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20100274301 - Inductive power switching with digital control for active implantable devices: An Inductive power switching supply with a digital control for active implantable medical devices is disclosed. A switching power supply (14) receives as input (12) an input voltage (Vi) from a battery (10) and delivers as output (16) an output voltage (VO). The switching power supply comprises an inductor having... Agent: Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, LLPIPProsecution Department

20100274302 - Power supply monitoring for an implantable device: A method and an apparatus for projecting an end of service (EOS) and/or an elective replacement indication (ERI) of a component in an implantable device and for determining an impedance experienced by a lead associated with the implantable device. An active charge depletion of an implantable device is determined. An... Agent: Cyberonics, Inc.

20100274306 - Method and apparatus for device controlled gene expression for cardiac protection: A gene regulatory system detects ischemia events and is capable of delivering a biologic therapy in response to the detection of an ischemic event or the reception of a command. The biologic therapy protects the heart from ischemic damage by regulating the expression of an exogenously introduced gene product. In... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20100274305 - Method and apparatus for electrically stimulating cells implanted in the nervous system: The following disclosure describes several methods and apparatus for stimulating cells implanted in the regions of nervous system, such as the brain, spinal cord or peripheral nerves. Accordingly, the functionality of the cells can be improved, for example, by differentiating undifferentiated or partially undifferentiated cells into neurons or other cells... Agent: St. Jude Medical Neuromodulation Division

20100274304 - Method and device to manage freezing of gait in patients suffering from a movement disorder: The subject invention involves a device and method for treating patients with a movement disorder experiencing a sudden change in regularity of gait or akinesia, and comprising a device that detects the sudden change in regularity of gait or temporary akinesia and automatically issues a cue signal that restarts the... Agent: Husch Blackwell Sanders, LLP Husch Blackwell Sanders LLP Welsh & Katz

20100274303 - Methods and systems for detecting epileptic events using nonlinear analysis parameters: Disclosed herein are methods, systems, and apparatus for detecting an epilepsy event in a patient using a medical device. The medical device is capable of determining an occurring epilepsy event, for example a seizure or an increased risk of a seizure. The determination is performed by determining at least one... Agent: Cyberonics, Inc.

20100274307 - Methods of preparing an electrode: Methods of preparing an electrode are provided. A metal lead wire is pre-treated to facilitate bonding of the lead wire to a metal powder during subsequent de-oxidation sintering. A connection region can be formed by directly contacting the metal lead wire with a liquid reactive metal. After removal of resultant... Agent: Medtronic, Inc.

20100274308 - Use of cardiac parameters in methods and systems for treating a chronic medical condition: Disclosed herein are methods, systems, and apparatus for treating a chronic medical condition in a patient. A time of beat sequence of the patient's heart is determined. A regulatory system parameter is determined based on the time of beat sequence. The parameter is indicative of a stress level of the... Agent: Timothy L. Scott

20100274309 - Housings for implantable medical devices and methods for forming housings: Described herein is an implantable medical device and methods for making a device that includes a metal housing a molding process. In one embodiment, the housing includes a header attachment element extends from the housing. In another embodiment, the implantable medical device includes a header attachment surface comprising one or... Agent: Pauly, Devries Smith & Deffner, L.L.C.

20100274310 - Systems and methods for the treatment of bladder dysfunctions using neuromodulation: Systems and Methods treat bladder dysfunctions using neuromodulation stimulation. Bladder emptying through stimulation of urethral afferents, and continence through stimulation of the dorsal genital nerve, is provided with one or more implanted pulse generators and one or more leads. A simple surgical procedure preserves all existing functions. A stimulating catheter... Agent: Medtronic, Inc.

20100274311 - Method and apparatus for detecting the coronal suture for stereotactic procedures: A method for identifying a coronal suture on a cranium can include acquiring image data of craniums for a plurality of patients. A database can be created that includes spatial relationships of various craniometric landmarks of the plurality of patients sorted by a desired population characteristic. A region of interest... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20100274317 - Devices for controlling high frequency spinal cord modulation for inhibiting pain, and associated systems and methods, including simplified contact selection: Selective high-frequency spinal chord modulation for inhibiting pain with reduced side affects and associated systems and methods are disclosed. In particular embodiments, high-frequency modulation in the range of from about 1.5 KHz to about 50 KHz may be applied to the patient's spinal chord region to address low back pain... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP Patent-sea

