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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8116885 | Bachmann's bundle electrode for atrial defibrillation An implantable system for the defibrillation of the atria of a patient's heart comprises (a) a first catheter configured for insertion into the right atrium of the heart; a first atrial defibrillation electrode carried by the first catheter and positioned to stimula... | 02/14/2012 |
| 7957819 | Disposable low profile transvenous electrode system for sequentially pacing the heart's right atrium and right ventricle (AV) A low profile transvenous electrode system for use in an emergency to sequentially pace both the atrium and ventricle of the heart in a dual chamber mode that includes a plurality of pre-formed, pre-shaped resilient insulated electrical wires bundled together in a t... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7894915 | Implantable medical device Techniques related to implantable medical devices (IMDs) are described. One such IMD includes first and second electrodes and a continuous body joined with and extending between the electrodes. Processing electronics are located within the body and are coupled with ... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7561924 | Electrode arrangement An intravascular electrode arrangement 10 includes a first and a second electrode line 12, 14 adapted for placement in blood vessels such as veins or arteries, each having at least one stimulation and/or sensing electrode in the region of the distal en... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7395120 | Telescoping, dual-site pacing lead A lead with a proximal electrode and a telescoping distal electrode enables dual-site electrical pacing or stimulation of a heart or another organ. The lead includes an outer tube with a proximal electrode and an inner tube connected to a distal electrode. The inner... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7366573 | Polymer lead covering with varied material properties This document discusses, among other things, a lead assembly including a lead body, at least one conductor extending through the lead body, and a covering having varied material properties. In an example, the covering is made by forming pieces of material having var... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7366574 | Device for the transvenous cardioversion of atrial fibrillation or atrial flutter A transvenous catheter for the cardioversion of atrial fibrillation or atrial flutter and/or the stimulation of the heart's activity. The catheter has an electrically active section within a heart and an electrically passive section carrying electrical cables. At le... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7363086 | Capture verification in respiratory diaphragm stimulation Improved methods and devices perform respiratory control of a person due to conditions such as sleep apnea. According to one embodiment, a respiratory control method includes delivering stimulation signals according to one or more stimulation parameters to phrenic n... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7363077 | Adaptive timing interval control method for treating congestive heart failure A method of treating a heart with an implantable cardiac stimulation device involves transiently disturbing the steady state hemodynamic parameters by altering a cardiac cycle timing interval sufficient to reduce end diastolic volume for that cycle. The cardiac cycl... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7363085 | Augmenting hypoventilation An exemplary method includes sensing respiratory information related to tidal volume, based at least in part on the respiratory information, determining if the tidal volume is less than a limit and, if the tidal volume is less than the limit, calling for diaphragm a... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7353067 | Implantable leads, electrode portions and methods for securing An exemplary lead and sheath assembly suitable for positioning in the human body includes a lead body, a sheath surrounding the lead body, one or more conductors embedded in the lead body and one or more conduits that allow for a flow of adhesive or an adhesive comp... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7349738 | Detecting atrial evoked response A pulse is delivered to the atrium using an electrode configuration that includes at least a pulse cathode electrode. Cardiac activity in the atrium is sensed using a unipolar electrode configuration to provide a sensed signal wherein the unipolar electrode configur... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7347810 | Device for draining the coronary sinus A device for draining a coronary sinus comprises a first catheter having a distal end, a proximal end, and a passage there through, the distal end adapted to be placed in a coronary sinus, a second catheter having a distal end, a proximal end, and a passage there th... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7343204 | Miniature implantable connectors Apparatus connect electrically conductive wire to a miniature, implantable sensor or stimulator device for detecting electrical signals or stimulating living tissue. The implantable device has an electrically conductive end on its case which is intimately connected ... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7340288 | Trans-septal intra-cardiac lead system An apparatus for and method of measuring pressure through a septum in a patient's heart is disclosed. A lead inserted into the right side of a heart is routed through the septum to gain access to the left side of the heart. The lead includes an attachment structure ... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7336999 | Means to check the validity of heart failure surrogate parameters from evoked response using 3-D accelerometer queue In one implementation, a method is provided for detecting heart failure which includes retrieving a three-dimensional posture template corresponding to a normal evoked response. The method further includes capturing an intracardiac electrogram of an evoked response ... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7333854 | Orthostatic cardiac output response pacer for heart failure patients and diabetic patients An exemplary method includes detecting a change in position, measuring cardiac output after the detecting a change in position and, based at least in part on the measuring cardiac output, deciding whether to increase a cardiac pacing rate. An exemplary method may re... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7321792 | Pacing therapy and acupuncture Exemplary methods, devices and/or systems for detecting one or more needs and for requesting the delivery of power to one or more acupoints. Other methods, devices and/or systems are also disclosed. ... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7320675 | Method and apparatus for modulating cellular metabolism during post-ischemia or heart failure A drug delivery system detects a cardiac condition indicative of a need for increasing a cardiac metabolic level and, in response, releases a drug into tissue or blood to shift a source of metabolically synthesized energy fueling cardiac contraction from fatty acid ... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7321798 | Trans-septal/trans-myocardial ventricular pacing lead An medical electrical lead in embodiments of the teachings may include one or more of the following features: (a) a lead body having a proximal end and a distal end, (b) a conductor traversing from the proximal end to the distal end, (c) an electrode disposed at the... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7319905 | Passive fixation mechanism for epicardial sensing and stimulation lead placed through pericardial access An implantable lead having an elongated lead body that includes an electrical conductor extending between a distal end of the lead body and a proximal end of the lead body is disclosed. The lead further includes an electrode formed at the distal end of the lead body... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7319904 | Percutaneous Surgical lead body There is disclosed a surgical lead comprising two percutaneous lead bodies bonded together. The inventive lead body results in the equivalent of a surgical lead body with columns of electrodes either adjacent to or offset from each other. A bridge of urethane materi... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7311970 | Medical device having surface modification with superoxide dismutase mimic A medical device comprising a substrate having a plasma polymerized functionality bonded to at least a portion of the substrate. A superoxide dismutase mimic agent having a complimentary functional group to the plasma polymerized functionality is bonded to the porti... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7305270 | Cardiac pacing/sensing lead providing far-field signal rejection A proximal end of a lead body carries a connector assembly. A first electrical conductor within the lead body electrically connects a tip electrode to a first electrical contact on the connector assembly. A collar electrode is carried by a distal end portion of the ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7305266 | Cardiac stimulation devices and methods for measuring impedances associated with the heart An exemplary method includes introducing current between a first pair of electrodes configured for placement internally in a patient, triggering a potential measurement between a second pair of electrodes configured for placement internally in a patient wherein comm... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7295873 | Anti-tachycardia pacing method and apparatus for multi-chamber pacing Improved methods and devices perform tachycardia detection and anti-tachycardia pacing (ATP) to convert a tachycardia (e.g., VT or AT) to normal sinus rhythm. According to one embodiment, an anti-tachycardia pacing method includes sensing, during sinus rhythm, first... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7292886 | Bifocal cardiac stimulation device and methods A cardiac stimulation system for implantation in a patient is disclosed. The cardiac stimulation system comprises first and second electrodes configured for positioning in a bifocal arrangement. A first lead system is adapted for carrying the first and second electr... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7289848 | Implantable cardiac stimulation device, system and method which provides an electrogram signal having the appearance of a surface electrocardiogram An implantable cardiac stimulation system and method provides an external display of a heart activity signal sensed internally by an implantable cardiac stimulation device which has the appearance of a surface EKG. The heart activity signal is sensed by the implante... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7286874 | Ensemble averaging for evoked responses Exemplary methods and devices for analyzing intracardiac electrocardiograms (IEGMs) using ensemble averaging and/or an ensemble average. Various methods and/or devices are suitable for use with atrial and/or ventricular autocapture. Other methods, devices and/or sys... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7283871 | Self adjusting optimal waveforms An exemplary method includes detecting fibrillation, measuring impedance of a defibrillation circuit that includes myocardial tissue, determining one or more defibrillation shock parameters based at least in part on the impedance, delivering a defibrillation shock u... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7277761 | Vagal stimulation for improving cardiac function in heart failure or CHF patients Exemplary methods for decreasing workload, maintaining or increasing cardiac output and/or achieving a desirable autonomic balance by stimulating one or more parasympathetic nerves. Various exemplary methods include delivering one or more stimulation pulses postinsp... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7274965 | Trans-septal intra-cardiac lead system An apparatus for and method of measuring pressure through a septum in a patient's heart is disclosed. A lead inserted into the right side of a heart is routed through the septum to gain access to the left side of the heart. The lead includes an attachment structure ... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7274962 | Subcutaneous electrode with improved contact shape for transthoracic conduction Electrical cardiac therapy devices including electrode assemblies having openings for receiving an electrode insertion tool, and methods of inserting such electrode assemblies. The opening(s) are defined on the electrode assemblies to allow an insertion tool to be c... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7272438 | Mode switching heart stimulation apparatus and method In a heart stimulation device a mode of operation is switched in response to detection of atrial tachyarrhythmia such as atrial fibrillation. The stimulation device may initially operate in a normal mode of pacing then, upon detection of atrial tachyarrhythmia, the ... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7254451 | Implantable lead including sensor An implantable lead includes a defibrillation electrode and a sensor coupled thereto. The electrode and sensor are positioned along a body of the lead such that, when a fixation element couples the lead to an endocardial surface of a right ventricle, the sensor is l... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7251532 | Medical lead fixation A distal tip coupled to a body of an implantable medical device includes a canted passageway extending distally from a lumen of the body and an opening terminating the passageway and positioned in proximity to a distal end of the distal tip; a helical fixation eleme... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7245973 | His bundle mapping, pacing, and injection lead A cardiac rhythm management system includes a lead assembly for intracardiac mapping, pacing, and drug delivery. The lead assembly includes an implantable endocardial lead having a proximal end for connection to an implantable cardiac rhythm management device and a ... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7245967 | Parasympathetic nerve stimulation for termination of supraventricular arrhythmias Terminating supraventricular arrhythmias through parasympathetic nerve stimulation. The method comprises detecting a supraventricular arrhythmia, stimulating a parasympathetic nerve and determining whether the supraventricular arrhythmia terminated or worsened. Vari... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7245968 | Implantable cardiac device providing rapid pacing T wave alternan pattern detection and method An implantable cardiac device that delivers electrical therapy to a patient's heart determines if a T wave alternan pattern of the patient's heart exists. The device includes a sensing circuit that generates an electrical signal including T waves representing paced ... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7242987 | Medical lead adaptor An adaptor couples multiple high-voltage connector elements included on a plurality of medical electrical lead connectors to a single connector port of an implantable medical device thereby facilitating alternative high-voltage therapy vectors. ... | 07/10/2007 |
