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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8190268 | Automatic measurement of an evoked neural response concurrent with an indication of a psychophysics reaction A method of fitting to a recipient a cochlear implant including a plurality of stimulation channels. The method comprises applying to at least one stimulation channel of the cochlear implant a first stimulus signal comprising a neural response component and a psycho... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8190264 | Method of treating depression, mood disorders and anxiety disorders using neuromodulation The present application involves a method and a system for using electrical stimulation and/or chemical stimulation to treat depression. More particularly, the method comprises surgically implanting an electrical stimulation lead and/or catheter that is in communica... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8185198 | Method and devices for performing cardiac waveform appraisal Implementations of various technologies described herein are directed toward a sensing architecture for use in cardiac rhythm management devices. The sensing architecture may provide a method and means for certifying detected events by the cardiac rhythm management ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8185207 | Medical device configuration based on sensed brain signals The invention is directed to techniques and systems in which external brain monitoring is used to facilitate implantation and configuration of an implantable medical device. The techniques may create an open loop or closed loop system in which brain signals quantify... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8180448 | Tank filters placed in series with the lead wires or circuits of active medical devices to enhance MRI compatibility A TANK filter is provided for a lead wire of an active medical device (AMD). The TANK filter includes a capacitor in parallel with an inductor. The parallel capacitor and inductor are placed in series with the lead wire of the AMD, wherein values of capacitance and ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8180455 | Optimizing pitch allocation in a cochlear implant Errors in pitch allocation within a cochlear implant are corrected in order to provide a significant and profound improvement in the quality of sound perceived by the cochlear implant user. The disclosure provides a tool for determining the implant fitting curve for... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8180459 | Electrode assembly for a stimulating medical device An implantable electrode assembly for a cochlear implant comprising: an elongate carrier member having an intra-cochlear region, an extra-cochlear region, and an additional region immediately adjacent the extra-cochlear region and extending to a stimulator unit; one... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8175693 | Cardiac resynchronization therapy optimization using electromechanical delay from realtime electrode motion tracking An exemplary method includes providing a mechanical activation time (MA time) for a myocardial location, the location defined at least in part by an electrode and the mechanical activation time determined at least in part by movement of the electrode; providing an e... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8175694 | Heart failure monitor quicklook summary for patient management systems Continuous remote monitoring of patients based on data obtained from an implantable hemodynamic monitor provides an interactive patient management system. Using network systems, patients are remotely monitored to continuously diagnose and treat heart-failure conditi... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8175716 | Multiple telemetry and/or charging coil configurations for an implantable medical device system Embodiments of an improved implantable medical device system for orientation-independent telemetry to and from the device are disclosed. The system includes an external controller which produces an electromagnetic field to induce a current in a coil in the implantab... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8175691 | ECG electrode and electrode support An electrically non-conductive back plate for supporting the back of a patient in a supine position comprises on its front face facing the back of the patient a pair or more of ECG electrodes capable of maintaining electrically conductive skin contact with the patie... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8175717 | Ultracapacitor powered implantable pulse generator with dedicated power supply A stimulator includes an implantable pulse generator comprising circuit elements, a first power source, such as an ultracapacitor, that provides operating power for the circuit elements of the pulse generator. The pulse generator can also have a memory associated th... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8175706 | Overlapping pacing and tachyarrhythmia detection zones An example implantable medical device (IMD), such as an implantable cardioverter defibrillator, may be configured to store a ventricular tachycardia zone, wherein the ventricular tachycardia zone specifies ventricular depolarization rates indicative of ventricular t... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8175700 | Capacitor and inductor elements physically disposed in series whose lumped parameters are electrically connected in parallel to form a bandstop filter One or more inductors and one or more capacitors are physically disposed relative to one another in series and are electrically connected to one another in parallel to form a bandstop filter. Chip inductors and chip capacitors having spaced apart conductive terminal... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8172763 | Imaging and analysis of movement of erythrocytes in blood vessels in relation to the cardiac cycle Apparatus (2) is provided, including a heartbeat measurement device (3), which senses a cardiac parameter of a patient and generates a cardiac parameter signal responsively thereto. An optical measurement device acquires data by emitting towards tissue... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8175701 | System and method for testing neural stimulation threshold Various system embodiments comprise a neural stimulator, a premature ventricular contraction (PVC) event detector, a heart rate detector, an analyzer, and a controller. The neural stimulator is adapted to generate a stimulation signal adapted to stimulate an autonom... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8170687 | Implantable medical device lead incorporating insulated coils formed as inductive bandstop filters to reduce lead heating during MRI To provide radio-frequency (RF) bandstop filtering within an implantable lead, such as a pacemaker lead, one or more segments of the tip and ring conductors of the lead are formed as insulated coils to function as inductive band stop filters. By forming segments of ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8170688 | RF rejecting lead A lead assembly for an implantable medical device includes a lead body having a first portion adapted for coupling to a pulse generator and a second portion adapted for implantation. First and second co-radial conductive coils are electrically isolated from each oth... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8170639 | Case for defibrillator electrode pads and release liner A case for defibrillator electrode pads on a release liner is described which protects the pads prior to use and retains them in either an electrically connected or electrically disconnected configuration. When the case is closed, spring contacts on opposite sides o... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8170665 | Quantum dot labeled stem cells for use in providing pacemaker function The present invention provides methods and compositions relating to the labeling of target cells with nanometer scale fluorescent semiconductors referred to as quantum dots (QDs). Specifically, a delivery system is disclosed based on the use of negatively charged QD... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8170661 | Pacing system controller integrated into indeflator Systems and methods for temporarily pacing a patient's heart are provided. One system includes a vascular treatment system having a vascular access system and a therapy system. The therapy system includes an indeflator and an elongate medical device and the elongate... | 05/01/2012 |
