Surgery: light, thermal, and electrical application inventions 09/08

20080234767 - Adjustment mechanism for electrical medical appliances, and methods of use: Electrical medical equipment that includes a user operable primary adjustment mechanism containing two or fewer user-adjustable elements, and a controller adapted to control and alter at least one output parameter of the equipment, the controller connected and responding to input from said primary adjustment mechanism to alter said output parameter,... Agent: Trexler, Bushnell, Giangiorgi, Blackstone & Marr, Ltd.

20080234769 - Subcutaneous cardiac stimulation device providing anti-tachycardia pacing therapy and method: An implantable subcutaneous cardiac device includes at least two subcutaneous electrodes adapted for placement external to a heart beneath the skin of a patient. The device further includes an arrhythmia detector that detects a sustained tachyarrhythmia of the heart and a pulse generator that delivers anti-tachycardia pacing pulses to the... Agent: Pacesetter, Inc.

20080234768 - Systems for monitoring and applying electrical currents in an organ perfusion system: Electrode systems have been developed for use in perfusion systems to measure the electrical activity of an explanted heart and to provide defibrillation energy as necessary. The perfusion systems maintain the heart in a beating state at, or near, normal physiological conditions; circulating oxygenated, nutrient enriched perfusion fluid to the... Agent: Wilmerhale/dc

20080234770 - Cardiac rhythm template generation system and method: A method and system provides for generating a snapshot representative of one beat of a patient's normal cardiac rhythm. Cardiac rate channel signals and shock channel signals are sensed. A fiducial point is determined for a predefined number of the cardiac rate channel signals. A predefined number of the shock... Agent: Hollingsworth & Funk, LLC Suite 125

20080234771 - Mechanical ventricular pacing capture detection for a post extrasystolic potentiation (pesp) pacing therapy using at least one lead-based accelerometer: A system and method for monitoring at least one chamber of a heart (e.g., a left ventricular chamber) during delivery of extrasystolic stimulation to determine if the desired extra-systole (i.e., ventricular mechanical capture following refractory period expiration) occurs. The system includes an implantable or external cardiac stimulation device in association... Agent: Medtronic, Inc.

20080234772 - Method and device for myocardial stress redistribution: Methods and devices are described for delivering electrical stimulation to the heart in a manner that advantageously redistributes myocardial stress during systole for therapeutic purposes in the treatment of, for example, post-MI and HF patients. Pre-excitation pacing may be applied to deliberately de-stress a particular myocardial region that may be... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20080234773 - Closed-loop resynchronization therapy for mechanical dyssynchrony: An apparatus comprises a first impedance sensing circuit, a second sensing circuit, and an impedance-based cardiac dyssynchrony detector. The impedance sensing circuit senses an intracardiac local impedance signal that is indicative of a cardiac local wall motion of a first cardiac region from an implantable first bipolar pair of impedance... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20080234774 - Closed-loop control of cardioprotective pre-excitation pacing: Cardioprotective pre-excitation pacing may be applied to stress or de-stress a particular myocardial region delivering of pacing pulses in a manner that causes a dyssynchronous contraction. Such dyssynchronous contractions are responsible for the desired cardioprotective effects of pre-excitation pacing but may also be hazardous. Described herein is a method and... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20080234776 - Demand-based cardiac function therapy: A method and device for delivering cardiac function therapy on a demand basis. An implantable device for delivering cardiac function therapy is programmed to suspend such therapy at periodic intervals or upon command from an external programmer. Measurements related to hemodynamic performance are then taken using one or more sensing... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20080234775 - Implantable heart stimulator for enabling normal atrio-ventricular stimulation sequence in the presence of av-nodal interference: A heart stimulator for enhancing cardiac performance of a patient suffering from ventricular rhythms that tend to overdrive the patient's atrial rhythm, has sensing circuitry that detects atrial events and ventricular events, and an atrial stimulator that generates and supplies stimulation pulses to the atrium. A timer generates a detection... Agent: Schiff Hardin, LLP Patent Department

20080234777 - Multi-chamber ventricular automatic capture method and apparatus for minimizing true and blanking period induced ventricular undersensing: An implantable cardiac stimulation device and associated method perform a true or blanking period ventricular undersensing detection algorithm in response to ventricular loss of capture not associated with fusion or a change in capture threshold. The test identifies an originating cause of loss of capture, which may be ventricular undersensing... Agent: Pacesetter, Inc.

