Surgery: light, thermal, and electrical application inventions

20090270930 - External defibrillator with adaptive protocols: A method and apparatus for a defibrillating system is disclosed that monitors the patient during treatment and then uses the information it gathers to adjust treatment protocols during treatment based on the patient's response. The protocols may include adaptive rhythm analysis intervals, adaptive CPR intervals, and adaptive shock stacks. A... Agent: Jason D. Kelly Shumaker & Sieffert, P.A.

20090270931 - Method, mobile terminal, and computer program product for facilitating resuscitation: A method for facilitating resuscitation comprising starting an automatic resuscitation sequence, wherein the automatic resuscitation sequence comprises at least one from the group of: emitting audible instructions, displaying text instructions, displaying images, displaying animations, emitting metronome signals, emitting inflation sounds, displaying a clock showing elapsed time since starting the automatic... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C.

20090270932 - Methods and implantable devices for inducing fibrillation by alternating constant current: The present invention is directed toward methods for inducing fibrillation in a patient using a controlled current AC signal applied via an implanted ICD. In some embodiments, the AC signal is applied as a series of alternating constant current pulses. Some embodiments make use of a specialized H-bridge circuit for... Agent: Ari Pramudji Pramudji Wendt & Tran, LLP

20090270933 - Pressure and impedance based discrimination of hemodynamic stability: An implantable cardioverter defibrillator evaluates the hemodynamic stability of an arrhythmia to determine whether or not to defibrillate. The device obtains cardiac pressure and cardiac impedance data and evaluates a phase relationship between these parameters. Hemodynamically stable rhythms will result in an out of phase relationship.... Agent: Medtronic, Inc.

20090270934 - Pressure and impedance based discrimination of hemodynamic stability: An implantable cardioverter defibrillator evaluates the hemodynamic stability of an arrhythmia to determine whether or not to defibrillate. The device obtains cardiac pressure and cardiac impedance data and evaluates a phase relationship between these parameters. Hemodynamically stable rhythms will result in an out of phase relationship.... Agent: Medtronic, Inc.

20090270935 - Systems and methods for selectively stimulating nerve roots: Various system embodiments comprise an implantable lead, an implantable housing, a neural stimulation circuit in the housing, and a controller in the housing and connected to the neural stimulation circuit. The lead has a proximal end and a distal end. The distal end is adapted to deliver neural stimulation pulses... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner/bsc-crm

20090270936 - Implantable medical device with coordinated ventricular overdrive and trigger mode pacing: A method and system are provided for providing coordinated ventricular overdrive and triggered pacing through an implantable system. A lead senses signals from a heart to obtain sensed signals representative of tachycardia occurring in at least one chamber of the heart. The lead includes an electrode. A control module detects... Agent: Pacesetter, Inc.

20090270937 - Morphology-based optimization of cardiac resynchronization therapy: A method and apparatus for delivering cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) in which an evoked response electrogram is recorded during one or more cardiac cycles and used to aid in the selection of resynchronization pacing parameters and/or to monitor the effectiveness of resynchronization therapy. The morphology of an evoked response electrogram... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner/bsc-crm

20090270938 - Capture threshold and lead condition analysis: An exemplary method includes performing a capture threshold assessment using a bipolar electrode configuration, deciding if capture occurred for a maximum energy value of the capture threshold assessment and, if capture did not occur, then performing a lead impedance test for the lead associated with the bipolar electrode configuration. Such... Agent: Pacesetter, Inc.

20090270939 - Device and method for detecting atrial fibrillation: Detection of atrial fibrillation involves detecting a plurality of ventricular events and obtaining a series of probabilities of AF, each corresponding to a probability of AF for a different beat window having a plurality of ventricular events. AF onset is detected when one or each of a plurality of consecutive... Agent: Pacesetter, Inc.

