Surgery: light, thermal, and electrical application inventions 04/06

20060089673 - Germicidal method for treating or preventing sinusitis: The method of treatment for a nasal or sinus tissue exhibiting a sinusitis or rhinosinusitis disease or condition in a diagnosed patient is disclosed. The method has the steps of activating an acoustic shock wave generator or source to emit acoustic shock waves; and subjecting the nasal or sinus tissue,...

20060089674 - Method of treating biological materials with translating electrical fields and electrode polarity reversal: A method and apparatus are provided for treating biological cellular material with a treating agent using pulsed electrical fields provided by a waveform generator (12). The treatment method includes obtaining an electrode assembly which includes three or more parallel rows of individual electrodes (19). The electrode assembly is applied to...

20060089675 - Method and apparatus for delaying a ventricular tachycardia therapy: A device and method to detect slow ventricular tachycardia, deliver anti-tachycardia pacing therapies, and delay a scheduled shock therapy if the ventricular tachycardia is not terminated or accelerated. Preferably, a shock therapy is delayed after verifying hemodynamic stability based on a hemodynamic sensor. After a shock is delayed, the device...

20060089676 - Cardiac pacemaker with loss of atrial capture mode switching and method: An apparatus and method for treatment of pacemaker mediated tachycardia. A pacemaker detects serially recurring pacemaker mediated tachycardia and alters the mode of stimulation to a non-atrial pacing mode. The pacemaker also alters the mode of stimulation to a non-atrial pacing mode whenever atrial loss of capture is indicated, for...

20060089677 - Self limited rate response: Rate responsive pacing is limited in an atrial based pacing mode by the AV interval in order to avoid or minimize ventricular encroachment of atrial pacing. The AV or VA interval is used to permit rate responsiveness; modulate rate responsiveness or to determine a dynamic upper sensor rate....

20060089678 - Technique for blood pressure regulation: An implantable device (20) uses the carotid baroreflex in order to control systemic blood pressure. The implant includes sampling and pulse stimulation electrodes (44) preferably located on the carotid sinus nerve branch of the glossopharyngeal nerve, adjacent and distal to the carotid sinus baroreceptors. The stimulators have an external control...

20060089679 - Method and apparatus for determining changes in heart failure status: A method for operating a cardiac rhythm management device in which a clinical state vector is computed as a combination of a plurality of parameters related to a patient's heart failure status and compared to a previously computed clinical state vector to determine a clinical trajectory indicative of changes in...

20060089680 - Welded connector attachment: Methods and apparatus are provided for an implantable medical device that has a connector module that is welded to a housing. The apparatus comprises an implantable medical device that includes a housing and a connector module. The connector module includes an embedded fastener bracket with one or more weld tabs...

20060089681 - Implantable medical device: An implantable medical device includes a housing and an elongate pocket formed within the housing. A locking member is positioned within the elongate pocket. A first aperture extends through the locking member in coaxial alignment with the elongate pocket, while a second aperture extends through the locking member in a...

20060089682 - Radio frequency antenna flexible circuit interconnect with unique micro connectors: An RF antenna flexible circuit interconnect is disclosed with unique micro connectors. The RF antenna flexible circuit interconnect further includes a planer flexible body having an embedded RF transmission line with a first end and a second end. A first antenna micro connector is electrically coupled to the first end...

20060089683 - Transcutaneous nerve and muscle stimulator and method of using the same: A transcutaneous electrical stimulator system includes a small, lightweight, portable, external, programmable transcutaneous electrical stimulator that provides multiple electrical stimulation therapies to a patient through the patient's skin. The stimulator includes persistent, modifiable memory programmable by a practitioner for prescribing multiple electrical stimulation therapies for the patient. A programming pod...

20060089684 - Method and apparatus for providing safe long-range telemetry with implantable medical devices: An implantable medical device (IMD) communication system and associated method for controlling the telemetry link status between an IMD and associated programmer during a telemetry session are provided. The system includes control circuitry for detecting conditions during predetermined time intervals for determining if a telemetry session is active or inactive....

