Surgery: light, thermal, and electrical application inventions 10/09

20090248095 - Anchoring units for leads of implantable electric stimulation systems and methods of making and using: A nerve stimulation lead has a distal end, a proximal end, and a longitudinal length. The nerve stimulation lead includes a plurality of electrodes disposed at the distal end, a plurality of terminals disposed at the proximal end, and a plurality of conductive wires electrically coupling the plurality of electrodes... Agent: Boston Scientific Neuromodulation Corp. C/o Darby & Darby P.c.

20090248093 - 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 order to reduce the area of... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner/bsc-crm

20090248096 - Operating room lead connector: An operating room connector is used in conjunction with a multiple electrode SCS system which can easily detach and connect to an external trial stimulator (ETS). By connecting the electrode SCS system to a stylet handle, and then locking the stylet handle within a slot of the connector platform, a... Agent: Boston Scientific Neuromodulation Corp. C/o Darby & Darby P.c.

20090248094 - Self-sealing septum assembly: Exemplary septum assemblies include first and second housing components each defined by at least an inner surface, at least one sealing strip disposed at least partially on at least one of the inner surfaces of the housing components, and a compression member at least partially surrounding the housing components.... Agent: Boston Scientific Neuromodulation Corp. C/o Darby & Darby P.c.

20090248098 - Device for stimulation by means of electric and magnetic fields, and field applicators for this purpose: A device for stimulation via special electric and magnetic fields and optimized field applicators is provided. Derived from human physiology, the autonomic/vegetative nervous system, specifically its sympathetic and parasympathetic components, can be controlled by signals in the frequency ranges of 0.05 to 0.15 Hz and of 0.15 to 0.30 Hz,... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.c.

20090248097 - Inhibition of inflammatory cytokine production by cholinergic agonists and vagus nerve stimulation: A method of inhibiting the release of a proinflammatory cytokine in a cell is disclosed. The method comprises treating the cell with a cholinergic agonist. The method is useful in patients at risk for, or suffering from, a condition mediated by an inflammatory cytokine cascade, for example endotoxic shock. The... Agent: Shay Glenn LLP

20090248099 - Systems and methods for improving memory in alzheimer's patients: In many aspects, the invention relates to systems and methods for providing memory therapy by modulating neural firing rhythms, in particular in Alzheimer's patients. The stimulation of neurons is controlled through a feedback process whereby neuron firing rhythms are altered based on naturally occurring electrical and chemical activity in the... Agent: Ropes & Gray LLP

20090248101 - Method for enhancing the performance and general condition of a subject: The invention is implemented by a method comprising the connection of the heart of the subject with a cardiac pacemaker, in particular to reduce symptoms of shortness of breath, weakness and fatigue, and/or to reduce and/or reverse weight loss and/or to reduce and/or to reverse muscle wasting, and/or to improve... Agent: Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.c.

20090248102 - Signal line of an implantable electromedical configuration: A signal line for an implantable electromedical configuration, having an electric line segment or line end and a mechanoelectric converter for converting an electric AC voltage signal into a mechanical oscillation. The oscillation can in turn be converted back into an electrical signal for delivery to a part of a... Agent: Intellectual Property Department Dewitt Ross 7 Stevens S.c.

20090248100 - System and method for conditioning a lithium battery in an automatic external defibrillator: An inventive system and method de-passivates a direct current (DC) power source of an Automatic External Defibrillator (AED), such as an AED lithium battery. The system includes a main processor and standby processor. The standby processor monitors the age and usage of the battery. Based on the status of the... Agent: King & Spalding

20090248103 - Apparatus and methods of optimizing ventricle-to-ventricular pacing delay intervals: Provided herewith are methods and apparatus for optimizing ventricle-to-ventricle (V-V) pacing delay intervals based upon ECG-based optimization calculated as a linear function of P-wave duration sensed PR (intrinsic) interval sensed (or paced) QRS duration and heart rate. Since the relationship among these parameters is linear once the coefficients are solved... Agent: Medtronic, Inc.

