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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8155760 | Medical lead system utilizing electromagnetic bandstop filters Medical lead systems utilizing electromagnetic bandstop filters are provide which can be utilized in a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) environment for patients who have implanted medical devices. The medical lead system includes an implanted lead having at least on... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8150535 | Sensor guided epicardial lead Implantable cardiac monitoring and stimulation methods and devices with epicardial leads having sensor feedback. A fixed or extendable/retractable sensor may be displaceable within the lead's lumen and configured to sense the presence of an anatomical feature or phy... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8145324 | Implantable lead bandstop filter employing an inductive coil with parasitic capacitance to enhance MRI compatibility of active medical devices A medical lead system includes at least one bandstop filter for attenuating current flow through the lead across a range of frequencies. The bandstop filter has an overall circuit Q wherein the resultant 3 dB bandwidth is at least 10 kHz. The values of capacitance a... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8135479 | Sensor assemblies for implantable medical electrical leads A sensor assembly, which may be incorporated by a medical electrical lead, includes an insulative body, formed from a biocompatible plastic, and a sensor mounted on a mounting surface of the insulative body. The mounting surface extends distally from a proximal port... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8116884 | Miniature circular mapping catheter A cardiac ablation device, including a catheter and an expandable ablation element incorporating one or more balloons at the distal end of the catheter, has a continuous passageway extending through it from the proximal end of the catheter to the distal side of the ... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8108053 | Small caliber implantable biometric leads and cables for same Implantable medical leads have reduced diameter while providing for optimized mechanical and electrical properties, by reducing the diameters of the conducting cables used within the leads for sensing and delivery of therapeutic electrical stimulation. In an embodim... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8103359 | Systems and methods for fixating transvenously implanted medical devices A transvenously implantable medical device (TIMD) includes an electrical lead and a control module. The electrical lead includes one or more electrodes and is adapted for transvenous implantation. The electrical lead is also pre-biased to expand from a collapsed sta... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8103358 | Mapping guidelet The medical lead delivery device more easily and quickly delivers a lead to or through the coronary vein of a patient's heart. The medical lead delivery device includes an elongated body, a controller, a first and second spring, and a sleeve. The elongated body incl... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8103360 | Medical lead coil conductor with spacer element Medical electrical leads equipped with spacer elements and configured for use during medical procedures such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) are disclosed. An illustrative medical electrical lead includes a proximal connector, an insulated lead body including at... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8099176 | Modular, zone-specific medical electrical lead design A medical electrical lead configured to be coupled to a pulse generator in a cardiac rhythm management system. The lead comprises a proximal terminal connector configured for coupling the lead to the pulse generator, and a plurality of longitudinally arranged lead s... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8099175 | Medical electrical lead with proximal armoring A medical electrical lead includes a flexible, insulative body defining a proximal region, an intermediate region, and a distal region. The proximal region is configured to be implanted at a subcutaneous implantation site, and is dimensioned to extend from an implan... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8095225 | Robust high power and low power cardiac leads having integrated sensors A lead of an implantable medical device system having an elongated lead body, a sensor coupled to the lead body and extending from a proximal end to a distal end, and a distal lead adaptor having a first arm extending distally from the distal end of the sensor to a ... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8090451 | Transvenous active fixation lead system A medical electrical lead system that includes a catheter extending from a proximal catheter end to a distal catheter end; a lead, insertable within the catheter, including a lead body extending from a proximal lead end to a distal lead end and an active fixation me... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8068920 | Transcoronary sinus pacing system, LV summit pacing, early mitral closure pacing, and methods therefor A transcoronary sinus pacing system comprising a sheath having a lumen, a pacing catheter having a pacing needle, wherein the catheter can be advanced within the lumen and placed in the LV summit, and a right ventricular pacing device. A LV summit pacing device. An ... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8055354 | Interconnections of implantable lead conductors and electrodes and reinforcement therefor An implantable lead comprises a lead body extending from a lead proximal end portion to a lead distal end portion. The lead body includes one or more longitudinally extending lumens. A conductor is received in, and extends along, a lumen. In varying examples, the im... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8055353 | Medical carriers comprising a low-impedance conductor, and methods of making and using the same Medical carriers that include a low-impedance conductor are provided. The low-impedance conductors are configured to provide electrical conductivity along a length of the medical carrier. An aspect of the low-impedance conductors is the presence of a longitudinally ... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8050774 | Electrode apparatus, systems and methods Apparatus, system, and method that include a pacing apparatus having a stent electrode through which pulses of electrical current can be delivered. Stent electrodes receive energy for generating the electrical current from a variety of sources. Sources include from ... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8041434 | Implantable medical electrical lead bodies providing improved electrode contact A distal section of an implantable medical electrical lead body includes a pair of pre-formed arcuate segments between which an approximately straight segment extends. The approximately straight segment includes a first portion extending distally from a first of the... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8027740 | Drug delivery catheters that attach to tissue and methods for their use A drug delivery catheter suited for cardiac procedures. The catheter includes a distal helical coil or other fixation and penetrating element which can be operated from the proximal end of the catheter to engage and penetrate the myocardium. Once delivered to the in... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8014875 | Lead having reinforcing member An implantable medical device, such as a lead or lead extension, includes a body having a distal end portion and a proximal end portion configured to be at least partially received by an apparatus. The device further includes a conductive member at the distal end po... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8005551 | Implantable medical lead An implantable medical lead includes a device, such as a physiological sensor, that is coupled to one or more stimulation/sensing sensing conductors within the lead. When the implantable medical lead is coupled to an implantable medical device, the device carried by... | 08/23/2011 |
