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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8175710 | Stimulator system with electrode array and the method of making the same An implantable microstimulator can include a housing with a surface containing a metal region. The housing defines an exterior and an interior. At least one conductive electrode is disposed on the exterior of the housing over the metal region of the housing. Adhesiv... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8165680 | Electronics package suitable form implantation The invention is directed to a method of bonding a hermetically sealed electronics package to an electrode or a flexible circuit and the resulting electronics package that is suitable for implantation in living tissue, such as for a retinal or cortical electrode arr... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8165679 | Implantable medical device with polymer-polymer interfaces and methods of manufacture and use An implantable stimulator that includes a housing, a first plastic component, and a second plastic component, where the first and second plastic components form a polymer-polymer interface. A light absorbing metal layer is disposed over at least a portion of the int... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8150517 | Active implantable medical device with RF telemetry and subcutaneous ECG electrodes An active implantable medical device with RF telemetry comprising subcutaneous ECG electrodes. The case (12) of the device comprises electrodes (20, 22, 24, 26) for collecting subcutaneous ECG signals coming into contact with the patient's tissues surr... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8140163 | Implantable pulse generator and method of use In one embodiment, there is disclosed an implantable pulse generator for electrically stimulating a patient, which comprises: a housing enclosing pulse generating circuitry; a header coupled to the metallic housing, the header including an inner guide having cylindr... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8140162 | Low temperature degradation resistant yttria stabilized zirconia The invention is directed to an apparatus substantially eliminating destructive low-temperature, humidity-enhanced phase transformation of yttria-stabilized zirconia in general, as well as eliminating low-temperature degradation of yttria-stabilized tetragonal zirco... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8131369 | Feedthrough apparatus with noble metal-coated leads Methods and apparatuses are provided for an electrical device that employs a feedthrough including a hermetic seal that seals an interior region of the electrical device. The electrical device includes an electrical contact disposed within the interior region of the... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8126556 | Medical implantable device and method for connecting an antenna to the same In a medical implantable device having a hermetically sealed, radio shielded encapsulations containing an RF circuit therein and having an antenna located outside of the encapsulation, and in a method for connecting the RF circuit to the antenna, at least one hermet... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8112152 | Feedthrough apparatus with noble metal-coated leads Methods and apparatuses are provided for an electrical device that employs a feedthrough including a hermetic seal that seals an interior region of the electrical device. The electrical device includes an electrical contact disposed within the interior region of the... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8086312 | Capacitors for medical devices The invention is directed to designs for capacitors of implantable medical devices (IMDs) such as implantable defibrillators, implantable cardioverter-defibrillators, implantable pacemaker-cardioverter-defibrillators, and the like. The capacitor designs can reduce c... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8086313 | Implantable medical device with anti-infection agent An implantable medical device comprises an anti-infection agent. The implantable medical device may be configured for placement in the head of a patient and for monitoring or treatment of the brain. The implantable medical device may have a housing or it may have a ... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8082037 | Form for retaining battery in implantable medical device A form for retaining a battery in implantable medical device includes outer edge and first and second opposing major surfaces. The first major surface of the form includes a recess, a ridge disposed between the recess and the outer edge, and a trough forming element... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8078279 | Intravascular medical device An implantable medical device is configured so that all of the major components including a housing and attached leads are disposed within the vasculature of a patient. A tether extends from the housing of the device to an implant location where the tether is secure... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8065007 | Method and apparatus for forming a hermetic enclosure seal in an implantable medical device An implantable medical device that includes a housing having a first shield having an outwardly extending first flange and a second shield having an outwardly extending second flange. The first flange is fixedly engaged with the second flange along a seal to form a ... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8065006 | Electrochemical cell for implantable medical devices An electrochemical cell for use in an implantable medical device is presented. The electrochemical cell includes a cover having a first surface and a second surface separated by an outer edge. The electrochemical cell also includes a case having a planar bottom, a s... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8055346 | Implantable pulse generator with a stacked battery and capacitor One example includes a configurable power source system for an implantable device having a predetermined power requirement, the system comprising a housing for a battery and a capacitor, the housing including a distance D between a first internal face and a second i... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8041427 | Battery isolator for implantable medical device An implantable medical device having a case with therapeutic componentry contained with the case. A module has a rail around at least a portion of a perimeter of the module and is adapted to be mechanically secured to the case. The case has a rigid fastening channel... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8032219 | Cardiac pacemaker having a sealed oblong housing Endocardial or intravascular cardiac pacemaker having a sealed housing, in which a battery and a pacemaker controller connected to the battery, as well as at least one stimulation pulse generator, are situated, the housing being oblong and having a length of less th... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8032220 | Method of implanting microdevice with extended lead and remote electrode An implantable microdevice includes at least one electrode detachably connected to electronic circuitry housed in an hermetically-sealed micro housing. The micro housing has a length no more than about 10 mm. In one embodiment, the electrode is located at a distal e... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8027729 | Micro integrated cardiac pacemaker and distributed cardiac pacing system A micro integrated cardiac pacemaker includes a control unit for outputting a control signal according to cardiograph information, heart stimulating means for stimulating heart tissue in response to the control signal, cardiograph information extracting means for ex... | 09/27/2011 |