20100274316 - Devices for controlling high frequency spinal cord modulation for inhibiting pain, and associated systems and methods, including simplified controllers: Selective high-frequency spinal chord modulation for inhibiting pain with reduced side affects and associated systems and methods are disclosed. In particular embodiments, high-frequency modulation in the range of from about 1.5 KHz to about 50 KHz may be applied to the patient's spinal chord region to address low back pain... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP Patent-sea

20100274318 - Devices for controlling high frequency spinal cord modulation for inhibiting pain, and associated systems and methods, including simplified program selection: Selective high-frequency spinal chord modulation for inhibiting pain with reduced side affects and associated systems and methods are disclosed. In particular embodiments, high-frequency modulation in the range of from about 1.5 KHz to about 50 KHz may be applied to the patient's spinal chord region to address low back pain... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP Patent-sea

20100274313 - Implantable neurostimulator with integral hermetic electronic enclosure, circuit substrate, monolithic feed-through, lead assembly and anchoring mechanism: An implantable medical device is provided for the suppression or prevention of pain, movement disorders, epilepsy, cerebrovascular diseases, autoimmune diseases, sleep disorders, autonomic disorders, abnormal metabolic states, disorders of the muscular system, and neuropsychiatric disorders in a patient. The implantable medical device can be a neurostimulator configured to be implanted... Agent: Shay Glenn LLP

20100274314 - Selective high frequency spinal cord modulation for inhibiting pain with reduced side effects, and associated systems and methods: Selective high-frequency spinal chord modulation for inhibiting pain with reduced side affects and associated systems and methods are disclosed. In particular embodiments, high-frequency modulation in the range of from about 1.5 KHz to about 50 KHz may be applied to the patient's spinal chord region to address low back pain... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP Patent-sea

20100274315 - Selective high frequency spinal cord modulation for inhibiting pain with reduced side effects, and associated systems and methods, including practitioner processes: Selective high-frequency spinal chord modulation for inhibiting pain with reduced side affects and associated systems and methods are disclosed. In particular embodiments, high-frequency modulation in the range of from about 1.5 KHz to about 50 KHz may be applied to the patient's spinal chord region to address low back pain... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP Patent-sea

20100274312 - Spinal cord modulation for inducing paresthetic and anesthetic effects, and associated systems and methods: Spinal cord modulation for inducing paresthetic and anesthetic effects, and associated systems and methods are disclosed. A representative method in accordance with an embodiment of the disclosure includes creating a therapeutic effect and a sensation in a patient by delivering to the patient first pulses having a first set of... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP Patent-sea

20100274319 - Current leakage detection for a medical implant: Current leakage detection techniques in an implantable medical device are disclosed. In these techniques, a core surrounds conductors carrying current to and from an implanted medical device. A secondary winding on the core picks up imbalances between the current flows on the conductors traveling through the core. An imbalance is... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP

20100274321 - Baroreflex activation therapy with conditional shut off: An aspect of the present subject matter relates to a baroreflex stimulator. An embodiment of the stimulator comprises a pulse generator to provide a baroreflex stimulation signal through an electrode, and a modulator to modulate the baroreflex stimulation signal based on a circadian rhythm template. Other aspects are provided herein.... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner/bsc-crm

20100274320 - Charge-based stimulation intensity programming with pulse amplitude and width adjusted according to a function: Techniques for programming electrical stimulation therapy intensity based on electrical charge are described. In some examples, a display presents a stimulation intensity value in units of electrical charge, e.g., Coulombs. In such examples, a user may adjust the displayed charge value, rather than pulse amplitude or pulse width, to adjust... Agent: Shumaker & Sieffert , P.a

20100274323 - Method and system for power management: Telemetry data from an IMD are routinely extracted in order to perform a full prognosis of a patient's condition and to alter the IMD therapy programming if necessary. Typically, while the IMD is inside of the patient, it periodically or continuously collects and stores data into its memory. These stored... Agent: Pacesetter, Inc.

20100274324 - Systems and methods for clinician control of stimulation system: Systems and methods for programming and logging medical device and patient data are provided. The systems include a handheld device, which is capable of communicating with a medical device, and a base station, which provides connectivity for the handheld device to accomplish various functions such as recharging, programming, data back-up... Agent: Shumaker & Sieffert , P.a

20100274322 - Tracking of communication sessions with an implantable medical device: Communication sessions between external devices and implantable medical devices are tracked using a session value that is incremented for each new session and that is stored within the implantable medical device. Session logs that are created for each session may include the session value that is obtained for that session.... Agent: Medtronic - Wk