| 8000809 | Device for intracavity stimulation of the left atrium and/or ventricle through atrial transseptal puncture and removal of the catheter proximal end by the retrograde venous route toward the prepectoral region A device for intracavity stimulation of the left atrium and/or ventricle of the heart from the prepectoral region through a less invasive and lower-risk approach is provided that allows the implantation of an intracavity catheter in the left cardiac chambers through... | 08/16/2011 |
| 8000808 | Medical lead with segmented electrode A medical lead having a conductor assembly and a segmented electrode assembly. The segmented electrode assembly includes a conductive segment electrically coupled to a conductor of the conductor assembly. A passageway is positioned between an inner surface and outer... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7979142 | Conductive polymer sheath on defibrillator shocking coils An implantable lead includes a distal portion carrying a tissue stimulating electrode, at least a portion of its outer surface being adapted to stimulate cardiac tissue, wherein the electrode is covered by a pliable, electrically conductive sheath. The sheath is mad... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7974709 | Guide wire stylet A cardiac lead system includes a cardiac lead having a lumen, and a guide member displaceable within the lumen. The guide member includes a guide wire extension that extends distal to the elongated body of the guide member. The guide wire extension is dimensioned to... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7949411 | Epicardial lead Embodiments include electrical leads and methods of using electrical leads that may be used for delivering both cardioversion/defibrillation signals and pacing signals and sensing to target tissue. Some of these embodiments may also be used to sense and transmit ele... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7945337 | High impedance and low polarization electrode An insulative housing formed about a distal end of a medical electrical lead body includes a cavity and a port; an ionically conductive medium fills the cavity and is in intimate contact with an electrode surface contained within the cavity. When a current is delive... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7925358 | Radiopaque marking of lead electrode zone in a continuous conductor construction A cardiac transvenous defibrillation lead has a continuous coil conductor within a layer of insulation. A portion of the coil conductor is exposed as a defibrillation electrode. In order to enhance fluoroscopic visualization of the exposed electrode during implant, ... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7920927 | Lead assembly and methods including a push tube A lead assembly includes an elongate body having a conductor electrically coupled with an electrode coupled to the elongate body. The lead assembly includes a push tube extending along at least a portion of the elongate body. A distal tip is coupled to the elongate ... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7908016 | Fibrous electrode material A biomimetic electrode material including a fibrous matrix including a conductive polymer and an ion conducting polymeric material is described. The biomimetic electrode material may be used in a number of body-implantable application including cardiac and neuro-sti... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7904178 | Medical electrical lead body designs incorporating energy dissipating shunt An elongate body of a medical electrical lead includes at least one conductor formed into a coil that includes a first portion and a second portion, wherein the first portion extends within an outer insulation sheath and the second portion extends outside the outer ... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7899552 | Conductive composite electrode material A medical electrical lead and body implantable electrode suitable for a variety of medical applications are disclosed. In general, the electrode includes a composite material having particles of pseudo-capacitive material, such as iridium oxide, dispersed within a p... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7899551 | Medical lead system utilizing electromagnetic bandstop filters Medical lead systems utilizing electromagnetic bandstop filters are provide which can be utilized in a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) environment for patients who have implanted medical devices. Such lead systems may be advantageously used in left ventricle cardia... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7899550 | Apparatus and method for transseptal fixation A lead implanted across a heart wall such as an atrial septum includes structure for fixation to the wall. In some embodiments the distal end of the lead includes a sensor for measuring quantities such as pressure at a distal side of the wall. The fixation structure... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7890188 | Implantable lead for septal placement of electrode with fixation mechanism in the pulmonary artery A lead body includes an electrode coupled to an intermediate portion of the lead body. A distal end of the lead includes a pre-formed, biased shape adapted to passively fixate the distal end of the lead within a pulmonary artery with the electrode positioned in the ... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7890189 | Mono-body defibrillaton probe A probe including at its distal extremity a tubular flexible sheath core supporting at least a winding forming a shock electrode and connected to a electrical conductor of connection extending in a internal lumen of the sheath core. The sheath core extends axially w... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7890190 | Deflectable hollow stylet guidewire system A body implantable lead system includes an over-the-wire lead with a longitudinally extending lumen. A hollow stylet having an outer peripheral surface is introduced into the lumen and an annular resilient blood seal within the lumen may be sealingly positioned betw... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7881809 | Electrophysiology/ablation catheter and remote actuator therefor A cardiac catheter for minimally invasive diagnostic and/or ablation procedures includes an elongated cylindrical, electrically non-conductive exterior tube with surface electrodes disposed on its distal portion and a handle on its proximal end. The distal portion c... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7881807 | Balloon anchor wire The present invention relates to an anchor device comprising an elongated tubular body having an expandable member disposed on its distal end portion. The invention also relates to a system adapted to position and anchor the distal end of an ablation device at a loc... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7881808 | Conductive polymeric coating with optional biobeneficial topcoat for a medical lead A cardiac lead comprising a lead body extending from a proximal end portion to a distal end portion; a cardiac electrode disposed along the lead body; and a coating associated with at least a portion of the electrode, the coating comprises a conductive polymer. ... | 02/01/2011 |