| 7979126 | Orientation-independent implantable pulse generator An improved structure for an implantable medical device, such as an implantable pulse generator, is disclosed. The improved device includes a charging coil for wirelessly receiving energy via induction from an external charger. The charging coil in the device is loc... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7966070 | Feedthrough apparatus with noble metal-coated leads Methods and apparatuses are provided for an electrical device that employs a feedthrough including a hermetic seal that seals an interior region of the electrical device. The electrical device includes an electrical contact disposed within the interior region of the... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7957806 | Shielded three-terminal flat-through EMI/energy dissipating filter A shielded three-terminal flat-through EMI/energy dissipating filter includes an active electrode plate through which a circuit current passes between a first terminal and a second terminal, a first shield plate on a first side of the active electrode plate, and a s... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7957805 | Implantable microstimulator with external electrodes disposed on a film substrate and methods of manufacture and use An implantable microstimulator includes a housing, an electronic subassembly, conductive vias, and an electrode arrangement. The housing defines an interior and an exterior with the electronic subassembly disposed in the interior of the housing. The conductive vias ... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7949395 | Implantable microdevice with extended lead and remote electrode An implantable microdevice includes at least one electrode detachably connected to electronic circuitry housed in an hermetically-sealed micro housing. The micro housing has a length no more than about 10 mm. In one embodiment, the electrode is located at a distal e... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7949396 | Ultrasonic transducer for a metallic cavity implated medical device An implantable medical device comprising a housing and an ultrasonic transducer having a communication frequency coupled to a portion of the housing. The housing resonates at the communication frequency, and a casing is coupled to the housing and disposed over the u... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7930032 | Electrical feedthrough The present invention relates to an electrical feedthrough for insertion into an opening of an implantable electrical treatment device having an electrically insulating insulation body through which at least one electrically conductive terminal pin passes, which is ... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7917218 | Filtering capacitor feedthrough assembly A filtering capacitor feedthrough assembly for an implantable active medical device is disclosed. The filtering capacitor feedthrough assembly includes a capacitor having an aperture defined by an inner capacitor surface. The capacitor is electrically grounded to an... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7917217 | Wet tantalum reformation method and apparatus A method of reforming a wet-tantalum capacitor is disclosed. The method comprises charging the capacitor to a voltage that is substantially less than one of a maximum and rated voltage for the capacitor. The method also comprises providing an open circuit condition ... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7912548 | Resonant structures for implantable devices An implantable medical device comprising a housing and a limiting structure defining a resonant region in the housing. An acoustic transducer is connected to the limiting structure and extends into the resonant region so that the resonant region mechanically amplifi... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7912549 | Housing for a medical implant Housing for medical implant, such as cardiac pacemaker, defibrillator, cardioverter, etc. Housing including hollow housing and terminal body attached to hollow housing, which has electrical terminal(s), situated in an externally accessible cavity of the terminal bod... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7899537 | Pericardial cardioverter defibrillator An implantable pericardial device provides therapy to a heart of a patient. In one embodiment electronics, electrodes and other components are provided in a unitary assembly. These components may be implemented such that the unitary assembly has a sufficient degree ... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7881796 | Implantable medical device with a nonhermetic battery An implantable medical device (IMD) including a nonhermetic battery is described. The IMD includes components and a power source module that includes the nonhermetic battery. The IMD also includes a barrier to substantially impede movement of substances from the non... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7835793 | Insert molded shroud for implantable plate-type electrodes Apparatus and method for fabricating a shroud member having extra-cardiac sensing electrode. The assembly is used to provide a subcutaneous cardiac activity sensing device via at least a pair of electrodes mechanically coupled to the shroud member. In one embodiment... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7835794 | Electronics package suitable for implantation The invention is directed to a method of bonding a hermetically sealed electronics package to an electrode or a flexible circuit and the resulting electronics package that is suitable for implantation in living tissue, such as for a retinal or cortical electrode arr... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7822476 | Electrode line and terminal part for an implantable heart stimulator A terminal part for an electrode line for connection to an implantable heart stimulator, the terminal part having multiple annular, electrically conductive contacts of equal external diameter having insulation sections of the same external diameter situated between ... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7801613 | Metal injection molded titanium alloy housing for implantable medical devices The housing of an implantable medical device is made of a titanium alloy that provides improved electrical performance, mechanical strength, and reduced MRI heating. The titanium alloy housing includes portions formed by metal injection molding and welded together. ... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7774066 | Drop and slide engagement for implantable medical device An implantable medical device having a case with therapeutic componentry contained with the case. A module has a rail around at least a portion of a perimeter of the module and is adapted to be mechanically secured to the case. The case has a rigid fastening channel... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7769457 | Electromagnetic interference shielding in an implantable medical device EMI shields for use in implantable medical devices that include inner and outer metal layers separated by a dielectric layer. When assembled as medical devices, the outer metal layer of an illustrative EMI shield is placed into electrical contact with a conductive i... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7761165 | Implantable stimulator with integrated plastic housing/metal contacts and manufacture and use An implantable stimulator system includes a plastic housing, an electronic subassembly and at least one metal contact. The plastic housing defines an interior chamber and an exterior. The electronic subassembly is disposed in the interior chamber of the plastic hous... | 07/20/2010 |