20080234778 - Seal element and contact socket for medical implant: A contact socket for connecting an electrode line to an implantable medical device has a socket housing which has a plug receptacle having an elongate receiving chamber having a longitudinal axis for receiving a plug along the longitudinal axis, the plug receptacle being formed by a one-piece cast part, extending... Agent: Intellectual Property Department Dewitt Ross & Stevens S.c.

20080234779 - Minimally invasive intraoperative modulation of patient parameters using baroreflex activation: A baroreflex therapy system for providing intraoperative patient treatment. The system comprises an internal activation device adapted to be inserted into the throat area of a patient, an external activation device adapted to be located on the outside of a body of a patient such that an anatomical structure within... Agent: Patterson, Thuente, Skaar & Christensen, P.A.

20080234780 - Selective nerve stimulation with optionally closed-loop capabilities: Systems and methods for steering one or more stimulation fields to a selected nerve target, thereby optimizing one or a combination of low stimulation thresholds, desired therapy outcomes, or a minimization of adverse stimulation side-effects. An array of electrodes disposed, at least in part, on two or more neural stimulation... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20080234782 - Methods and implantable systems for neural sensing and nerve stimulation: Apparatus for producing a dorsiflexion of the foot of a patient comprises a combined sensing and stimulation electrode device having neurosense and stimulation electrode means capable of sensing a nerve signal from a peripheral nerve and stimulating peripheral motor nerve fibres. The neurosense and stimulation electrode means are implantable above... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20080234781 - Neuromuscular stimulation: Apparatus for rehabilitating a patient who has a paretic body part, the apparatus comprising: a) at least one electromyograph (EMG) sensor adapted to being applied to a voluntary muscle of a healthy body part of the same type as the paretic body part, which at least one sensor produces at... Agent: Martin D. Moynihan D/b/a Prtsi, Inc.

20080234783 - Stimulating auditory nerve fibers to provide pitch representation: Aspects provide methods and sound processor for encoding stimulation signals to convey pitch perception information to a recipient. The method may comprise identifying a first stimulation site based on a selected frequency component of the sound signal that contains pitch perception information, wherein a stimulation signal is generated based on... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP

20080234784 - Method and apparatus for operating a diversity antenna system for communicating with implantable medical device: A far-field radio frequency (RF) telemetry system for communicating with an implantable medical device includes a diversity antenna system. Multi-frame messages each including multiple outgoing data frames are transmitted to the implantable medical device. In response, the implantable medical device transmits response data frames each following one or more of... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner/bsc-crm

20080234785 - Sleep controlling apparatus and method, and computer program product thereof: A sleep controlling apparatus includes a measuring unit that measures biological information of a subject; a first detecting unit that detects a sleeping state of the subject selected from the group consisting of a falling asleep state, a REM sleep state, a light non-REM sleep state and a deep non-REM... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080234786 - Prevention and treatment of skin and nail infections using germicidal light: A method of prevention and treatment of microbial infections that occur on, or just below, the skin and nails of a person consisting of electromagnetic radiation to inactivate the microbes thus rendering them harmless. The treatment consists of irradiating an area of the skin and nails for a period of... Agent: Merek, Blackmon & Voorhees, LLC

20080234787 - Laser treatment procedure atlas: A user interface for a general purpose laser treatment system is provided. Generally, the user interface may be associated with a carbon dioxide (CO2) laser for use in various surgical procedures, for example, veterinary or medical surgical procedures. A treatment atlas including a collection of treatment procedures is stored within... Agent: Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky And Popeo, P.c Attn: Patent Intake Customer No. 30623

20080234788 - Grounded pressure cooling: An apparatus and method for increasing vascular performance of humans by lowering core body temperature, compression of blood vessels, and grounding of the body.... Agent: Jay Chesavage

20080234789 - Thermal device: Devices and methods that provide consistent skin side temperature comprising a primary insulative material disposed on a skin side of a thermal source; wherein the device provides a rate of change in temperature of less than about 0.8 are disclosed. Also included are methods of providing improved skin health, and... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Global Legal Department - Ip

20080234790 - Implantable stimulation electrode with a coating for increasing tissue compatibility: An implantable stimulation electrode for use with an implantable tissue stimulator, especially a pacemaker, a defibrillator, a bone stimulator or a neurostimulator includes a metal base body, optionally one or more intermediate layers disposed on the base body and a coating covering the base body and, optionally, intermediate layers in... Agent: Hahn Loeser & Parks, LLP