20100274325 - implantable microstimulator having a battery unit and methods of use therefor: An implantable microstimulator arrangement includes at least one implantable microstimulator unit; an implantable battery unit separate from the implantable microstimulator unit(s); and at least one lead coupling the microstimulator unit(s) to the battery unit. The microstimulator unit(s) are operated to treat body tissue.... Agent: Boston Scientific Neuromodulation Corp. C/o Frommer Lawrence & Haug LLP

20100274326 - Selective high frequency spinal cord modulation for inhibiting pain with reduced side effects, and associated systems and methods, including implantable patient leads: Selective high-frequency spinal chord modulation for inhibiting pain with reduced side affects and associated systems and methods are disclosed. In particular embodiments, high-frequency modulation in the range of from about 1.5 KHz to about 50 KHz may be applied to the patient's spinal chord region to address low back pain... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP Patent-sea

20100274327 - System and method for stimulating sensory nerves: An electrotherapy system for stimulating sensory nerves within skin tissue includes a electrode carrier, a pulse generator, an array of skin-penetrating electrodes and surface skin electrodes, a pulse conditioning circuit, and a power source. The system administers biphasic pulsed current at the surface skin electrodes and monophasic pulsed current at... Agent: Blank Rome LLP

20100274328 - Light conductor and treatment for ailments involving the throat: A device for providing therapeutic treatment to a throat comprises an elongated body with a first end and a second end opposite the first end and shaped to temporarily extend from the mouth of a user to a throat area of the user where, during use, the first end is... Agent: Mayback & Hoffman, P.A.

20100274329 - System and method for skin care using light and microcurrents: Apparatus, device, system, kit, and method to treat and prevent skin conditions. The device incorporates two treatment technologies: photorejuvenation and microcurrents. The photorejuvenation technology incorporates the use of light emitting diodes to treat skin blemishes. The light emitting diodes typically emit light having a wavelength of about 630 nanometers. The... Agent: Cislo & Thomas LLP

20100274330 - Device for treatment of blood vessels using light: Light generating devices for illuminating portions of vascular tissue to administer photodynamic therapy, and usable with, or including a distal protection device. A first device includes a hollow tip, a flushing lumen, a guidewire lumen, and at least one of a light source, and a hollow light transmissive shaft that... Agent: Law Offices Of Ronald M Anderson

20100274331 - Microclimate management system: A microclimate management system 10 comprises a mattress 16, a topper 18, and a control system 14. The topper 18 is coupled to the mattress 16 and is supported thereon. The topper 18 defines an interior region 42 and a person contacting surface 52. The control system 14 is configured... Agent: Hill-rom Services, Inc.

20100274332 - Human body cooling apparatus: [Solution] The human body cooling apparatus 301 pertaining to the third invention includes an exterior element 302 in which two covering members in the shape of a rectangular seat each having a front cloth formed of a material selected from cotton fiber, polyester, rayon, hemp, raised fabric, crepe, striped crepe,... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20100274333 - Therapy device: A therapy device comprises a flexible sealed envelope and a gel within the envelope. The gel comprises water, thickening agent, and biodiesel by-product glycerin comprising glycerol and soap.... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20100274335 - 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,... Agent: Faegre & Benson LLP Patent Docketing - Intellectual Property (32469)

20100274334 - Multi-zone lead coatings: Multi-zone surface treatments for medical electrical leads are provided for treating an intravenous zone, an intracardiac zone and/or a tip zone of a lead with multiple surface modifications to achieve distinct performance characteristics.... Agent: Faegre & Benson LLP Patent Docketing - Intellectual Property (32469)

20100274336 - Torque lock anchor and methods and devices using the anchor: A lead anchor includes a body defining a lead lumen having a first opening and a second opening through which a lead can pass. The body further defines a transverse lumen that intersects the lead lumen. An exterior member is disposed around at least a portion of the body. The... Agent: Boston Scientific Neuromodulation Corp. C/o Frommer Lawrence & Haug LLP

20100274337 - Method of preparing an electrode: Methods of preparing an electrode are provided. A metal powder can be sintered onto a portion of a lead wire to form a connection region. An additional metal powder can be de-oxidation sintered onto the connection region to form the electrode. The oxides formed during the de-oxidation sintering are then... Agent: Medtronic, Inc.