20060089685 - Chemiluminescent phototherapy device: A portable, disposable, and self-contained medical device for the production and delivery of therapeutic light to the blood transmitted through the non-ocular skin surface. The light is generated by a chemiluminescent dye configured to radiate light in the specific wavelength required by a particular phototherapy treatment. The wavelength of light...

20060089686 - Chemiluminescent phototherapy device: A portable, disposable, and self-contained medical device for the production and delivery of therapeutic light to the blood transmitted through the non-ocular skin surface. The light is generated by a chemiluminescent dye configured to radiate light in the specific wavelength required by a particular phototherapy treatment. The wavelength of light...

20060089687 - System for controlled spatially-selective epidermal pigmentation phototherapy with uva leds: The invention comprises a system and method for treating an exposed tissue of a patient with a light energy. A plurality of light emitting devices is optically coupled with a patient's tissue, to apply light treatments to the tissue. A driver circuit and a controller operate to drive the light...

20060089688 - Method and apparatus to reduce wrinkles through application of radio frequency energy to nerves: An apparatus and method for reducing wrinkles in the skin tissue of a patient. The method includes detecting a nerve. The nerve can be detected by inserting an electrode into the skin tissue, delivering a current and then observing any stimulation of muscle tissue. The process of inserting the electrode,...

20060089689 - Method and device for local cooling within an organ using an intravascular device: A method is disclosed for cooling a limited portion of a body organ by placing a cooling device into a blood vessel within a target organ; and activating the cooling device to cool tissue proximate the cooling device to a temperature below +34 degrees Centigrade. The blood vessel can be...

20060089690 - Fixation of a medical implant to the exterior of a body organ: In general, invention is directed to devices and methods for use in laparoscopic surgical procedures in which a medical implant is affixed to or implanted within an exterior surface of a body organ. A system, for example, is described that includes a laparoscopic cannula and a delivery instrument disposed within...

20060089691 - Implantable medical lead with axially oriented coiled wire conductors: An implantable lead has a lead body construction designed to accommodate loading forces exerted on the lead body during patient movement. The lead body may be sufficiently stretchable to resist forces that could otherwise cause lead failure, axial migration of the electrodes, anchor damage, or tissue damage. Increasing stretchability of...

20060089692 - Implantable medical lead with stylet guide tube: An implantable lead has a lead body construction designed to accommodate loading forces exerted on the lead body during patient movement. The lead body may be sufficiently stretchable to resist forces that could otherwise cause lead failure, axial migration of the electrodes, anchor damage, or tissue damage. Increasing stretchability of...

20060089693 - Delivery system and method using pulmonary artery for placement of rv leads: A delivery system and method for delivering a right ventricular lead into a right ventricle includes a delivery device having an inflatable balloon at a distal end. The device is inserted into the venous system, the balloon is inflated and the device is floated along a blood flow path within...

20060089694 - Delivery system and method for pulmonary artery leads: A delivery system and method for delivering a pulmonary artery lead into a pulmonary artery includes a delivery device having an inflatable balloon at a distal end. The device is inserted into the venous system, the balloon is inflated and the device is floated along a blood flow path within...

20060089697 - Implantable medical lead: An implantable lead has a lead body construction designed to accommodate loading forces exerted on the lead body during patient movement. The lead body described herein is sufficiently stretchable to resist forces that could otherwise cause lead failure, axial migration of the electrodes, anchor damage, or tissue damage. The lead...

20060089695 - Implantable medical lead with helical reinforcement: An implantable lead has a lead body construction designed to accommodate loading forces exerted on the lead body during patient movement. The lead body may be sufficiently stretchable to resist forces that could otherwise cause lead failure, axial migration of the electrodes, anchor damage, or tissue damage. Increasing stretchability of...