20080234791 - Spinal cord implant systems and methods: A system for transferring spinal cord signals comprises a superior electrode and an inferior electrode. The superior electrode interfaces with a first portion of a spinal cord of a human body; and the inferior electrode interfaces with a second portion of the spinal cord. The superior electrode has at least... Agent: Ropes & Gray LLP

20080234792 - Systems and methods for transvenous lead implantation: Some embodiments relate to a method of implanting a cardiac lead. An expansion module is implanted in a target region within vasculature, the target region being defined by a portion of a brachiocephalic vein and a portion of a corresponding subclavian vein. The expansion module is transitioned from a collapsed... Agent: Faegre & Benson, LLP 32469

20080234793 - Securing an implanted medical device in a patient: An apparatus and method for implanting and securing an implanted medical device in a recipient. The implantable medical device of the generally includes an electrode assembly that comprises an elongate carrier member having at least one stimulating electrode positioned thereon. The carrier member further has a fixation structure positioned thereon... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP

20080228234 - Methods and apparatus for improved ipg rate response using subcutaneous electrodes directly coupled to an implantable medical device (imd): Per the disclosure subcutaneously implantable medical devices (IMDs) with rate responsive implantable pulse generator (IPG) capability that also include dual patient activity sensors are adaptively controlled. One of the activity sensors uses multiple electrodes adapted to acquire electrocardiographic signals and signals from non-cardiac muscle tissue (myopotentially-based signals). The signals from... Agent: Medtronic, Inc.

20080228235 - Device and method for fixing an electrical lead: An electrical lead for a cardiac pacing device includes a body including a tip portion defining a void. A fixation device is coupled to the body. The fixation device is at least partially positioned within the void in a compressed configuration and movable between the compressed configuration and a deployed... Agent: Patrick W. Rasche Armstrong Teasdale LLP

20080228236 - Active discharge systems and methods: To avoid charge accumulation on capacitive connections to implanted electrodes during delivery of stimulation pulses, stimulation pulses are followed by active discharge pulses having opposite polarity of the stimulation pulses. The active discharge pulses preferably have at least one pulse attribute magnitude (e.g., duration, voltage, and/or current) different than a... Agent: Advanced Neuromodulation Systems, Inc.

20080228237 - Implantable medical device telemetry with hop-on-error frequency hopping: A telemetry system for data transmission between an implantable medical device and an external system includes a plurality of channels each representing a frequency band within a predetermined frequency range. The data transmission is performed using at least one active channel at any instant. Channel hopping is performed upon detecting... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20080228238 - Automatic baroreflex modulation based on cardiac activity: An aspect relates to a system for providing baroreflex stimulation. An embodiment of the system comprises a cardiac activity monitor to sense cardiac activity and provide a signal indicative of the cardiac activity, and a baroreflex stimulator. The stimulator includes a pulse generator and a modulator. The pulse generator provides... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20080228239 - Systems and methods for altering vestibular biology: The present invention relates to systems and methods for management of brain and body functions and sensory perception. For example, the present invention provides systems and methods of sensory substitution and sensory enhancement (augmentation) as well as motor control enhancement. The present invention also provides systems and methods of treating... Agent: Casimir Jones, S.c.

20080228240 - Long term bi-directional axon-electronic communication system: A long term bi-directional axon-electronic communication system that provides signaling capability at the level of individual nerve fascicles, bundles of axon and even axons is disclosed. The bi-directional communication system is a modular approach for achieving a chronic enduring interface to peripheral or central nerve atoms for the purpose of... Agent: Weingarten, Schurgin, Gagnebin & Lebovici LLP

20080228241 - Muscle stimulator: An implantable medical device for treating the back of a patient. Stimulation energy is delivered to muscles or joint capsules or ligaments or nerve fibers to improve the heath of the back.... Agent: Beck And Tysver P.l.l.c.

