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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7590447 | Pacing system analyzer having three sensing and pacing channels A pacing system analyzer (PSA) having three or more individually controllable sensing and pacing channels provides for testing and measurement during an operation for implanting a pacemaker having three or more sensing and pacing channels. The PSA allows control and... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7389138 | Electrode placement determination for subcutaneous cardiac monitoring and therapy Methods and devices of cardiac electrode placement involve locating electrodes on a thorax of a patient. Surface pacing levels are determined relative to a pacing limit. Surface electrode locations are selected or rejected based on the level being within a limit. El... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7386345 | Apparatus and method for temporary treatment of acute heart failure decompensation A system for providing temporary therapy, such as cardiac resynchronization therapy, to a patient suffering a decompensation event. The system can include a device having an external module for generating electrical stimuli, a first lead coupled to the module and im... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7373207 | Treatments for a patient with congestive heart failure The invention is directed to devices for two minimally invasive therapeutic procedures, particularly for patients with congestive heart failure. One procedure involves providing a valve to form a passageway through the patient's left ventricular wall at the apex of ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7343196 | Cardiac CT system and method for planning and treatment of biventricular pacing using epicardial lead A method for planning biventricular pacing lead placement for a patient includes obtaining acquisition data from a medical imaging system and generating a 3D model of the left ventricle and thoracic wall of the patient. One or more left ventricle anatomical landmark... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7327872 | Method and system for registering 3D models of anatomical regions with projection images of the same An imaging system for use in a medical intervention procedure is disclosed. A first image acquisition system of a first modality employing a catheter at an anatomical region of a patient is configured to produce a first image of the anatomical region using fluorosco... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7289854 | Unitary subcutaneous only implantable cardioverter-defibrillator and optional pacer A unitary subcutaneous implantable cardioverter-defibrillator has a long thin housing in the shape of a patient's rib. The housing contains a source of electrical energy, a capacitor, and operational circuitry that senses the presence of potentially fatal heart rhyt... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7286866 | Method, system and computer product for cardiac interventional procedure planning A method of creating 3D models to be used for cardiac interventional procedure planning. Acquisition data is obtained from a medical imaging system and cardiac image data is created in response to the acquisition data. A 3D model is created in response to the cardia... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7277752 | System for cardiac resuscitation A system and method for monitoring and controlling the therapy of a cardiac rhythm abnormality victim at a remote site by proving immediate access to a medical professional at a central station. The method comprises the steps of: (1) providing a plurality of electro... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7269457 | Method and system for vagal nerve stimulation with multi-site cardiac pacing A method of performing a medical procedure is provided. The medical procedure includes stimulation of a patient's heart while stimulating a nerve of the patient in order to modulate the patient's inflammatory process. More particularly, the medical procedure include... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7236829 | Implantable leadless cardiac device with flexible flaps for sensing A technique for performing sensing operations in the body subcutaneously employs, in combination, the housing of an electrical stimulator such as a pacemaker or an implantable cardioverter defibrillator and an integral flap member of flexible insulative sheet materi... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7236827 | Single-use medical device An electrical therapy device has a blocking triggering unit and a re-use blocking unit. The re-use blocking unit prevents the functions of the electrical therapy device during implantation in dependence on the condition of the blocking triggering unit. The blocking ... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7231255 | System and method for reducing pain associated with cardioversion shocks generated by implantable cardiac stimulation devices Techniques are provided for generating pre-pulse pain inhibition (PPI) pulses and subsequent main cardioversion shocks. The PPI pulses are relatively low-voltage pulses each having a chevron-shaped waveform. The main shocks are relatively high-voltage shocks each ha... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7225019 | Method and system for nerve stimulation and cardiac sensing prior to and during a medical procedure A method of performing a medical procedure, such as surgery, is provided. A nerve is stimulated in order to adjust the beating of the heart to a first condition, such as a stopped or slowed condition. The medical procedure is performed on the heart or another organ.... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7204846 | Beauty device A beauty device includes a light irradiation section that irradiates light of a predetermined wavelength, and an ion generating section that generates an ion. The light irradiation section is placed at one side surface of a main body of the beauty device, and the io... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7200436 | Implantable pulse generator and method having adjustable signal blanking An implantable pulse generator senses a cardiac signal, identifies cardiac events in the cardiac signal, and starts a blanking interval including a repeatable noise window blanking interval in response to each cardiac event. When noise is detected during the repeata... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7191002 | Anti-tachycardia pacing methods and devices An improved method and device for performing anti-tachycardia pacing (ATP) to convert a ventricular tachycardia (VT) to normal sinus rhythm. Pairs of pacing/sensing electrodes are placed in or on each of the left and right ventricles. Each pair of electrodes is shor... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7184829 | Method and system for nerve stimulation prior to and during a medical procedure A method of performing a medical procedure, such as surgery, is provided. A nerve is stimulated in order to adjust the beating of the heart to a first condition, such as a stopped or slowed condition. The medical procedure is performed on the heart or another organ.... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7164944 | Analgesic therapy for ICD patients An exemplary method includes delivering a therapy selected from tiered therapies that include cardioversion and/or defibrillation therapies wherein the delivered therapy aims to treat a cardiac condition, delivering analgesic stimulation, determining whether the del... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7162304 | System for measuring cardiac rhythm parameters for assessment of spinal cord stimulation A neuro-stimulation system and method are provided which can monitor EKG signals and provide electrical stimulation. The system comprises a stimulation lead having at least one stimulating electrode on the lead and an IPG having a case and connectors. The connectors... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7155288 | Method and system for myocardial infarction repair An implantable system is provided that includes: a cell repopulation source comprising genetic material, undifferentiated and/or differentiated contractile cells, or a combination thereof capable of forming new contractile tissue in and/or near an infarct zone of a ... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7146212 | Anti-bradycardia pacing for a subcutaneous implantable cardioverter-defibrillator A power supply for an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator for subcutaneous positioning between the third rib and the twelfth rib and using a lead system that does not directly contact a patient's heart or reside in the intrathoracic blood vessels and far providin... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7130699 | Medical lead adaptor assembly A medical lead adapter assembly is provided for facilitating an electrical connection between an implantable medical lead connector and an external medical device. The adapter includes a housing, having a sidewall and a longitudinally extending connector receptacle,... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7130682 | Pacing and sensing vectors A method for allowing cardiac signals to be sensed and pacing pulse vectors to be delivered between two or more electrodes. In one embodiment, cardiac signals are sensed and pacing pulse vectors are delivered between least one of a first left ventricular electrode a... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7113830 | Therapeutic device and method for treating diseases of cardiac muscle An apparatus and method for conferring a therapeutic current on the heart and adjacent vasculature from externally positioned electrodes is provided. The apparatus includes a first electrode, a second electrode and a current generator. The method includes applying a... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7103411 | Methods and apparatus for preventing atrial arrhythmias by overdrive pacing multiple heart tissue sites using an implantable cardiac stimulation device Techniques are described for pacing multiple sites in a patient's heart using overdrive pacing the heart using a pacemaker including techniques where the overdrive pacing rate only increases when at least two intrinsic beats are detected within a determined search p... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7086397 | Patient usable emergency medical kit The invention provides an emergency medical kit for use immediately upon the onset of symptoms of an attack of a vascular disease such as a heart attack or a stroke. The emergency medical kit at least includes breathable oxygen in a light weight container and may in... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7082336 | Implantable intravascular device for defibrillation and/or pacing The present application describes an intravascular implantable pacing and/or defibrillation system. The described system includes a pulse generator that is implantable within a blood vessel and proportioned to blood flow through the blood vessel, and at least one le... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7077822 | Stereotactic hypothalamic obesity probe Apparatus and methods for regulating the appetite of an individual suffering from morbid obesity, the apparatus including a plurality of stimulation electrodes arranged longitudinally on at least one electrode support shaft for insertion within the hypothalamus for ... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7072713 | Flat capacitor for an implantable medical device One aspect provides a capacitor feedthrough assembly having an electrically conductive member dimensioned to extend at least partially through a feedthrough hole of a case of the capacitor, the conductive member having a passage therethrough. ... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7065407 | Duckbill-shaped implantable cardioverter-defibrillator canister and method of use An implantable cardioverter-defibrillator for subcutaneous positioning between the third rib and twelfth rib within a patient includes a duck-bill shaped housing. The housing includes a proximal end and distal end, where the width of the proximal end is less than th... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7062318 | Electrical muscle controller A method of modifying the force of contraction of at least a portion of a heart chamber, including providing a subject having a heart, comprising at least a portion having an activation, and applying a non-excitatory electric field having a given duration, at a dela... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7047071 | Patient stratification for implantable subcutaneous cardiac monitoring and therapy Systems and methods of verifying that implantable cardiac devices operate as intended in a particular patient involve one or more of determining proper placement of system components, determining stimulus levels useful for individual patient stratification, and dete... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7031775 | Method and system for myocardial infarction repair An implantable system is provided that includes: a cell repopulation source comprising genetic material, undifferentiated and/or differentiated contractile cells, or a combination thereof capable of forming new contractile tissue in and/or near an infarct zone of a ... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7010350 | Temporary biventricular pacing of heart after heart surgery Apparatus is disclosed for providing a practitioner the ability to switch from one cardiac pacing mode to another cardiac pacing mode when treating a patient suffering from heart failure due to discoordinate ventricular contraction. Also disclosed are methods of pro... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7010345 | Method and apparatus to minimize effects of a cardiac insult A method and apparatus are provided for protecting cardiac tissue from insult. The method comprises identifying the occurrence of an insult, such as a heart attack, and delivering electrical stimulation to one or more predetermined nerves in a patient's body in resp... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6980856 | Circuit for performing external pacing and biphasic defibrillation An external defibrillator/pacer includes an output circuit with four legs arrayed to form an H-bridge. Each leg of the output circuit contains a switch. In a defibrillation mode, pairs of switches in the H-bridge are selectively switched to generate a biphasic defib... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6968236 | Ceramic cardiac electrodes A cardiac electrode termination pair system that is particularly compatible with Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) procedures. The electrodes include tip and ring electrodes made of a body-compatible ceramic on which is applied via electroplating, sputtered or the li... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6961448 | User authentication in medical device systems A user authentication system utilizes biometric traits such as fingerprints, vein print, voice print, facial images, iris/retina and similar distinguishing characteristics to allow access to programmers, ETPs, PSAs and similar instruments associated with implantable... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6937907 | Subcutaneous electrode for transthoracic conduction with low-profile installation appendage and method of doing same One embodiment of the present invention provides a lead electrode assembly for subcutaneous implantation including an electrode; a riser coupled to the electrode; and a head coupled to the riser. ... | 08/30/2005 |