20060089696 - Implantable medical lead with reinforced outer jacket: An implantable lead has a lead body construction designed to accommodate loading forces exerted on the lead body during patient movement. The lead body may be sufficiently stretchable to resist forces that could otherwise cause lead failure, axial migration of the electrodes, anchor damage, or tissue damage. Increasing stretchability of...

20060089698 - Lead with terminal connector assembly: A lead includes a lead body extending from a distal end to a proximal end, and at least one conductor disposed within the lead body and extending from the distal end to the proximal end of the lead body. The lead further includes an outer terminal ring, a terminal pin,...

20060089699 - Abdominally implanted stimulator and method: An retaining device for attaching to a contractile organ such as a digestive tract organ or stomach is provided. One aspect may include a lead for stimulating a digestive organ. The device may be an electrical stimulation device configured to deliver electrical signals to the organ. The device may be...

20060089700 - Electrode array for a cochlear implant having one or more adjustable electrodes: An electrode array for a tissue-stimulating prosthesis, such as a cochlear implant. The electrode array is comprised of a plurality of electrodes (41), wherein at least one electrode of the array is comprised of at least two electrically connected portions (41a,41b) that are adjustable in orientation relative to each other....

20060085037 - Electro-alysis: An electrical shock process is applied to a person for the deactivation of biological contaminates within the tissue and blood of the person. A shock array of electrodes is placed on the person and a series of shocks is applied to the desired site. The shocks penetrate the tissue and...

20060085038 - Method and apparatus for adjusting cardiac event detection threshold based on dynamic noise estimation: An implantable cardiac rhythm management (CRM) device includes a sensing and detection circuit that senses at least one cardiac signal and detects cardiac electrical events from the sensed cardiac signal using a detection threshold that is adjusted based on a dynamic noise estimation. The sensed cardiac signal is filtered to...

20060085039 - Leadless cardiac stimulation systems: Various configurations of systems that employ leadless electrodes to provide pacing therapy are provided. In one example, a system that provides multiple sites for pacing of myocardium of a heart includes wireless pacing electrodes that are implantable at sites proximate the myocardium using a percutaneous, transluminal, catheter delivery system. Each...

20060085040 - Remote scheduling for management of an implantable medical device: A method and system for remotely programming a medical device that includes generating a remote monitoring schedule; establishing a communication link between a centralized programming instrument and an external medical device; and transferring the remote monitoring schedule to the external medical device via the communication link. The remote monitoring schedule...

20060085041 - Leadless cardiac stimulation systems: Various configurations of systems that employ leadless electrodes to provide pacing therapy are provided. In one example, a system that provides multiple sites for pacing of myocardium of a heart includes wireless pacing electrode assemblies that are implantable at sites proximate the myocardium using a percutaneous, transluminal, catheter delivery system....

20060085042 - Leadless cardiac stimulation systems: Various configurations of systems that employ leadless electrodes to provide pacing therapy are provided. In one example, a system that provides multiple sites for pacing of myocardium of a heart includes wireless pacing electrode assemblies that are implantable at sites proximate the myocardium using a percutaneous, transluminal, catheter delivery system....

20060085043 - Apparatus and process for reducing the susceptibility of active implantable medical devices to medical procedures such as magentic resonance imaging: A feedthrough terminal assembly for an active implantable medical device (AIMD) includes magnetic shielding elements to block incident magnetic fields during medical procedures such as Magnetic Resonance Imaging. The assembly includes conductive or ground plate(s) embedded in an insulator surrounding elements of the assembly, a plurality of lead wires extending...

20060085044 - Electromedical implant: An electromedical implant is disclosed comprising a housing which is hermetically sealed off to the outside; a power supply unit comprising a first shell with a first electrically conductive main surface and a first side wall, and a second shell comprising a second main surface and a second side wall...

20060085045 - Blood glucose level control: A method of glucose level control, comprising providing at least one electrode adapted to apply an electric field to a pancreas; and applying an electric field to the pancreas using said at least one electrode such that blood glucose levels are significantly reduced and blood insulin levels are not significantly...