20080228242 - Method and system for training a visual prosthesis: A method for training a visual prosthesis includes presenting a non-visual reference stimulus corresponding to a reference image to a visual prosthesis patient. Training data sets are generated by presenting a series of stimulation patterns to the patient through the visual prosthesis. Each stimulation pattern in the series is determined... Agent: Ropes & Gray LLP

20080228243 - Cochlear implant sound processor with permanently integrated replenishable power source: A cochlear implant sound processor is powered by a rechargeable battery that is permanently integrated into the sound processor. The sound processor contains an inductive coil that may be tuned to an external charging coil for battery recharging. The electronic circuits and coil of the sound processor are housed in... Agent: Henricks Slavin And Holmes, LLP Advanced Bionics Corporation

20080228244 - Modulation of neuromuscular functions with ultrashort electrical pulses: A system for producing maximal, but reversible bioeffects, for neuromuscular disruption. Methods for facilitation of neuromuscular functions in diseases and conditions of decreased excitability are provided.... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20080228245 - Apparatus for altering the body temperature of a patient: Apparatus for altering the body temperature of a patient includes an enclosure defining an interior space for receiving at least a portion of a patient's body therein. The enclosure is constructed to conduct a heat transfer liquid into direct contact with the portion of the patient's body received in the... Agent: Patent Docket Department Armstrong Teasdale LLP

20080228246 - System and method for inducing hypothermia with control and determination of catheter pressure: Embodiments of the invention provide a system for temperature control of the human body. The system includes an indwelling catheter with a tip-mounted heat transfer element. The catheter is fluidically coupled to a console that provides a heated or cooled heat transfer working fluid to exchange heat with the heat... Agent: Mayer & Williams PC

20080228247 - Health care and physical therapy device for gathering energy: The present invention provides a healthy care device comprising a casing having an inlet and an outlet on two opposite side thereof; a heater and a fan installed inside the casing; an air guiding sleeve having one end connected to the outlet of the casing and another end with contact... Agent: John Chen

20080228248 - Thermal therapy system: A thermal therapy device (100) comprises a tissue-interacting device (400) which is designed to target one or more significant areas of the therapy-receiving person's body by concentrating the passage of the therapy-providing fluid in these areas. The thermal therapy device (400) can comprise a head pad, eye pads, a knee... Agent: Cynthia S. Murphy Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar

20080228249 - Medical device with thermal management of the device-tissue interface: A medical device includes a heat-generating region and a thermally conductive body thermally and mechanically coupled to the heat-generating region. The conductive body encloses a cavity that is filled with thermal ballast. The cavity ideally extends along at least 50% of the length of the conductive body. The thermal ballast... Agent: Fox Rothschild LLP Princeton Pike Corporate Center

20080228250 - Paddle lead comprising opposing diagonal arrangements of electrodes and method for using the same: In one embodiment, a paddle lead for electrical stimulation of a patient comprises a lead body of insulative material; a plurality of electrical terminals disposed at a proximal end of the lead body; a paddle structure disposed at distal end of the lead body; a plurality of electrodes disposed on... Agent: Advanced Neuromodulation Systems, Inc.

20080228251 - Suture sleeve: A suture sleeve for securing an implantable lead to body tissue has a lumen that receives the lead and that includes a locking arrangement that secures the sleeve at a selected position along the lead. The locking arrangement provides the suture sleeve with three modes of operation. In the first... Agent: Schiff Hardin, LLP Patent Department

20080228252 - Lead and apparatus for stimulation of the cardiac plexus: A medical electrical lead adapted to stimulate a patient's cardiac plexus includes a flexible distal portion having a surface adapted to conform to an outer surface of an aortic region generally associated with the cardiac plexus. The distal portion can have one or more elongate members. Alternatively, the distal portion... Agent: Faegre & Benson, LLP 32469

20080221629 - Lamination of lithium battery elements for implantable medical devices: A method includes the step of providing a sheet of lithium and a sheet of substrate material. The method further includes the step of pressing the sheet of lithium and the sheet of substrate material together in a die, the die having at least one surface that includes a plurality... Agent: Pauly, Devries Smith & Deffner, L.l.c.

