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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7373202 | Unipolar and bipolar lead cardiac pacemaker and method for inhibiting anode stimulation A multi-chamber implantable heart stimulation device is provided, adapted to inhibit anodal stimulation at a bipolar right chamber lead induced by a unipolar left chamber lead. The device includes a control unit adapted to provide to the unipolar left chamber lead a... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7363078 | Intracardiac polarization signal stabilization Polarization signals, which represent voltages measured at a pacemaker electrode, are not constant and may drift. Polarization signal drift, which often precedes undesirable pace polarization artifacts, is more significant when the pacemaker is inhibited from provid... | 04/22/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7328067 | Cardiac rhythm management system and method A system and method for cardiac rhythm management, which includes an electrode system having at least one electrode and control circuitry coupled to the electrode system from which a first cardiac signal is sensed. The control circuitry includes a pulse circuit to p... | 02/05/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7236826 | System and method for graphically configuring leads Systems and methods are provided for graphically configuring leads for a medical device. According to one aspect, the system generally comprises a medical device and a processing device, such as a programmer or computer, adapted to be in communication with the medic... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7228184 | Viral-inhibiting method A hand-held viral inhibitor and related methodology which transfer between space exposed electrodes an electric current signal of reversing polarity through the viral-laden tissue are disclosed. ... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7203544 | Detection of evoked post-stimulation potentials, in particular atrial potentials in an active implantable medical device such as cardiac pacemaker, defribillator, cardiovertor or multisite device Detection of an evoked post-stimulation potential, in particular atrial potentials, in an active implantable medical device such as a cardiac pacemaker, a defibrillator, a cardioveter, or a multisite device. This device applies a stimulation pulse (40), then ... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7191006 | Cardiac rhythm management systems and methods for rule-illustrative parameter entry This document describes systems, devices, and methods for programmably adjusting therapy or other operative parameter values of an implantable cardiac rhythm management device using a programmer that includes a display that graphically illustrates one or more relati... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7187970 | Excitable tissue control signal delivery to the right ventricular septum Apparatus for applying a signal to a heart of a human subject is provided. The apparatus includes a set of one or more electrodes, adapted to be coupled to the right ventricular septum of the heart. A control unit of the apparatus is adapted to drive the electrode s... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7184833 | Multiple pacing output channels An implantable medical device includes two or more pacing output channels coupled to a single unipolar electrode or bipolar electrode pair. The implantable medical device can control each pacing output channel to deliver pacing pulses via the single electrode or ele... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7184817 | System and method for acquiring breathing pattern signals from intracardiac electrograms and its use for heart failure therapy decision making and disease monitoring An ICD processing system for acquiring breathing pattern signals from intracardiac electrograms obtained from implantable cardiac devices. The system may include both an implantable ICD device and an external processing system. Both the ICD module and the external p... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7177689 | Method and apparatus for capture verification and threshold determination An apparatus and method for verifying capture by a pacing pulse in which a test depolarization waveform recorded during a pacing event is compared with a template waveform representing capture by the pacing pulse. Capture verification in this manner may be used in p... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7164949 | Electrostimulator An electrostimulator having electrode connections which are to be connected, at least at times, to a stimulation unit and to a detection unit of the electrostimulator. The stimulation unit is adapted to generate electrostimulation pulses for the stimulation of body ... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7162298 | Devices for detecting the presence of cardiac activity following administration of defibrillation therapy The present invention provides systems, methods and computer program products for detecting the presence of cardiac activity in a patient. The present invention includes a detector circuit that is configured to detect the influence of a first defibrillation shock on... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7158831 | Method and apparatus for cardiac pacing with variable safety margin A cardiac pacemaker in which a variable safety margin with respect to a capture threshold is employed in delivering pacing pulses. The safety margin of a pacing pulse is made to vary in accordance with the pattern of preceding intrinsic and paced beats. The pacing p... | 01/02/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7139610 | Capture management in multi-site pacing Methods and apparatus for capture management in multi-chamber pacing are disclosed. In one embodiment, the invention includes determining a combination of electrodes from a plurality of electrodes that yields the lowest polarization potential immediately following d... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7130690 | Atrial capture management during atrial and ventricular pacing In an atrial pacing system, the A-PACE pulse energy, defined by the pulse width and pulse amplitude, sufficient to reliably capture the atrium without being wasteful of battery energy is periodically determined in accordance with atrial capture management (ACM) algo... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7092756 | Autocapture pacing/sensing configuration A cardiac pacing system that enhances the ability of a cardiac pacer to automatically detect whether a pacing stimulus results in heart capture or contraction. The cardiac pacing system includes a pacing circuit that attenuates polarization voltages or “afterpoten... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7092754 | Monophasic waveform for 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 for providin... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7077857 | Pulse Cam Battery powered and wall plug powered handheld therapy devices for treating a variety of ailments such as inflammations, nerve problems, joint pain, muscle pain, as well as gall bladder type problems. The device can have a multi-faced shaped emitting main crystal wi... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7076301 | Implantable cardiac stimulation device that minimizes parasitic muscle stimulation and method An implantable cardiac stimulation device provides capture of a chamber of a heart with pacing pulses while minimizing parasitic muscle tissue stimulation. A parasitic muscle stimulation detector detects if the application of pacing pulses result in parasitic muscle... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7076296 | Method of supplying energy to subcutaneous cardioverter-defibrillator and pacer A power supply for an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator for subcutaneous positioning between the third rib and the twelfth rib and for providing cardioversion/defibrillation energy to the heart, the power supply comprising a capacitor subsystem for storing the ... | 07/11/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7047065 | System and method for correlation of patient health information and implant device data A system and method for correlating health related data for display. The system includes a medical device recording data and a display producing device which correlates the data and simultaneously displays different types of data or displays two sets of the same typ... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7043299 | Subcutaneous implantable cardioverter-defibrillator employing a telescoping lead One embodiment of the present invention provides an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator for subcutaneous positioning between the third rib and the twelfth rib within a patient, the implantable cardioverter-defibrillator including a housing including a first elect... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7027876 | Lead system for providing electrical stimulation to the Bundle of His Methods and endocardial screw-in leads for enabling provision of electrical stimulation to the heart, particularly the His Bundle in the intraventricular septal wall. An endocardial screw-in lead having a distal end coupled to a retractable fixation helix wherein a ... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7027868 | Capture management improvements A capture detection algorithm in which atrial capture is detected and distinguished. Further, an immediate measurement of the capture threshold is implemented when a pacemaker switches a lead's polarity from bipolar to unipolar in response to a detected lead failure... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7013177 | Treatment of pain by brain stimulation Systems and methods for introducing one or more stimulating drugs and/or applying electrical stimulation to the brain to alleviate pain use at least one implantable system control unit (SCU), producing electrical pulses delivered via electrodes implanted in the brai... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7010349 | System and method for detecting and displaying parameter interactions A system and method of detecting and displaying parameter interactions. A medical device system has a medical device and a programming interface, wherein the medical device includes a plurality of features which can be programmed via the programming interface. A plu... | 03/07/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6963775 | System and method for verifying capture in a multi-site pacemaker An apparatus and method for verifying capture by a selected pacing electrode in a multi-site pacemaker. A switching circuit switches the input of an evoked response sensing channel to an unselected electrode. A pacing pulse is then output by the selected electrode, ... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6952610 | Current waveforms for anti-tachycardia 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 for providin... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6937901 | Capture verification for cardiac resynchronization pacing optimization A system and method for automatically selecting among a plurality of pacing modes based upon capture detection. Patients suffering from heart failure may be optimally treated with different resynchronization pacing modes or configurations. By detecting whether captu... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6931280 | Apparatus and method for bi-ventricular pacing and sensing in an implantable device An apparatus and method for pacing and sensing the right side as well as the left side of the heart (bi-ventricular pacing and sensing). The bi-ventricular pacing and sensing is accomplished by introducing an additional dedicated pacing and sensing path for the left... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6928325 | Cardiac rhythm management system and method A system and method for cardiac rhythm management, which includes an electrode system having at least one electrode and control circuitry coupled to the electrode system from which a first cardiac signal is sensed. The control circuitry includes a pulse circuit to p... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6731981 | Heart stimulator for administering antithrombus therapy A heart stimulator has a stimulation energy delivering assembly, including at least one lead adapted for implantation in contact with cardiac tissue, and an atrial arrhythmia detector, and a control unit connected to the stimulation energy delivering assembly and to... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6473649 | Rate management during automatic capture verification An implantable cardiac rhythm management device capable of automatically detecting intrinsic and evoked response of a patient's heart and suitable for use during capture verification. The device of the present invention may operate in an automatic capture... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6337996 | Active implantable medical devices with refractory period management An active implantable medical device with a sophisticated management of the refractory periods. Such devices typically include a detection circuit and a stimulation circuit and a circuit which applies a refractory period to the detection circuit, includin... | 01/08/2002 |