20060085046 - Methods of treating medical conditions by transvascular neuromodulation of the autonomic nervous system: The present invention is directed to a method for treating a gastrointestinal condition by transvascular neuromodulation of a target site of the autonomic nervous system and preferably a target site in communication with a sympathetic nerve chain. A method for treating a gastrointestinal condition via transvascular neuromodulation incorporating a closed-loop...

20060085049 - Active electrode, bio-impedance based, tissue discrimination system and methods of use: Systems and methods for discriminating and locating tissues within a body involve applying a waveform signal to tissue between two electrodes and measuring the electrical characteristics of the signal transmitted through the tissue. At least one of the electrodes is constrained in area so that localized electrical characteristics of the...

20060085048 - Algorithms for an active electrode, bioimpedance-based tissue discrimination system: A method and system for discriminating tissues in a subject, particularly for identifying nerve tissue, includes a processor, a waveform generator, a waveform electrode and a return electrode and an electrical property measuring device such as a volt meter. The electrodes are applied to the skin of the subject and...

20060085047 - Neuromuscular electrical stimulation of the foot muscles for prevention of deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism with motion detection control: The invention describes a method to automatically controlling, single channel Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation (NMES) of the plantar muscle, in response to the sensing of motion of the foot or leg: to reduce accommodation of the stimulated plantar muscle and attendant reduction of contractions, which when undiminished increase blood flow for...

20060085050 - Method of aiding smoking cessation: The present invention provides methods which are useful to aid in smoking cessation. The methods of the invention 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....

20060085051 - Electrical implants: An external module is mounted to a person and transmits energy in the light spectrum through the skin to an internal module which converts it to d.c. current with a film photocell. The d.c. current can be used to charge batteries for powering an implant without a break in the...

20060085052 - Method and means for exerting a phototoxic effect of visible light on microorganisms: The present invention discloses a selective and a non-selective method and means of treating microbial diseases in local infections. The novel method comprising the step of emitting a beam of a blue light towards the tissue to be treated, wherein the beam is having a wavelength from 400 to 550...

20060085053 - Phototherapy methods and systems: The invention features methods and systems for treating inflammatory, proliferative skin disorders such as psoriasis, with ultraviolet phototherapy. The methods and systems use optical techniques to scan a patient's skin, designate areas of affected skin, and selectively deliver high doses of phototherapeutic ultraviolet radiation to the designated areas. To insure...

20060085054 - Methods and apparatus for treatment of hollow anatomical structures: One embodiment comprises an apparatus for applying energy to a hollow anatomical structure having an inner wall. The apparatus comprises an elongate shaft having a distal end and a proximal end opposite the distal end; and a capacitive treatment element located near the distal end. The capacitive treatment element is...

20060085055 - Cochlear electrode with precurved and straight sections: An implantable electrode array for insertion into an implantee's body. The array comprises an elongate carrier having a proximal end and a distal end. A plurality of electrodes are supported by the carrier at respective longitudinally spaced locations thereon between the proximal end and the distal end. The carrier is...

20060085056 - Method and means for electrical stimulation of cutaneous sensory receptors: Electrode plate comprising a stiff or flexible electrically non-conductive plate element having a front face and a rear face and a pattern of needle-like (NL) electrodes for electrical stimulation of cutaneous thin Aδ/C fibers and conductive plate (CP) electrodes for electrical stimulation cutaneous large Aβ fibers disposed on the front...

20060079936 - Method and system for altering regional cerebral blood flow (rcbf) by providing complex and/or rectangular electrical pulses to vagus nerve(s), to provide therapy for depression and other medical disorders: A method and system for altering regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) by providing complex and/or rectangular electrical pulses to vagus nerve(s), to provide therapy for depression and other central nervous system (CNS) disorders. Complex electrical pulses comprises pulses which are configured to be one of non-rectangular, multi-level, biphasic, or pulses...