| 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 |
| 8165690 | Compensation current optimization for cochlear implant systems An exemplary cochlear stimulation method includes applying a main current to a first electrode associated with a first pitch and disposed within a cochlea of a patient, concurrently applying a compensation current to a second electrode disposed within the cochlea an... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8165691 | Implantable medical device with selectively configurable exposure operating mode programming options An IMD is selectively configurable to support a plurality of programming options for enabling and disabling an exposure operating mode of the device. In one example, the IMD may support at least two of a manual exposure mode programming option in which the exposure ... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8160702 | Method for digital cardiac rhythm management A cardiac rhythm management apparatus includes a proximal housing, a distal housing and a lead. The proximal housing includes a first energy storage device. The distal module is implantable within a patient's heart, and includes a second energy storage device, at le... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8160713 | Electrode array for even neural pressure The present invention is an electrode array for neural stimulation. In particular it is an electrode array for use with a visual prosthesis with the electrode array suitable to be positioned on the retina. The array includes multiple attachment points to provide for... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8160701 | Systems and methods for delivering vagal nerve stimulation According to various method embodiments, a person is indicated for a therapy to treat a cardiovascular disease, and the therapy is delivered to the person to treat the cardiovascular disease. Delivering the therapy includes delivering a vagal stimulation therapy (VS... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8160720 | Refillable reservoir lead systems Medical electrical lead systems and related methods are described. The medical electrical lead systems may be configured to be at least partially implanted in a body of a subject. Some variations of the medical electrical lead systems may comprise a lead body compri... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8160721 | Implantable lead with flexible tip features A medical electrical lead comprises a flexible, elongate lead body extending along a longitudinal axis and having a proximal end and a distal end. A protective distal tip structure is disposed on the distal end of the lead body. The tip structure includes a pluralit... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8155739 | Cardiac resynchronization therapy optimization using mechanical dyssynchrony and shortening parameters from realtime electrode motion tracking Therapy optimization includes tracking electrode motion using an electroanatomic mapping system and generating, based on tracked electrode motion, one or more mechanical dyssynchrony metrics to thereby guide a clinician in therapy optimization (e.g., via optimal ele... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8155750 | System and method for avoiding, reversing, and managing neurological accommodation to electrical stimulation A method and programmer for programming a neurostimulation device are provided. The method comprises varying a first stimulation parameter under user control, automatically varying a second stimulation parameter, generating a plurality of stimulation parameter sets ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8155752 | Implantable medical device with single coil for charging and communicating A combination charging and telemetry circuit for use within an implantable device, such as a microstimulator, uses a single coil for both charging and telemetry. In accordance with one aspect of the invention, one or more capacitors are used to tune the single coil ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 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 |
| 8155759 | Pacemaker lead and method of making same An improved pacemaker lead including a lead body supporting at least one flexible conductor element that provides an electrical signal path between a proximal connector element and a distal electrode. The lead body includes an insulating structure that protects the ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8150537 | Transcranial electrical stimulation device A transcranial electrical stimulation device 1 having a wearing equipment 2 detachably worn onto a patient's head and at least a pair of electrodes 4 attached to the wearing equipment 2, the device for electrically stimulating a motor are... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8150516 | Systems and methods for operating an implantable device for medical procedures When a medical procedure is performed on a patient in whom an implantable medical device is implanted, the medical procedure may have undesired effects on the medical device, such as triggering a response that initiates therapy by the device that is unnecessary and ... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8150528 | Double branch cochlear implant electrode A stimulation electrode is described for a hearing impaired patient. An intra-fluid electrode branch is immersed in cochlear fluid within an interior volume of a patient cochlea and has electrode contacts for delivering a cochlear stimulation signal to adjacent neur... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8150534 | Electrode array for even neural pressure An electrode array attached to neural tissue, such as the retina, necessarily has graded pressure exerted on the tissue, with higher pressure near the attachment point. Greater pressure improves contact between the electrodes and neural tissue while too much pressur... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8150515 | Fuseable cathode plate for electrolytic capacitor An electrolytic capacitor is constructed in a manner to provide a fusing capability and welded connections between the cathode plates. Each cathode plates has a notch at its periphery within which is an extending leg over which a weldable metallic clip is fitted in ... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8145302 | Method and system to estimate defibrillation thresholds A method and system are provided to determine a defibrillation threshold (DFT). The method and system determine local conduction (LC) information for at least one LV region of the heart, and designate a ULV pacing electrode, where the ULV pacing electrode is located... | 03/27/2012 |