20080221630 - Treating cancer using electromagnetic fields in combination with photodynamic therapy: A light generating circuit is implanted in a subject's body and aimed at a target region such as a tumor. A photosensitizer is introduced into the target region, and an AC electric field is induced in the region. The field causes the light generating circuit to generate light, which activates... Agent: Proskauer Rose LLP Patent Department

20080221631 - external defibrillators,transcutaneous electrodes for same, and methods of use: An external defibrillator is provided including (a) a pair of disposable electrodes configured to be adhered to the skin of a patient, each electrode including an electrically conductive layer comprising a metal that is polarized during a defibrillating pulse, and (b) a control unit configured to deliver a defibrillating pulse... Agent: Fish & Richardson Pc

20080221632 - Apparatus and method of arrhythmia detection in a subcutaneous implantable cardioverter/defibrillator: In a subcutaneous implantable cardioverter/defibrillator, cardiac arrhythmias are detected to determine necessary therapeutic action. Cardiac signal information is sensed from far field electrodes implanted in a patient. The sensed cardiac signal information is then amplified and filtered. Parameters such as rate, QRS pulse width, cardiac QRS slew rate, amplitude and... Agent: Ari Pramudji Pramudji Wendt & Tran, LLP

20080221633 - Long-term monitoring for discrimination of different heart rhythms: A method and a system for detection of an arrhythmia and discrimination between different types of arrhythmia to determine whether to administer an electric shock to the heart, the method comprising monitoring the electrical activity of a beating heart, selecting a number of heart beat intervals that will comprise an... Agent: Christensen, O'connor, Johnson, Kindness, Pllc

20080221634 - Fibrillation/tachycardia monitoring and preventive system and methodology: A cardiac assist device senses conditions of a heart and controls the generation of various electrical stimuli in response to sense conditions of the heart. The cardiac assist device generates a electrical pulse so as to defibrillate a fibrillated heart when the cardiac assist device determines from the sensed conditions... Agent: Basch & Nickerson LLP

20080221635 - Implantable cardiac rhythm management system having multiple therapy modalities: A cardiac rhythm management system for providing a plurality of therapy modalities. For example, the system may include a cardiac resynchronization therapy module for providing cardiac resynchronization therapy and a pacemaker module for providing bradycardia therapy, as well as a selector module coupled to the cardiac resynchronization therapy module and... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner/bsc-crm

20080221636 - Method and apparatus for closed-loop intermittent cardiac stress augmentation pacing: A cardiac pacing system controls the progression of a cardiac disorder such as heart failure by delivering cardiac pacing to create or augment regional stress in the heart. The cardiac pacing is delivered intermittently, such as on a periodic basis, according to a cardiac stress augmentation pacing sequence that includes... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.a.

20080221637 - Implantable pulse generator having current steering means: An implantable pulse generator includes a current steering capability that allows a clinician or patient to quickly determine a desired electrode stimulation pattern, including which electrodes of a group of electrodes within an electrode array should receive a stimulation current, including the amplitude, width and pulse repetition rate of such... Agent: Vista Ip Law Group LLP

20080221638 - Mri compatible implantable medical devices and methods: An implantable medical device configured to be compatible with the environment inside an MRI machine. The implantable medical device includes a housing constructed of an electrically conductive material and pulse generation circuitry within the housing for generating electrical voltage pulses. The implantable medical device further includes a first conductor that... Agent: Pauly, Devries Smith & Deffner, L.l.c.

20080221639 - Pain relief device: The Pain relief device used to relieve pain and promote faster healing in the bodies of humans and animals safely. A positive electrode touches the skin at the site of an injury and a negative electrode completely shielded with insulation is place on the skin at a spaced distance form... Agent: Maxey Law Offices, Pllc

20080221640 - Multi-electrode stimulation to elicit electrically-evoked compound action potential: A multichannel neurostimulation device spatially spreads the excitation pattern in the target neural tissue by either: (1) rapid sequential stimulation of a small group of electrodes, or (2) simultaneously stimulating a small group of electrodes. Such multi-electrode stimulation stimulates a greater number of neurons in a synchronous manner, thereby increasing... Agent: Advantedge Law Group, Llc

20080221641 - Implantable device with removable magnet: An implantable device includes a receiving coil assembly including a magnet holding structure for containing an internal holding magnet which is reorientable in responsive alignment to an external magnetic field. The magnet holding structure is adapted for allowing removal and subsequent reinsertion of the internal holding magnet.... Agent: Bromberg & Sunstein LLP

20080221642 - Treatment of consumption disorders with biostimulation: Nerves that carry taste sensations to the brain are stimulated in order to diminish (or, depending on the application, augment) the pleasure ordinarily associated with consumption behavior to be modified.... Agent: Goodwin Procter LLP Patent Administrator