20060079937 - Technique for adjusting the locus of excitation of electrically excitable tissue: The locus of electrically excitable tissue where action potentials are induced can be controlled using the physiological principle of electrotonus. In one embodiment, first and second pulses are applied to first and second electrodes, respectively, to generate first and second subthreshold potential areas, respectively, within the tissue. The locus within...

20060079939 - Delay to therapy following patient controlled atrial shock therapy request: An implantable cardiac device detects a patient therapy request originating from external to the implantable device. A shock therapy delay period is timed in response to the detection of the patient therapy request. Atrial shock therapy is provided to the patient after expiration of the shock therapy delay period (if...

20060079938 - Indicating the status of an energy storage device of a medical device: The disclosure describes a medical device that provides an indication of the status of an energy storage device from which it receives power. For example, the medical device may provide an estimate of the number of therapy delivery events available from the medical device based on an estimate of the...

20060079940 - Active implantable medical device which includes a mode of resynchronization of the ventricular contractions for the treatment of the cardiac insufficiency: An active implantable medical device including a generator connected to a right ventricular electrode and a left ventricular electrode. The generator includes two output terminals connected to the ventricular electrodes, to deliver joint stimulation impulses with an adjustable inter-ventricular delay. The generator is a generator of the double chamber pacemaker...

20060079941 - Methods and implantable devices for treating supraventricular arrhythmias: A medication, method and device for cardiac treatment are provided, in particular, for treating supraventricular arrhythmias. Specifically, a method is provided for treating supraventricular arrhythmias, using a therapeutically effective amount of a cholinergic receptor agonist, for example, acetylcholine. This device maybe part of universal device which provides pacing and defibrillation....

20060079942 - Software configurable medical device platform and associated methods: The invention relates to medical devices such as pacemakers, pulse generators, cardioverter-defibrillators and the like and more particularly relates to modular and reconfigurable medical system platforms and methods of designing, testing, controlling and implementing diverse therapies, diagnostics, physiologic sensors and related instrumentation using said medical system platforms. Methods, systems and...

20060079943 - Devices and methods for gynecologic hormone modulation in mammals: Methods and devices are described for electrically stimulating nerves and organs to induce and modulate the production of hormones according to desired hormone production patterns and hormone level patterns to treat gynecological conditions. Such methods and devices may be used to treat or alleviate the symptoms of menopause. In addition,...

20060079944 - Device and method for treating obesity: A device and method are provided for treating obesity by implanting an electrode in the duodenum and stimulating the duodenum with a stimulator, causing the pylorus to contract....

20060079945 - System and method for sustained baroreflex stimulation: Various aspects of the present subject matter provide an implantable medical device. In various embodiments, the device comprises a baroreflex stimulator and a controller. The baroreflex stimulator is adapted to generate a stimulation signal to stimulate a baroreflex. The controller is adapted to communicate with the baroreflex stimulator and implement...

20060079946 - Method and device for electro-acupuncture: The present invention provides a principally novel method and a device for percutaneous electrical nerve stimulation and electro-acupuncture. It consists of inserting the needles/electrodes into the prescribed acupuncture/trigger points at slant angles so that the external parts of the needles/electrodes can be secured against the skin of the patient. Although...

20060079947 - Methods and apparatus for modulation of the immune response using light-based fractional treatment: The invention describes a method and apparatus for the modulation of an immune response for the removal of a foreign body in skin or a visceral organ. A fractional phototherapy device is used to produce an acute stimulus for the immune response. The immune response may be enhanced by applying...

20060079948 - Hand-held ultraviolet germicidal system: A hand-held ultraviolet germicidal system, pen light sized. Includes an ultraviolet lamp that is enclosed in a quartz cover operated by ballast circuitry, which is powered by batteries that incorporates a timing circuit and a safety circuit. The circuitry that is powered by batteries operates a ballast which powers a...

