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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6214032 | System for implanting a microstimulator Improved implantable microstimulators are covered with a biocompatible polymeric coating in order to provide increased strength to the capsule and to capture fragments of the microstimulator should it become mechanically disrupted. Such coating also makes... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6185455 | Method of reducing the incidence of medical complications using implantable microstimulators Improved implantable microstimulators are covered with a biocompatible polymeric coating in order to provide increased strength to the capsule and to capture fragments of the microstimulator should it become mechanically disrupted. Such coating also makes... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6181965 | Implantable microstimulator system for prevention of disorders Improved implantable microstimulators are covered with a biocompatible polymeric coating in order to provide increased strength to the capsule and to capture fragments of the microstimulator should it become mechanically disrupted. Such coating also makes... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6175764 | Implantable microstimulator system for producing repeatable patterns of electrical stimulation Improved implantable microstimulators are covered with a biocompatible polymeric coating in order to provide increased strength to the capsule and to capture fragments of the microstimulator should it become mechanically disrupted. Such coating also makes... | 01/16/2001 |
| 6157861 | Self-adjusting cochlear implant system and method for fitting same A self-adjusting implantable cochlear implant system (46) includes an implant portion (50) and an external portion (53). The system provides a device and a way to objectively determine selected psychophysical parameters, such as stimulation threshold, com... | 12/05/2000 |
| 6112124 | Cochlear electrode array employing dielectric members An electrode array (10, 10') for stimulation of the cochlea includes an elongated tapered carrier (15) on which a multiplicity of separately controlled electrode contacts (20) are carried. A set of flexible fins (100, 110, 120) or bumps (120') or other di... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6061596 | Method for conditioning pelvic musculature using an implanted microstimulator A system and method for conditioning pelvic muscle tissue for the purpose of treating urinary incontinence uses one or more tiny implantable stimulators (20)--termed "microstimulators"--implanted in or near certain pelvic structures so as to contact targe... | 05/09/2000 |
| 6051017 | Implantable microstimulator and systems employing the same Improved implantable microstimulators covered with a biocompatible polymeric coating in order to provide increased strength to the capsule thereof and to capture fragments of the microstimulator should it become mechanically disrupted and to make the micr... | 04/18/2000 |
| 6002966 | Multichannel cochlear prosthesis with flexible control of stimulus waveforms A method and system provides a wide range of temporospatial patterns of electrical stimulation waveforms to be readily specified for respective channels of a multichannel cochlear prosthesis. The cochlear prosthesis includes a speech processor system and ... | 12/14/1999 |
| 5957958 | Implantable electrode arrays An implant stimulator device uses tantalum and tantalum pentoxide as a system for the conveyance of electrical stimulation pulses from stimulus-forming circuitry contained within an hermetic enclosure to the saline fluids of body tissue to be stimulated. ... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5749912 | Low-cost, four-channel cochlear implant A low-cost, four-channel cochlear stimulation system utilizes a completely passive, implantable receiver/electrode array that is inductively coupled to an external wearable processor. The receiver/electrode array is formed in a silicone rubber carrier ada... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5551016 | Monitoring system and interface apparatus therefor In monitoring systems for acquiring data about a subject, such as are used, for example, in the medical, scientific and engineering fields, determination of temporal relationships between data acquired from multiple monitoring devices is facilitated by me... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5515848 | Implantable microelectrode A miniature, electrically-insulated multi-conductor electrical cable suitable for implantation in living bodies and readily connected to sensors or electrodes, and implantable microelectrodes attached to such cables. Individual electrical conductors are c... | 05/14/1996 |
| 5430254 | Reverse crimp connector A self crimping connector for securing very fine wires of the order of 0.0015" diameter into an electrical connector is described. A terminal block having an opening at least five times the diameter of the wire is preferably gold plated and the wire is in... | 07/04/1995 |
| 5405367 | Structure and method of manufacture of an implantable microstimulator An implantable microstimulator has a structure which is manufactured to be substantially encapsulated within a hermetically-sealed housing inert to body fluids, and of a size and shape capable of implantation in a living body. The internal structure of th... | 04/11/1995 |
| 5324316 | Implantable microstimulator An addressable, implantable microstimulator is substantially encapsulated within a hermetically-sealed housing inert to body fluids, and of a size and shape capable of implantation in a living body, by expulsion through a hypodermic needle. Power and info... | 06/28/1994 |
| 5193540 | Structure and method of manufacture of an implantable microstimulator An implantable microstimulator has a structure which is manufactured to be substantially encapsulated within a hermetically-sealed housing inert to body fluids, and of a size and shape capable of implantation in a living body, by expulsion through a hypod... | 03/16/1993 |