20100274338 - Retractable screw intracardiac lead for cardiac stimulation and/or defibrillation: A retractable screw-type stimulation or defibrillation intracardiac lead is disclosed. According to one embodiment, the lead comprises a flexible hollow sheath (12) having at its distal end a lead head (10) and a connector (66) at its proximal end. The connector comprises a pin (62) connected to a lead head... Agent: Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, LLPIPProsecution Department

20100268287 - Methods and devices for increasing learning and effects of training in healthy individuals and patients after brain lesions using dc stimulation and apparatuses and systems related thereto: Featured is a method and device for increasing learning and effects of training. Such methods include locating a pair of electrodes on a head of a person in relation to a specific area of the brain, applying a desired DC current to the electrodes at a level sufficient to stimulate... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20100268288 - Electrical devices and anti-scarring agents: Electrical devices (e.g., cardiac rhythm management and neurostimulation devices) for contact with tissue are used in combination with an anti-scarring agent (e.g., a cell cycle inhibitor) in order to inhibit scarring that may otherwise occur when the devices are implanted within an animal.... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20100268289 - 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... Agent: Davis Wright Tremaine LLP/los Angeles

20100268290 - Method and apparatus for selecting and timing anti-tachyarrhythmia pacing using cardiac cycle length stability: An implantable medical device delivers anti-tachyarrhythmia therapies including anti-tachyarrhythmia pacing (ATP). When a tachyarrhythmia episode is detected, the implantable medical device analyzes cardiac cycle length stability to determine whether and/or when to deliver an ATP. In one embodiment, the cardiac cycle length stability is measured by existence of stable ventricular... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner/bsc-crm

20100268291 - Apparatus and method for the detection and treatment of atrial fibrillation: Embodiments of the invention provide methods for the detection and treatment of atrial fibrillation (AF) and related conditions. One embodiment provides a method comprising measuring electrical activity of the heart using electrodes arranged on the heart surface to define an area for detecting aberrant electrical activity (AEA) and then using... Agent: Mahamedi Paradice Kreisman LLP

20100268293 - 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... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner/bsc-crm

20100268292 - Hermetically sealed wet electrolytic capacitor: A hermetically sealed wet electrolytic capacitor includes a hermetically sealed case, a cathode, an anode, and an insulator between the anode and the cathode to provide electrical insulation between the anode and the cathode. An electrolytic solution is disposed within the case. A first terminal is electrically connected to the... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C.

20100268294 - Heart monitor: Embodiments relate to a heart monitor, which is connected to or can be connected to at least one sensor for pressure and volume data or equivalent substitute variables and which comprises an evaluation unit for processing at least one input signal reflecting the temporal course of pressure and volume data... Agent: Arc Patents

20100268295 - Apparatus and method for the detection and treatment of atrial fibrillation: An embodiment of the invention provides an apparatus for the detection and treatment of atrial arrhythmia comprising an electrical lead having proximal and distal portions. The distal portion is positionable in an atrial chamber and the end of the proximal portion is configured to be coupled to a pacemaker. The... Agent: Mahamedi Paradice Kreisman LLP

20100268296 - Cardiac rhythm management system with user interface for threshold test: An implantable cardiac rhythm management system includes a user interface, such as an external programmer, for performing therapy energy threshold tests. The threshold tests allow the caregiver to determine the threshold energy at which paces capture the heart, i.e., cause a resulting contraction of the heart chamber to which the... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner/bsc-crm

20100268297 - Duodenal stimulation to induce satiety: Methods and devices for creating and/or adding to sensations of satiety to reduce food intake. Methods include electrically stimulating the duodenum which may induce false nerve signals in the duodenal region which are normally indicative of duodenal distension (fullness) and/or the presence of food in the duodenum. These artificially generated... Agent: St. Jude Medical Neuromodulation Division

20100268298 - Deep brain stimulation current steering with split electrodes: A device for brain stimulation includes a lead having a longitudinal surface, a proximal end, a distal end and a lead body. The device also includes a plurality of electrodes disposed along the longitudinal surface of the lead near the distal end of the lead. The plurality of electrodes includes... Agent: Boston Scientific Neuromodulation Corp. C/o Frommer Lawrence & Haug LLP

20100268299 - Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation and method using same: The present disclosure relates to an apparatus and associated methods to produce analgesia in a mammal by providing an electrical nerve stimulus utilizing a pulsed input of low level electrical current, wherein the level of current is measurable with the measurements utilized to at least adjust the strength of the... Agent: Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP Intellectual Property Department