20060079949 - Lead stabilizer and extension wire: A lead stabilization and extension wire that enables the withdrawal of a guide catheter over an electrical medical lead body without dislodging an electrode or sensor from an implantation site or detaching the fixation mechanism and methods of use and a kit are disclosed. The lead stabilizer and retraction wire...

20060079950 - Cochlear endosteal electrode carrier member: An elongate electrode carrier member for implantation in a location external to the cochlear canals to position at least one, and likely many, electrodes sufficiently proximate to the organ of Corti to effectively deliver stimulation signals to the auditory nerve fibers of the cochlear. Generally, the carrier member is dimensioned...

20060074449 - Intravascular stimulation system with wireless power supply: An apparatus for stimulating tissue of a medical patient includes a power transmitter which periodically transmits a pulse of a radio frequency signal to a intravascular stimulator that is implanted in a vein or artery. The intravascular stimulator employs energy from the radio frequency signal to charge a storage device...

20060074450 - System for providing electrical pulses to nerve and/or muscle using an implanted stimulator: Implantable stimulation systems and method for nerve and/or muscle stimulation applications comprises two functional modules which are, i) a programmable pulse generator module, and ii) a stimulus-receiver module. The stimulus-receiver module is designed to provide stimulation/blocking pulses with an external stimulator. An external device acts as a programmer and as...

20060074451 - Method and system for the prediction of cardiac arrhythmias, myocardial ischemia, and other diseased condition of the heart associated with elevated sympathetic neural discharges: Methods and systems are provided for determining an increased likelihood of the occurrence of a cardiac arrhythmia, myocardial ischemia, congestive heart failure and other diseased conditions of the heart associated with elevated sympathetic neural discharges in a patient. The methods and systems comprise monitoring the sympathetic neural discharges of a...

20060074452 - Ecg/pacing electrodes: A medical electrode assembly comprising a first electrically conductive element configured to be in electrical contact with the patient and to deliver a therapy pulse, a second electrically conductive element configured to be in electrical contact with the patient and to deliver a depolarizing current, and an electrically conductive material...

20060074453 - Baroreflex activation and cardiac resychronization for heart failure treatment: A method for treating heart failure in a patient involves activating a baroreflex system of the patient with at least one baroreflex activation device and resynchronizing the patient's heart with a cardiac resynchronization device. Activating the baroreflex system and resynchronizing the heart may be performed simultaneously or sequentially, in various...

20060074454 - Methods and systems for selection of cardiac pacing electrode configurations: Methods and systems involve selecting lead configurations in a pulse generator capture verification system. Capture threshold data is collected from at least one alternative electrode configuration. The capture threshold data from the at least one alternative electrode configuration is compared with capture threshold data collected using a primary electrode configuration....

20060074455 - Implantable medical device: An implantable medical device is operable in a normal mode of operation, including a test mode, as well as in at least one other mode of operation outside of the normal mode. The device has a signal detector that is responsive to an external activation and a timer that can...

20060074459 - 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...

20060074458 - Digestive organ retention device: An retaining device for attaching to a contractile organ such as a digestive tract organ or stomach is provided. One aspect may include a lead for stimulating a digestive organ. The device may be an electrical stimulation device configured to deliver electrical signals to the organ....

20060074456 - Method of using spinal cord stimulation to treat gastrointestinal and/or eating disorders or conditions: The present invention involves a method and a system for using electrical stimulation to treat gastrointestinal and/or eating disorders. More particularly, the method comprises surgically implanting an electrical stimulation lead that is in communication with predetermined thoracic vertebral segments to cause spinal nervous tissue stimulation, thus treating a wide variety...

20060074457 - Pseudounipolar lead for stimulating a digestive organ: A pseudounipolar stimulator lead for anchoring to a digestive organ is provided....

20060074460 - High density polymer-based integrated electrode array: A high density polymer-based integrated electrode apparatus that comprises a central electrode body and a multiplicity of arms extending from the electrode body. The central electrode body and the multiplicity of arms are comprised of a silicone material with metal features in said silicone material that comprise electronic circuits....

20060074461 - Visual restoration aiding device: A visual restoration aiding device for restoring vision of a patient, comprises: a substrate which will be placed on or under a retina, a choroid or a sclera of a patient's eye; a plurality of electrodes arranged on the substrate for applying electrical stimulation pulse signals to cells constituting the...

20060074463 - Adaptive software configuration for a medical device: This document describes, among other things, a method of operating a medical device comprising updating a regulatory approval status stored in at least one of the medical device or a second device operable to communicate with the medical device, and enabling or disabling the at least one function in the...

20060074465 - Command sequencing and interlocks for a remotely programmable implantable device: A care provider is able to remotely program a pacemaker, drug pump, neurostimulation device or other an implantable medical device (IMD) by operating a browser application communicating with a server. Following successful authentication to the server, the care provider's browser receives information about one or more operating parameters of the...

20060074462 - In-home remote monitor with smart repeater, memory and emergency event management: A remote patient monitoring system is provided including an implantable medical device (IMD) capable of collecting and storing medical data and multiple, networked external monitoring devices adapted for wireless communication with the IMD. The networked monitoring devices may be configured such that one device is the master and remaining devices...

20060074464 - System and method for creating a customizable report of data from an implantable medical device: Data is retrieved from an implantable medical device (IMD) for presentation by interrogating the IMD to access the data. Medical report parameters are established by user selection, and a medical report is assembled that includes only the accessed data that corresponds to the selected medical report parameters....

20060074466 - Compositions having improved osteogenesis and methods for making and using same: An implantable bone-containing composition and a method for making same are disclosed. The compositions includes sterilized bone, which has been exposed to a dose of radiation in excess of about 45 kGy in the absence of radio-protective agents. The sterilized bone has higher osteogenic capacity than bone sterilized at the...

20060074467 - Method and apparatus for sublingual application of light to blood: Light having one or more therapeutic wavelengths is applied to a patient's blood while that blood remains in the body. The UV light is applied sublingually. A shell having a cold cathode fluorescent bulb is inserted under a patient's tongue to irradiate the mucus membrane and provide the UV light...

20060074468 - Device and method for treating skin disorders with thermal energy: A device and a method for thermal treatments of target material with various thermal interactions are disclosed. A preferred treatment includes Thermal Heat Shuttle that transports a predetermined known quota of energy to the target surface. In particular, the launching of thermal energy quanta from various energy sources in lumps...

20060074469 - Method and apparatus for reducing body temperature of a subject: A cooling system includes a console and a tissue cooling device such as a head-cooling device. An operator applies the head-cooling device to the head of a patient at risk for ischemic injury. The console provides a cooling fluid to a fluid circulation space located between the cooling device and...

20060074470 - Electrode lead: Implantable electrode lead for stimulation in or on the heart, comprising a body having an insulating and sealing outer surface, at least one electrical connection between an outwardly electrically active region having a connecting unit for the electrical connection to a cardiac pacemaker, cardioverter/defibrillator or other suitable electrically active implantable...

20060074471 - Electrode lead: An intracardial electrode lead comprises a distal end, a proximal end and an elongate electrode lead body which includes a helical coil having a lumen and a sheath enclosing the helical coil. The distal end of the electrode lead carries a an electrode. The electrode is electrically connected to a...

20060074472 - Stimulation electrode lead: A stimulation electrode lead for connecting to an electrotherapy device such as a pacemaker, a defibrillator or the like, is disclosed. The stimulation electrode lead is configured for intraluminal placement within a blood vessel or within the heart of a patient, and comprising a proximal and a distal end, an...

20060074473 - Methods and devices for combined gastric restriction and electrical stimulation: Disclosed are methods and apparatus for implantation into the walls of an organ such as the stomach. Deformable or inflatable anchors with a connector between are used to pull the walls of the organ together, or to implant devices in the wall of the organ. Also disclosed are surgical instruments...