20080221645 - Neurotrophic electrode neural interface employing quantum dots: A device for interfacing neurons includes a substrate that defines at least one via passing therethrough. The via is configured to allow at least one neurite to grow therethrough. A light generating unit is disposed adjacent to the substrate and is configured to generate light of a predetermined frequency when... Agent: Bryan W. Bockhop, Esq. Bockhop & Associates, Llc

20080221644 - Remote monitoring and control of implantable devices: A treatment system includes a regulator implanted within a patient, a computing device storing at least one patient database associated with the patient in whom the regulator is implanted, and a data transfer device. The data transfer device provides bidirectional communication (e.g., voice communication) and a data exchange (e.g., a... Agent: Merchant & Gould Pc

20080221643 - System and method for correction of inhomogeneous fields: A method for determining a location of an object in a three-dimensional localization field created by a localization system includes the following steps: providing a catheter having known spacing between electrodes; providing a lookup table of data correlating locations of an object within the localization field with measurements made by... Agent: Sjm/afd-wiley

20080221648 - Combined photocoagulation and photodynamic therapy: A method for treating a lesion of an animal, the animal having at least one vessel that carries blood to the lesion, comprising locating the vessel, administering a composition comprising a photodynamic agent, applying energy to the vessel to photocoagulate the vessel and thereby reduce the rate at which the... Agent: Rissman Jobse Hendricks & Oliverio, LLP

20080221646 - Intranasal red light probe for treating alzheimer's disease: A method of treating Alzheimer's Disease in which intranasal red light devices are used to shine red light upon the brain structures.... Agent: Philip S. Johnson Johnson & Johnson

20080221647 - System and method for monitoring photodynamic therapy: A system and method for monitoring photodynamic therapy of a target tissue, where the target tissue contains a photosensitizing substance, include a first light source configured to deliver light to the target tissue, the first light source having a wavelength capable of exciting the photosensitizing substance. An ultrasonic transducer receives... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.c.

20080221649 - Method of sequentially treating tissue: A treatment for deep tissue using long effective pulse durations is described. Fatty tissue can be treated by delivering a beam of radiation to a subcutaneous fat region disposed relative to a dermal interface in a target region of skin. Radiation is delivered to a first region of tissue as... Agent: Proskauer Rose LLP

20080221650 - Microwave applicator with adjustable heating length: A microwave applicator for applying microwave radiation to body tissue includes a microwave antenna formed by extending the center conductor of a coaxial cable beyond the end of the outer coaxial conductor and providing a conductive outer tip coupled to the center conductor with a space between the end of... Agent: Thorpe North & Western, LLP.

20080221651 - Medical procedure: The use of an intravascular cooling element to induce hypothermia in connection with a medical procedure. According to a first aspect of the present, invention, a coronary bypass procedure is conducted in which a patient's blood is oxygenated with the patient's lungs and in which blood is circulated using the... Agent: Mayer & Williams Pc

20080221652 - Red light implants for treating degenerative disc disease: Red light-emitting implants for treating degenerative disc disease.... Agent: Philip S. Johnson Johnson & Johnson

20080221653 - Flexible circuit electrode array: d

20080215101 - Systems and methods for treating medical conditions by stimulation of medial thalamic region: A system for treating medical conditions by neuromodulation of one or more target sites in the nervous system. In certain embodiments, at least one of the target sites is the medial thalamic region, including the intralaminar nucleus and the adjacent white and grey matter. In certain embodiments, where there is... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080215102 - Method and system aiding decision making during cpr: An embodiment of the invention is a method for recommending actions to be taken during resuscitation of a patient. Input signals related to the resuscitation are received during the resuscitation. The input signals are processed to generate output signals based on the input signals and predetermined criteria. The output signals... Agent: Karen Lenaburg, Esq. Dorsey & Whitney LLP

20080215103 - Aed having mandatory pause for administrating cpr: A system and method are described for delivering electrotherapy to a patient that includes delivering electrotherapy to defibrillate the patient and providing at least one non-interruptible time period for administration of CPR prior to entering a monitor mode during which a patent cardiac signal is monitored for indication of a... Agent: Philips Medical Systems Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080215104 - Apparatus and method for temporary treatment of acute heart failure decompensation: A system for providing temporary therapy, such as cardiac resynchronization therapy, to a patient suffering a decompensation event. The system can include a device having an external module for generating electrical stimuli, a first lead coupled to the module and implanted into an atrial region of a patient's heart, and... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner/bsc-crm

20080215105 - Controlled delivery of intermittent stress augmentation pacing for cardioprotective effect: A device and method for delivering electrical stimulation to the heart in a manner which provides a protective effect against subsequent ischemia is disclosed. The protective effect is produced by configuring a cardiac pacing device to intermittently switch from a normal operating mode to a stress augmentation mode in which... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg, Woessner & Kluth, P.A.