20090248104 - Automatic selection of stimulation chamber for ventricular resynchronization therapy: A device and method for programming an implantable pulse generator. In one embodiment, commands are entered designating implantable pulse generator programming variables into programmer memory. At least some of the commands are transformed into an executable macro. The macro is stored in the programmer memory. The macro is executed to... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner/bsc-crm

20090248105 - Enhanced implantable antenna method: As described herein vascular anchoring systems are used to position an implant in a vascular area such as a bifurcated vasculature with relatively high fluid flow, for instance, in an area of a pulmonary artery with associated left and right pulmonary arteries. Implementations include an anchoring trunk member having a... Agent: Davis Wright Tremaine, LLP/seattle

20090248106 - Optical wireless system for electrophysiological stimulation: Optical-based wireless systems for electrophysiological stimulation are provided. One or more small implantable devices, referred to as trigger pods, receives infrared light transmitted from an optical transmitter and converts the light into electrical energy, which is then used to generate electrical impulses. The impulses are used for biomedical applications, such... Agent: Lumen Patent Firm

20090248107 - Robust high power and low power cardiac leads having integrated sensors: A lead of an implantable medical device system that includes a sensor coupled to a lead body and extending from a proximal end to a distal end, and a distal lead adaptor having a first arm extending distally from the distal end of the sensor to a first arm end,... Agent: Medtronic, Inc.

20090248108 - Robust high power and low power cardiac leads having integrated sensors: A lead of an implantable medical device system having an elongated lead body, a sensor coupled to the lead body and extending from a proximal end to a distal end, and a distal lead adaptor having a first arm extending distally from the distal end of the sensor to a... Agent: Medtronic, Inc.

20090248109 - Method for controlling flow in a bodily organ: There is provided a method for treating a male impotent patient comprising stimulating at least one portion of the patient's normal penile tissue or the prolongation thereof to at least restrict the blood flow leaving the penis to achieve erection. To improve the erection effect the method further comprises gently... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, Pc

20090248110 - Method and apparatus for controlling electrical stimulation: An apparatus and method for controlling an electrical stimulation system to increase the resolution of the stimulation region with multiple independent power source electrodes is proposed. In the apparatus, the electrode set contains at least three electrodes of which two adjacent electrodes are of the same power polarity to control... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20090248111 - Implantable multi-lead electric stimulation system and methods of making and using: A multi-lead system includes a first lead and a second lead. The first lead includes a distal end and a first plurality of electrodes disposed along the distal end of the first lead. The first plurality of electrodes are configured and arranged in a first electrode axis. The second lead... Agent: Boston Scientific Neuromodulation Corp. C/o Darby & Darby P.c.

20090248118 - Apparatus and method for determining the relative position and orientation of neurostimulation leads: Interelectrode impedance or electric field potential measurements are used to determine the relative orientation of one lead to other leads in the spinal column or other body/tissue location. Interelectrode impedance is determined by measuring impedance vectors. The value of the impedance vector is due primarily to the electrode-electrolyte interface, and... Agent: Vista Ip Law Group LLP/bsc - Neuromodulation

20090248116 - Method and apparatus for the staged detection of rf energy: A low power method and apparatus for detecting wake-up signals in sniff processing performed in an implantable medical device (IMD) using a staged detection of RF energy in signals received in order to conserve current consumption. Incoming signals are monitored in a plurality of detection stages which each incrementally increase... Agent: Medtronic, Inc.

20090248113 - Microelectrode, applications thereof and method of manufacturing: An electrode device is disclosed. The electrode device comprises an electrically conductive core of micrometric size coated by at least one electrically isolating layer. The electrically conductive core comprises a substrate coated by at least one metallic layer having a nanometric pattern thereon and being at least partially exposed at... Agent: Martin D. Moynihan D/b/a Prtsi, Inc.

20090248114 - Reversible implantable acoustic sensor: An implantable medical device having an acoustic element includes a control module coupled to the acoustic element, an acoustic sensing module coupled to the control module, and a patient alert driver module coupled to the control circuit. The patient alert driver module generates a patient alert drive signal for activating... Agent: Medtronic, Inc.

20090248117 - Robust high power and low power cardiac leads having integrated sensors: A lead of an implantable medical device system having an elongated lead body and a sensor coupled to the lead body and extending from a proximal end to a distal end. The sensor includes a first portion extending from a top to a bottom, and from a proximal end to... Agent: Medtronic, Inc.

20090248115 - Telemetry control for implantable medical devices: An implantable medical device (IMD) and method are provided in which a telemetry module in the IMD includes a configurable polling interval at which the telemetry module is powered up from a low power inactive state to perform sniff operations for detecting whether communication signals are being received from an... Agent: Medtronic, Inc.

