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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7917225 | Systems and methods for selecting stimulation sites and applying treatment, including treatment of symptoms of parkinson's disease, other movement disorders, and/or drug side effects Methods and systems for treating movement disorders are disclosed. A method in accordance with one embodiment can include determining that the movement disorder affects the patient's gait, oral functioning, and/or other functioning, and applying electrical stimulati... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7689287 | Method of aiding smoking cessation Methods which are useful to aid in smoking cessation. The methods generally comprise applying an electrical current to the subject in the vicinity of two or more acupuncture points selected from acupuncture points in or on the arms and hands of the subject. Suitable... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7493171 | Treatment of pathologic craving and aversion syndromes and eating disorders by electrical brain stimulation and/or drug infusion Systems and methods for introducing one or more stimulating drugs and/or applying electrical stimulation to the brain to at least treat or prevent obesity and/or other eating disorders, as well as drug, nicotine and alcohol addiction, uses at least one system contro... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7463928 | Identifying combinations of electrodes for neurostimulation therapy A programmer allows a clinician to identify combinations of electrodes from within an electrode set implanted in a patient that enable delivery of desirable neurostimulation therapy by an implantable medical device. The programmer executes an electrode combination s... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7463929 | Intelligent assisted control of living bodies An apparatus and process for providing assisted control, direction, and other information to a living being through a stimulation-based interface. ... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7440806 | Systems and methods for treatment of diabetes by electrical brain stimulation and/or drug infusion Systems and methods for introducing one or more stimulating drugs and/or applying electrical stimulation to the brain to at least treat or prevent diabetes uses at least one system control unit (SCU) producing electrical pulses delivered via electrodes implanted in ... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7340306 | Treatment of obesity by sub-diaphragmatic nerve stimulation A method and apparatus for treating obese or other patients with compulsive overeating disorder includes unilaterally or bilaterally stimulating one or both of the left and right branches of a patient's vagus nerve directly or indirectly with an electrical pulse sig... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7333857 | Treatment of pain The method disclosed herein entails spinal cord stimulation via electrodes placed directly into the dorsal horn, dorsal column, spinothalamic tract, nucleus cuneatus, nucleus gracilis, spinal tract of V, or spinal nucleus of V (nucleus caudalis) depending on the sou... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7330753 | Analysis of eating habits Diet evaluation gastric apparatus (18) is provided, which detects when a patient (10) swallows, and detects the type and amount of matter ingested. The apparatus includes electrodes (74, 100) adapted to be coupled to the fundus and antrum of the... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7285591 | Polymer-nanotube composites, fibers, and processes Disclosed are processes for preparing nanotube composite materials and fibers that provide exceptional nanotube alignment and dispersion. The disclosed processes include contacting nanotube dispersions with polymer melts. Also disclosed are nanotube composite fibers... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7272428 | Wireless electrocardiograph system and method A method and system for wireless ECG monitoring is provided. An electrode connector, transmitter and receiver operate with existing electrodes and ECG monitors. The electrode connector includes connectors for attaching to disposable or reusable single electrodes. Th... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7266412 | Generation of multiple neurostimulation therapy programs Generation of multiple neurostimulation programs for delivery of neurostimulation therapy to a patient involves generation of a base program and one or more patient condition algorithms. The base program is modified according to specific algorithms associated with t... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7263405 | System and method for providing electrical pulses to the vagus nerve(s) to provide therapy for obesity, eating disorders, neurological and neuropsychiatric disorders with a stimulator, comprising bi-directional communication and network capabilities A system and method for providing pulsed electrical stimulation to one or both vagus nerve(s) of a patient to provide therapy for obesity, eating disorders, neurological and neuropsychiatric disorders. The electrical pulses can be provided either unilaterally or bil... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7251529 | Spinal cord stimulation as treatment for functional bowel disorders The present invention relates to treatment of visceral pain of gastrointestinal origin, functional bowel disorders and irritable bowel syndrome comprising electrical stimulation of the spinal cord using one or more commercially available and implantable spinal cord ... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7239912 | Electric modulation of sympathetic nervous system A method for the treatment of obesity or other disorders, by electrical activation or inhibition of the sympathetic nervous system. This activation or inhibition can be accomplished by electrically stimulating the greater splanchnic nerve or other portion of the sym... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7236822 | Wireless electric modulation of sympathetic nervous system A method for the treatment of obesity or other disorders, by wireless electrical activation or inhibition of the sympathetic nervous system. This activation or inhibition can be accomplished by wirelessly stimulating the greater splanchnic nerve or other portion of ... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7215991 | Wireless medical diagnosis and monitoring equipment A medical diagnosis and monitoring system having at least one sensor for detecting an electrical, physical, chemical, or biological property of a patient such as, but not limited to, EEG- and EKG-signals, respiration, oxygen saturation, temperature, perspiration, et... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7200443 | Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulator for appetite control A method for the treatment of eating and gastrointestinal disorders through transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation of the sympathetic celiac ganglia and nerve pathways innervating the stomach. ... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7191012 | Method and system for providing pulsed electrical stimulation to a craniel nerve of a patient to provide therapy for neurological and neuropsychiatric disorders A method and system for providing electrical pulses for neuromodulating a cranial nerve of a patient utilizing an implantable stimulator. The implantable stimulator comprising a pulse generator module and a stimulus receiver module for coupling with an external stim... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7184839 | Catheter-delivered cardiac lead A lead for delivering electrical signals to and/or receive electrical signals from a human heart that includes a solid inner conductor, and a fixation device having a titanium nitride coated surface and electrically coupled to the inner conductor. A steroid is appli... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7177703 | Method and system for providing pulsed electrical stimulation to sacral plexus of a patient to provide therapy for urinary incontinence and urological disorders A method and system for providing electrical pulses for neuromodulating sacral nerves of a patient utilizing an implantable stimulator. The implantable stimulator comprising a pulse generator module and a stimulus receiver module for coupling with an external stimul... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7155276 | Method and apparatus to modify cranial electrical potentials to remediate psychiatric disorders and to enhance optimal brain functioning A method for modifying cranial electrical potentials utilizes an electrical lead having first and second electrodes. The electrical lead may also include either a resistive component for increasing the resistance of the electrical lead, or a diode for restricting th... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7110818 | Method and system for programming an implantable cardiac device Systems and methods for providing a medical device parameter profile to a programmer that is remote from where the parameter profile was created is described. The system includes a first programmer creating a parameter profile for a specific classification. The clas... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7107102 | Neuromodulation therapy system and method A neuromodulation therapy system includes a programmer and a stimulation system. The stimulation system is capable of storing multiple data sets, each data set effecting an independent therapy. The stimulation system includes a display mechanism that can display cer... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7096792 | Sub-lethal, wireless projectile and accessories The invention is a circuit capable of being positioned in a variety of wireless projectile and of delivering a series of pulsed electric discharges in two wave frequencies so as to stun and disable a target individual. The projectiles are adapted to be discharged fr... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7099895 | System and method for performing object association using a location tracking system The present invention provides a method of recording object associations using a location system. Object locations are determined based on signals generated from object identifiers linked to the objects and forwarded to an electronic device interfaced with a network... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7092760 | Electrical stimulation of tissue for therapeutic and diagnostic purposes Electrobiological stimulation is carried out transcranially by applying high frequency squarewave bursts exhibiting no d.c. term across the cranial region. Such stimulation is commenced employing ramp generators and positive and negative voltage converters which evo... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7089062 | Pulse wave application system The output state of a pulse wave optimum to the user and applied to the head of the user is automatically set while improving the wearability of the electrodes, and different output states of pulse waves can be simultaneously applied to a large number of users. A pu... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7065915 | Electric shock gun An electric shock gun includes a barrel for receiving electrode bullets and a trigger which controls a firing device received in a rear end of the gun. The firing device includes an electric power source and a charging device. Each electrode bullet has two spines on... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7059275 | Surveillance system for animals A system for the surveillance of animals includes identification and measuring elements attached to the animals, as well as at least one local level information system (115), wirelessly connected to the identification and measuring elements of a certain group... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7057872 | Systems and methods for immobilization using selected electrodes Systems and methods for immobilizing a target such as a human or animal with a stimulus signal coupled to the target via numerous electrodes select particular electrodes to use for the stimulus signal. Subsets of electrodes may be tested by applying a test signal an... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7054690 | Gastrointestinal stimulation device A fixation device for holding stimulating electrodes in electrical contact with the wall of a portion of the gastrointestinal tract is provided. In one embodiment, the fixation device includes an expandable member that fixes the electrodes in electrical contact with... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7031954 | Document retrieval system with access control An electonic document retrieval system and method for a collection of information distributed over a network having documents stored in web or document servers in which an access control list relates user identification to documents to which a user has access. No ac... | 04/18/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6993391 | Acute and chronic electrical signal therapy for obesity Apparatus is provided for treating a condition such as obesity. The apparatus includes a set of one or more electrodes, which are adapted to be applied to one or more respective sites in a vicinity of a body of a stomach of a patient. A control unit is adapted to dr... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6970747 | Neurostimulation lead stylet handle An implantable neurological stimulation lead with improved stylet handle comprises a lead body, at least one conductor, at least one electrical contact, at least one electrode, a stylet wire, and a stylet handle. The lead body has a body proximal end, a body distal ... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6959215 | Methods for treating essential tremor A method for treating essential tremor includes directing a patient to perform a muscle action, for example a postural or kinetic muscle action. The method can further include collecting information, with the information corresponding to a level of neural activity i... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6950707 | Systems and methods for treatment of obesity and eating disorders by electrical brain stimulation and/or drug infusion Systems and methods for introducing one or more stimulating drugs and/or applying electrical stimulation to the brain to at least treat or prevent obesity and/or other eating disorders uses at least one system control unit (SCU) producing electrical pulses delivered... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6950709 | Low impedance implantable extension for a neurological electrical stimulator A medical device known as an implantable neurostimulation system is configured for implanting in humans to deliver a therapeutic electrical stimulation to tissue to treat a variety of medical conditions such as pain, movement disorders, pelvic floor disorders, and m... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6922590 | Systems and methods for treatment of diabetes by electrical brain stimulation and/or drug infusion Systems and methods for introducing one or more stimulating drugs and/or applying electrical stimulation to the brain to at least treat or prevent diabetes uses at least one system control unit (SCU) producing electrical pulses delivered via electrodes implanted in ... | 07/26/2005 |