20090270941 - Hemostasis valve and guidewire pacing system: Systems and methods for temporarily pacing a patient's heart are provided. One system includes a hemostasis valve with an adjustable electrical connection, the adjustable electrical connection having one or more adjustable contacts. The adjustable contacts have a first, radially expanded configuration and a second, radially constricted configuration. In the radially... Agent: Faegre & Benson LLP Patent Docketing - Intellectual Property (32469)

20090270940 - Lead retention assembly for implantable medical device: A lead retention assembly for an implantable medical device includes (i) a conductive set screw and (ii) a housing defining an opening for receiving at least a portion of the set screw. The assembly further includes a block disposed within the housing. The block defines a lead receiving bore and... Agent: Campbell Nelson Whipps, LLC

20090270942 - Collecting activity information to evaluate therapy: A medical device delivers a therapy to a patient. The medical device may periodically determine an activity level of the patient, and associate each determined activity level with a current therapy parameter set. A value of at least one activity metric is determined for each of a plurality of therapy... Agent: Shumaker & Sieffert , P.a

20090270943 - Blocking exogenous action potentials by an implantable medical device: I disclose an implantable medical device (IMD) to treat a medical condition in a patient, comprising an electrical signal generator; a cathode and an anode operatively coupled to the electrical signal generator and a cranial nerve of the patient; and a third electrode operatively coupled to the electrical signal generator... Agent: Timothy L. Scott

20090270944 - Methods and systems for treating a psychotic disorder: Methods of treating a psychotic disorder include applying at least one stimulus to a stimulation site within a patient with an implanted stimulator in accordance with one or more stimulation parameters configured to treat the psychotic disorder. Systems for treating a psychotic disorder include a stimulator configured to apply at... Agent: VistaIPLaw Group LLP/bsc - Neuromodulation

20090270945 - Portable applicator for collagen stimulation: A portable applicator for pulsating signal therapy comprises a support body (10), and at least two signal-generating arrangements (30) that are arranged in or on the support body (10). The at least two signal-generating arrangements (30) are connected in series, and each of the at least two signal-generating arrangements (30)... Agent: The Nath Law Group

20090270946 - Therapeutic light system: A non-thermal low dose light emitting diode (LED) array provides for the application of therapeutically specific radiation is provided. The array delivers radiation to the intended target surface at a controlled intensity. The intensity is controlled with a specific sequence of pulsing by pulse driving a matrix-arrayed LED. The modulation... Agent: Patent, Copyright & Trademark Law Group

20090270947 - Configuring stimulation therapy using stimulation intensity: Techniques for configuring electrical stimulation therapy utilizing one or more stimulation intensity values are described. In one example, a method includes receiving a stimulation intensity value that corresponds to an equal intensity function; determining a pulse width value and a pulse amplitude value based on the equal intensity function; and... Agent: Shumaker & Sieffert , P.a

20090270950 - Adaptive interference reduction during telemetry: An implantable medical device has a first module for performing telemetry communications with another device and a second module for delivering a high voltage therapy to a patient. The first module is configured to detect a communication error, and the second module is configured to determine a need for the... Agent: Medtronic, Inc.

20090270948 - Antenna arrangements for implantable therapy device: Embodiments of an implantable medical device includes a loop antenna wound about an inner housing. The loop antenna may form a partial winding, a complete winding, or multiple windings about the inner housing. One or more additional antennae may be capacitively coupled to the loop antenna external to the inner... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20090270949 - External stimulus for establishing communication with implantable medical device: The present invention relates to systems, devices and methods for accessing an implantable medical device when the security key is not known. The systems, methods and devices help to access an implantable medical device through a back door to permit non-secure communications. The systems, devices, and methods require short range... Agent: Medtronic, Inc.

20090270951 - Recharge system and method for deep or angled devices: Techniques are disclosed for recharging an Implantable Medical Device (IMD). In one embodiment, a first external coil is positioned on one side of a patient's body, such as on a front side of the torso in proximity to the IMD. A second external coil is positioned on an opposite side... Agent: Medtronic, Inc.