20080215107 - Cardiac pacing system, blood pressure regulating system, and cardiac disease treatment system by substituting native biological regulatory function: A medical treating system based on biological activities characterized by biological activity sensing means for sensing biological activity information produced by biological activities and outputting a biological activity signal, calculating means for receiving, analyzing, and processing the biological activity signals from the biological activity sensing means, calculating an organism stimulation... Agent: Brown & Michaels, PC 400 M & T Bank Building

20080215108 - Cardiac rhythm management system for edema: A cardiac rhythm management system detects edema. In response to an episode of detected edema, it initiates or adjusts a cardiac resynchronization therapy and/or a cardiac contractility modulation (CCM) therapy.... Agent: Hollingsworth & Funk, LLC Suite 125

20080215106 - Thoracoscopically implantable diaphragm stimulator: A diaphragm stimulator is provided to treat one or more diseases disorders or conditions where the stimulator is configured to be implanted by way of a thoracoscopic approach to the diaphragm. The stimulator may include sensors positioned within the thorax. The stimulator may also include or be used with a... Agent: Rmx, L.L.C.

20080215109 - Cardiac rhythm management system with prevention of double counting of events: A cardiac rhythm management system recognizes patterns of interval durations, distinguishing between events in different heart chambers even though signals associated with those different heart chambers are processed using a commonly shared sensing circuit. A therapy delivery algorithm ignores intervals between cardiac events occurring in different heart chambers when determining... Agent: Hollingsworth & Funk, LLC Suite 125

20080215110 - Method and apparatus for identifying lead-related conditions using prediction and detection criteria: A method for delivering therapy in a medical device that includes a two-tiered approach of determining the presence of a lead-related condition, and determining, in response to a lead-related condition being present, the presence of oversensing. Deliver of therapy by the medical device is controlled in response to determining that... Agent: Medtronic, Inc.

20080215111 - Devices and methods for cardiovascular reflex control: Devices, systems and methods are described which control blood pressure, nervous system activity, and neurohormonal activity by activating baroreceptors. By selectively and controllably activating baroreceptors, the present invention reduces excessive blood pressure, sympathetic nervous system activity and neurohormonal activity, thereby minimizing their deleterious effects on the heart, vasculature and other... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20080215112 - Methods and apparatus for effectuating a lasting change in a neural-function of a patient: The following disclosure describes several methods and apparatus for intracranial electrical stimulation to treat or otherwise effectuate a change in neural-functions of a patient. Several embodiments of methods in accordance with the invention are directed toward enhancing or otherwise inducing a lasting change in neural activity to effectuate a particular... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP Patent-sea

20080215113 - Devices and methods for transcutaneous electrical neural stimulation: In an inventive method of performing transcutaneous electrical neural stimulation on a human patient, first and second input electrodes are secured over left and right trapezius muscle regions of the patient. Third and fourth input electrodes are secured over left and right posterior cervical and suboccipital muscle regions of the... Agent: Calfee Halter & Griswold, LLP

20080215114 - Apparatus and method for the cardio-synchronized stimulation of skeletal or smooth muscles: An apparatus for the cardio-synchronised stimulation of skeletal or smooth muscle, but excluding the heart muscles, in a counterpulsation mode of a patient having a heart and a cardiovascular system. The apparatus comprises at least one active electrode (14) and at least one passive electrode (16) adapted for attachment to... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20080215115 - Rf diathermy and faradic muscle stimulation treatment: An RF diathermy coil assembly, including a generally elastically deformable patient conforming garment and a conductive coil secured to the garment. The conductive coil having a woven wire construction such that the coil can deform as the garment elastically deforms. The RF diathermy coil assembly can be used for wound... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.C.