20100268300 - Low frequency electrical stimulator device for the prevention and treatment of chronic wounds: A low frequency electrical stimulation device for the prevention and healing of chronic wounds resulting from diabetes, or other type of pathology. This device applies electrical stimulation through a square bipolar signal, and a paused squared bipolar signal in at least one of the output channels, and at different therapy... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20100268301 - Image processing algorithm for cueing salient regions: A method for cueing salient regions of an image in an image processing device is provided and includes the steps of extracting three information streams from the image. A set of Gaussian pyramids are formed from the three information streams by performing eight levels of decimation by a factor two.... Agent: Hogan Lovells US LLP

20100268302 - Fitting a cochlear implant: A method and system for fitting a medical implant to a recipient is disclosed. The medical implant is operative to stimulate a physiological system of the recipient over a plurality of stimulation channels. The method includes the steps of determining an initial stimulation profile for the plurality of stimulation channels... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP

20100268304 - Controlling a personal medical device: Medical monitoring and treatment apparatus, which is controlled by a plurality of control sources, includes a “personal medical device” (PMD) or an “implantable medical device” (IMD), respectively carried by, or implanted in, a patient. The PMD/IMD is alternatively self-controlled or controlled by one or more local external control stations, at... Agent: Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC

20100268303 - Establishing a communication session between an implantable medical device and an external device using a burst period and a sniff interval: Communication sessions between an external device and an implantable medical device are established by the initiating device periodically transmitted bursts of energy and with the device that is the target of the bursts periodically sniffing for the transmitted bursts of energy. A silent period between bursts may be established and... Agent: Medtronic - Wk

20100268305 - Alignment indication for transcutaneous energy transfer: System for transcutaneous energy transfer. An implantable medical device, adapted to be implanted in a patient, has componentry for providing a therapeutic output. The implantable medical device has an internal power source and a secondary coil operatively coupled to the internal power source. An external power source, having a primary... Agent: Iplm Group, P.A.

20100268306 - Esophageal activity modulated obesity therapy: Methods and devices for delivering electrical stimulation to the sympathetic nervous system in response to the onset of eating. In some methods, swallowing is detected which then initiates a dose of stimulation which can vary in intensity, frequency, or both over the dose length. In some methods, the dose length... Agent: St. Jude Medical Neuromodulation Division

20100268307 - Methods for intravascularly-induced neuromodulation: Methods and apparatus are provided for intravascularly-induced neuromodulation using a pulsed electric field, e.g., to effectuate irreversible electroporation or electrofusion, necrosis and/or inducement of apoptosis, alteration of gene expression, changes in cytokine upregulation, etc., in target neural fibers. In some embodiments, the intravascular PEF system comprises a catheter having a... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP Attn: Paul Parker

20100268309 - Architectures for multi-electrode implantable stimulator devices having minimal numbers of decoupling capacitors: Architectures for implantable stimulators having N electrodes are disclosed. The architectures contains X current sources, or DACs. In a single anode/multiple cathode design, one of the electrodes is designated as the anode, and up to X of the electrodes can be designated as cathodes and independently controlled by one of... Agent: Wong, Cabello, Lutsch, Rutherford & Brucculeri LLP

20100268308 - Cranium plug: The present invention relates to a device for securing medical leads in a cranial burr hole, in particular, for securing a brain stimulation lead within such a burr hole. The device includes a circular socket element adapted to be secured within a burr hole of the skull of a patient,... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20100268310 - Implantable medical electrical stimulation lead, such as pne lead, and method of use: An implantable medical electrode lead for stimulation of bodily tissue. The lead is adapted for use with a needle lumen diameter of not greater than 0.05 inch, and includes a lead body and a tine assembly. The lead body has a distal section forming at least one exposed electrode surface.... Agent: Campbell Nelson Whipps, LLC

20100268311 - Method for implanting electrode on nerve: Methods and devices for implanting an electrode near a nerve covered by a tissue layer or layers. Methods can include cutting through a tissue layer covering the nerve to form at least two exposed pleural tissue layer edges. The nerve can be freed from any tissue around the nerve and... Agent: St. Jude Medical Neuromodulation Division

20100268312 - Control of shape of an implantable electrode array: An implantable electrode array includes an elongated carrier (20) and a plurality of electrodes mounted within the carrier. A actuator adjusts the curvature of the carrier and can be controlled by varying an electric potential applied to the actuator. The actuator is based on an electrochemical cells and may be... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP

20100268313 - Reference electrode apparatus and method for neurostimulation implants: An implantable apparatus and method are provided for use in conjunction with an implantable neurostimulation signal generator that provides an electrical stimulation signal to an active electrode. In auditory stimulation applications, the apparatus includes at least one anchor member having a distal end portion for directly contacting a patient's cranial... Agent: Marsh, Fischmann & Breyfogle LLP