20090248112 - Wireless implantable medical device: One aspect of the invention relates to an implantable medical device comprising a device housing (100), at least one radio frequency circuit (104) for radio frequency communication, at least one antenna, at least one terminal to electromagnetically couple said at least one antenna to said at least one radio frequency... Agent: Winstead Pc

20090248119 - Method and apparatus for controlling autonomic balance using neural stimulation: A neural stimulation system senses autonomic activities and applies neural stimulation to sympathetic and parasympathetic nerves to control autonomic balance. The neural stimulation system is capable of delivering neural stimulation pulses for sympathetic excitation, sympathetic inhibition, parasympathetic excitation, and parasympathetic inhibition.... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner/bsc-crm

20090248120 - Underbody convective blanket and method for manufacturing thereof: A convective underbody blanket has a head portion and a body portion. Provided at the head portion is a non-inflatable head area surrounded by a channel that has arranged thereat at least one row of air apertures that are oriented toward the non-inflatable head area when the channel is inflated.... Agent: Louis Woo Law Office Of Louis Woo

20090248121 - Multi-utility breast thermal therapy delivery system: The invention comprises a thermal therapy delivery device for the entire breast and surrounding lactating tissue, including the armpit area, adaptable for delivering thermal therapy to all impacted tissue with either hot or cold therapy. The device also delivers thermal therapy simultaneously to the areas within and surrounding armpit areas... Agent: Emmanuelle Miller

20090248122 - Multi-conductor ribbon for a lead assembly of an implantable electric stimulation system and methods of making and using: A lead assembly includes a lead with a plurality of electrodes disposed at a distal end, a plurality of terminals disposed at a proximal end, and an outer lead covering extending along a longitudinal length of the lead from a region proximal to the plurality of electrodes to a region... Agent: Boston Scientific Neuromodulation Corp. C/o Darby & Darby P.c.

20090248123 - Implantable elongate member: The present invention relates to a lead (100) or catheter (202) having at least one member (116, 210) with interstices for facilitating the in-growth of tissue to anchor the lead (100) or catheter (202). The present invention also relates to a method of manufacturing a lead (100) or catheter (202).... Agent: Grayrobinson, P. A.

20090248124 - Lead identifier for an implantable electric stimulation system and methods of making and using: A lead includes a lead body with a distal end and at least one proximal end. The lead includes at least one lead identifier disposed on the lead body. The lead identifier is configured and arranged to visually identify the end of the lead body on which the at least... Agent: Boston Scientific Neuromodulation Corp. C/o Darby & Darby P.c.

20090248125 - Integrated conductive pressure sensor capsule with custom molded unitary overlay: This disclosure relates to implantable medical devices; in particular, to medical electrical leads coupled to a conductive pressure sensor capsule and methods and apparatus for insulating the capsule with a unitary custom-molded overlay.... Agent: Medtronic, Inc.

20090248126 - Integrated conductive sensor package having conductor bypass, distal electrode, distal adapter and custom molded overlay: This disclosure relates to implantable medical devices (IMDs); in particular, to medical electrical leads having an integrated sensor disposed in a hermetic package and said sensor package accommodates a torque coil and an elongated cable conductor extending therethrough. The integrated sensor can include a pressure sensor, an accelerometer, and the... Agent: Medtronic, Inc.

20090248127 - Implantable medical electrical lead bodies providing improved electrode contact: A distal section of an implantable medical electrical lead body includes a pair of pre-formed arcuate segments between which an approximately straight segment extends. The approximately straight segment includes a first portion extending distally from a first of the pair pre-formed arcuate segments, a second portion extending from the first... Agent: Medtronic, Inc.

20090248128 - Method and apparatus for defrosting a defibrillation electrode: A device and method for defrosting a defibrillation electrode are provided. This includes an automated external defibrillator that is capable of defrosting one or more frozen electrodes. The device is includes a portable housing containing a battery powered energy source and a controller as well as at least a pair... Agent: Patterson, Thuente, Skaar & Christensen, P.a.

20090248129 - Enhanced implantable antenna system and method: As described herein vascular anchoring systems are used to position an implant in a vascular area such as a bifurcated vasculature with relatively high fluid flow, for instance, in an area of a pulmonary artery with associated left and right pulmonary arteries. Implementations include an anchoring trunk member having a... Agent: Davis Wright Tremaine, LLP/seattle