20080215116 - Regulation of fibroblastic growth factor-2 (fgf-2) gene expression in living cells with the application of specific and selective electric and electromagnetic fields: Methods and devices are described for the regulation of Fibroblastic Growth Factor-2 mRNA and/or FGF-2 protein in bone cells and other tissues via capacitive coupling or inductive coupling of specific and selective electric and/or electromagnetic fields to the bone cells or other tissues, where the specific and selective fields are... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP

20080215117 - Electrical stimulation of blood vessels: Apparatus (20) is provided, including a bifurcation stent (50) comprising one or more electrodes (32), the stent (50) configured to be placed in a primary passage (52) and a secondary passage (54) of a blood vessel (30), and a control unit (34), configured to drive the electrodes (32) to apply... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20080215119 - System and method for displaying stimulation field generated by electrode array: An implantable pulse generator includes a current steering capability that allows a clinician or patient to quickly determine a desired electrode stimulation pattern, including which electrodes of a group of electrodes within an electrode array should receive a stimulation current, including the amplitude, width and pulse repetition rate of such... Agent: VistaIPLaw Group LLP

20080215118 - User interface with toolbar for programming electrical stimulation therapy: The disclosure is directed to a user interface with a menu that facilitates stimulation therapy programming. The user interface displays a representation of the electrical leads implanted in the patient and at least one menu with icons that the user can use to adjust the stimulation therapy. The user may... Agent: Shumaker & Sieffert , P.a

20080215121 - System and method for rf wake-up of implantable medical device: A telemetry system is presented for enabling radio-frequency (RF) communications between an implantable medical device and an external device in a manner which reduces the power requirements of the implantable device by duty cycling its RF circuitry. A wakeup scheme for the implantable device is provided in which the external... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg, Woessner & Kluth, P.A.

20080215120 - Systems and methods for wireless processing, storage, and forwarding of medical data: One method according to the present invention includes receiving data wirelessly from a medical device, storing the data, transmitting the data to an intermediary device (such as a properly equipped mobile telephone or personal digital assistant), and formatting a message including the received data for transmission to a medical data... Agent: Squire Sanders & Dempsey LLP

20080215122 - Plasmonic engineering of singlet oxygen and/or superoxide generation: The present invention provides for a method to increase the triplet yield of a photosensitizer by the coupling to metal surface plasmons which leads to increased singlet oxygen generation by electric field enhancement or enhanced energy absorption of the photosensitizer. The extent of singlet oxygen enhancement can be tuned for... Agent: Moore & Van Allen PLLC

20080215123 - Laser therapy device for animals: The present invention provides for a laser therapy device for animals and methods of manufacturing and using the same. In one embodiment, the animal therapy device is comprised of (i) a hairbrush body housing a plurality of laser emitting devices configured to project a precision laser light pattern at a... Agent: Donald J. Ersler, S.c.

20080215124 - Apparatus for cosmetic skin rejuvenation treatment: The present invention relates to an apparatus for cosmetic skin rejuvenation treatment, comprising a continuous wave light source accommodating a high-intensity discharge lamp (104; 204; 304; 604) which has at least one predominant spectral peak between 600 and 700 nm.... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080215125 - Directional stimulation of neural tissue: A multi-contact electrode for neural tissue stimulation is described. The electrode has an axis and includes a plurality of electrodes going along the axis. Each electrode ends with a contact, and at least one of the contacts has an internal edge, resulting in non-uniform electrical properties throughout the contact surface... Agent: Martin D. Moynihan Prtsi, Inc.

20080215126 - Medical electrode system: An electrode system includes an implantable flexible electrode, especially an epidural electrode, having at least one distal electrical contact (12). The electrode includes a subcutaneously implantable port (26), a probe that can be introduced into the port (26) forms part of the electrode system with at least one probe contact... Agent: Richard M. Goldberg

20080215127 - Medical electrical lead providing far-field signal attenuation: A bipolar pacing and sensing lead incorporates a range of active surface areas for each of the anode and cathode electrodes, and a range of inter-electrode spacings between the anode and cathode electrodes which, in combination, provide acceptable near-field signal amplitudes and attenuate the amplitudes of unwanted signals, such as... Agent: Pacesetter, Inc.

20080215128 - Electrode arrangement for applying electrical signals to the skin of an animal: An electrode arrangement for applying electrical signals to skin of an animal comprising a flexible electrically non-conductive substrate, at least one electrode provided on a first surface of the substrate for applying electrical signals to the skin when placed on the skin, at least one connector connected to a respective... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP