility using one or multiple microsystem-contr... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7330753 | Analysis of eating habits Diet evaluation gastric apparatus (18) is provided, which detects when a patient (10) swallows, and detects the type and amount of matter ingested. The apparatus includes electrodes (74, 100) adapted to be coupled to the fundus and antrum of the... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7320664 | Reducing discomfort caused by electrical stimulation The invention is directed to a novel method for reducing discomfort caused by transcutaneous stimulation. The novel method includes providing transcutaneous stimulation, reducing the transcutaneous stimulation at a first location, and substantially maintaining the t... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7317948 | Neural stimulation system providing auto adjustment of stimulus output as a function of sensed impedance A neural stimulation system automatically corrects or adjusts the stimulus magnitude (stimulation energy) in order to maintain a comfortable and effective stimulation therapy. Because the changes in impedance associated with the electrode-tissue interface can indica... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7315761 | Electrical stimulation system and method for treating tinnitus According to one aspect, an electrical stimulation system for treating tinnitus is provided. The system includes an electrical stimulation lead adapted for implantation into the person's skull for electrical stimulation of target brain tissue located in the person's... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7313440 | Collecting posture and activity information to evaluate therapy A medical device, programmer, or other computing device may determine values of one or more activity and, in some embodiments, posture metrics for each therapy parameter set used by the medical device to deliver therapy. The metric values for a parameter set are det... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7295880 | Stimulation control for brain stimulation System and method for end of battery life operation of an implantable bilateral brain stimulator. The present system and method automatically measures one or more levels of electrical parameters in a battery system of the implantable stimulator. The measurement can ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7292884 | Impedance based reaction performance measuring device There are provided a device which can measure a reaction performance of a neurotransmission system and that of a muscle expansion/contraction system in a specific body part easily, and gives a direction that a muscle in a specific body part is to be in an unreacted ... | 11/06/2007 |