20090270952 - System for analyzing and treating abnormality of human and animal tissues: A patient treatment unit for analyzing and treating abnormality of human or animal tissues, includes a display; a pulse generator circuit that outputs a sequence of electrical pulses at a pulse frequency, the electrical pulses having a pulse width, the pulse generator controlling the pulse frequency and the pulse width... Agent: Melvin K. Silverman And Assocs PC

20090270953 - Optical device: A reflectance-type optical sensor includes one or more photodiodes formed in a semiconductor substrate. A well having sidewalls and a bottom is formed in the top surface of the substrate, and a reflective layer is formed on the sidewalls and bottom. A light-emitting diode (LED) is mounted in the well,... Agent: Medtronic, Inc.

20090270954 - Methods and apparatus for predictively controlling the temperature of a coolant delivered to a treatment device: Apparatus and methods for predictively controlling the temperature of a coolant delivered to a treatment apparatus configured to non-invasively treat a patient's tissue with doses of electromagnetic energy. The treatment apparatus includes a closed-loop cooling system connected with an energy delivery device used to deliver the electromagnetic energy to the... Agent: Wood , Herron & Evans, LLP (solta)

20090270955 - Therapeutic heating and cooling via temperature management of a colon-inserted dual balloon: Methods and apparatus are provided for heating or cooling a patient's whole body or a selected portion of a patient's body. In one embodiment, the method begins by inserting a catheter having a dual balloon system into the large intestine of a patient. A heated or chilled liquid is conducted... Agent: Innercool Therapies, Inc.

20090270956 - Implantable medical lead configured for improved mri safety: Disclosed herein is an implantable medical lead for coupling to an implantable pulse generator and configured for improved MRI safety. In one embodiment, the lead includes a tubular body, an electrode, an electrical conductor, and a shield layer. The tubular body includes a proximal end and a distal end. The... Agent: Pacesetter, Inc.

20090270959 - Lead condition assessment for an implantable medical device: A method, system, and apparatus for performing a lead condition assessment and/or a lead orientation determination associated with an implantable medical device (IMD). A first impedance is determined. The first impedance relates to the impedance relative to a first electrode and a portion of the IMD. A second impedance is... Agent: Cyberonics, Inc.

20090270958 - Simply supported neural stimulation electrode array for applying pressure on neural tissue: The present invention is an electrode array for neural stimulation suitable to be attached to neural tissue such that the attachment point acts as a fulcrum like point and contact with an end of the array body presses the other end of the array body into the neural tissue to... Agent: Second Sight Medical Products, Inc.

20090270957 - Stimulation system with percutaneously deliverable paddle lead and methods of making and using: An implantable lead includes an expandable paddle body and a plurality of electrodes disposed on the paddle body. The electrodes are configured and arranged to provide electrical stimulation to adjacent tissue when implanted and the lead is coupled to a control module. The paddle body is configured for percutaneous implantation... Agent: Boston Scientific Neuromodulation Corp. C/o Darby & Darby P.C.

20090270960 - Systems and methods for delivering electric current for spinal cord stimulation: Various system embodiments comprise a lead having a distal end and a proximal end. The distal end includes a plurality of electrodes. The lead is configured to be fed into a dorsal epidural space of a human to a desired region of a spinal column and to be fed laterally... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner/bsc-crm

20090270961 - Terminal housing for an electromedical implant: A terminal housing (14) for an electromedical implant (10) having female contacts (22.2, 22.2, 24) to receive and provide electric contact for electrode line plugs. The terminal housing has a base module (20) and a separately premanufactured cover module (40) that has a female contact (24) according to the IS-4... Agent: Dalina Law Group, P.C.

20090270962 - Passive fixation medical electrical lead: An implantable passive fixation lead is disclosed. The passive fixation lead comprises an elongate lead body having at least one elongate conductive element. The lead body includes a proximal end and a distal end. A support member has a first surface and a second surface. The second surface is coupled... Agent: Medtronic, Inc.

20090270963 - Medical probe: A probe system for electro-stimulation and bio-feedback training of muscles in the pelvic floor region, in particular for pelvic floor physiotherapy and diagnosis, includes a probe having a probe body which is insertable into a vagina or a rectum, and a plurality of electrodes which are positioned at several locations... Agent: Young & Thompson

20090264943 - High-resolution connector for a neurostimulation lead: An implantable connector comprises an electrically insulative housing including an outer wall, an interior cavity surrounded by the outer wall, a port through which the lead body portion can be introduced into the interior cavity, and a pair of first apertures disposed through the outer wall on a first side... Agent: VistaIPLaw Group LLP/bsc - Neuromodulation

20090264944 - Nerve stimulator with suction capability: A device for use in a removing fluids and debris from a surgical wound and for location of nerves adjacent to the surgical wound comprises a hollow electrically conductive tube which has a lumen extending from the distal end thereof to the proximal end thereof. Openings are located at the... Agent: Koppel, Patrick, Heybl & Dawson

20090264947 - Antitachycardiac stimulator: Implantable cardiac stimulator, with chamber stimulation unit connectable to left/right ventricular stimulation electrode to generate/deliver chamber stimulation pulses for stimulation of ventricle; ventricular sensing unit (VSU) to detect respective chamber contraction and deliver ventricular sensing signal when chamber contraction detected; optional atrial stimulation unit, connectable to atrial stimulation electrode to... Agent: Dalina Law Group, P.C.

20090264945 - Cardiac stimulator with stimulation success monitoring: An implantable cardiac stimulator having an at least partially electrically conductive housing, a ventricular stimulation unit connectable to left ventricular or right ventricular stimulation electrode and designed to generate ventricular stimulation pulses for stimulation of heart ventricle, having terminal for right ventricular defibrillation electrode. Has far-field electrogram detection unit (FFEDU)... Agent: Dalina Law Group, P.C.

20090264946 - Ventricular heart stimulator: The invention relates to an implantable ventricular heart stimulator (10), comprising an at least partially electrically conductive housing (12), an electrode line terminal for connection of a ventricular defibrillation electrode line (20) and a terminal for a defibrillation electrode (26). According to the invention, the heart stimulator has a far-field... Agent: Dalina Law Group, P.C.

20090264948 - Apparatus and method for maintaining a defibrillator battery charge and optionally communicating: Defibrillator assemblies and methods to wirelessly transfer energy from an external source to a battery or other rechargeable power source within the defibrillator assembly. The transfer of energy may be through a non-contact interface on a defibrillator cradle or a docking station that mounts the defibrillator. The rate of energy... Agent: Jason D. Kelly Shumaker & Sieffert, P.A.

20090264949 - Electrogram morphology-based crt optimization: A method and system for determining an optimum atrioventricular delay (AVD) interval and/or ventriculo-ventricular delay (VVD) intervals for delivering ventricular resynchronization pacing in an atrial tracking or atrial sequential pacing mode. Evoked response electrograms recorded at different AVD and VVD intervals are used to determine the extent of paced and... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner/bsc-crm

20090264950 - Medical devices and systems having separate power sources for enabling different telemetry systems: An implantable medical device includes a first, short-range telemetry circuit; a second, long-range telemetry circuit; a first power system that powers the first telemetry circuit; and a second power system that powers the second telemetry circuit. The second power system includes an internal charging system and a rechargeable battery coupled... Agent: Pacesetter, Inc.

20090264951 - Device and implantation system for electrical stimulation of biological systems: An implantable stimulation device for use in stimulation based treatments for diseases such as GERD or obesity is described. The device is provided with an anchoring unit which upon deployment assumes a shape optimized for the site of deployment. Sensing electrodes and stimulating electrodes in the device are also designed... Agent: Patentmetrix

20090264955 - Analyzing a stimulation period characteristic for psychiatric disorder therapy delivery: A characteristic of a stimulation period, which occurs during the delivery of stimulation therapy to a patient according to a therapy program, may be determined based on a physiological parameter of the patient. The stimulation period characteristic may include, for example, an amplitude or a trend in a physiological signal... Agent: Shumaker & Sieffert , P.a

20090264957 - Analyzing a washout period characteristic for psychiatric disorder therapy delivery: A characteristic of a washout period following the delivery of therapy to a patient according to a therapy program may be determined based on a physiological parameter of the patient. A washout period includes the period of time during which a carryover effect from the therapy dissipates. The washout period... Agent: Shumaker & Sieffert , P.a

20090264958 - Method for suppressing and reversing epileptogenesis: A method for identifying, suppressing, and reversing epileptogenesis, which is considered to be a learned response due to brain plasticity. The method includes identifying three epileptogenic conditions, neuronal hyperexcitability, spatial overconnectivity, and temporal overconnectivity. A treatment that accounts for each of these conditions is then be administered to the subject... Agent: Quarles & Brady LLP

20090264953 - Neurostimulator: Neurostimulator (20) comprising a signal generator (40) for generating stimulation pulses, connected or connectable to at least one electrode (10) implantable in the brain of a patient, comprising a signal generator control unit (36) connected to the signal generator (40) and designed to control the delivery of stimulation pulses and... Agent: Dalina Law Group, P.C.

20090264952 - Pacemaker for treating physiological system dysfunction: Disclosed is a device and method for preventing seizures due to physiological system dysfunction. The method is based on a conjectural model of the brain wherein each brain site is modeled as a chaotic oscillator; a normal brain generates an internal feedback signal to prevent long-term entrainment among the oscillators;... Agent: Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.

20090264956 - Psychiatric disorder therapy control: A therapy system for managing a psychiatric disorder of the patient may be controlled based on a patient mood state. Therapy may be delivered to a patient according to a therapy program, and a physiological parameter of the patient may be monitored during or after therapy delivery. The patient mood... Agent: Shumaker & Sieffert , P.a

20090264954 - Therapy target selection for psychiatric disorder therapy: Target tissue sites for therapy delivery to a patient may be selected based on the patient symptoms or a patient mood state. The therapy delivery may be used to manage a psychiatric disorder of the patient. Selected therapy sites may be weighted based on factors, such as the severity of... Agent: Shumaker & Sieffert , P.a

20090264959 - Vagus nerve stimulation for the treatment of fibromyalgia: This invention relates to the use of vagus nerve stimulation for the treatment of fibromyalgia which comprises applying a therapeutic stimulation signal from a stimulus generator, when activated, to at least some of plural electrodes implanted in stimulating relation of the patient's vagus nerve and activating the stimulus generator to... Agent: Barbara V. Maurer Suite 2100

20090264962 - Electric and acoustic stimulation fitting systems and methods: Methods and systems for modifying the parameters of at least one hearing device for a patient with residual hearing provide needed orchestration of acoustic and electric stimulation of patients wearing such devices.... Agent: Henricks Slavin And Holmes LLP Suite 200

20090264963 - Electric and acoustic stimulation fitting systems and methods: Methods and systems for modifying the parameters of at least one hearing device for a patient with residual hearing provide needed orchestration of acoustic and electric stimulation of patients wearing such devices.... Agent: Henricks Slavin And Holmes LLP Suite 200

20090264960 - Tonality-based optimization of sound sensation for a cochlear implant patient: Methods and systems of optimizing sound sensation of a cochlear implant patient include dividing an audio signal into a plurality of analysis channels, generating one or more tonality indices each representing a tonality of one of the analysis channels, generating one or more stimulation pulses configured to represent the audio... Agent: Advantedge Law Group, LLC

20090264961 - Tonotopic implant stimulation: Electrode stimulation signals are generated for an implanted electrode array. An acoustic audio signal is processed with a bank of filters that are each associated with a band of audio frequencies, and a set of band pass signals is generated with each band pass signal corresponding to the band of... Agent: Sunstein Kann Murphy & Timbers LLP

20090264964 - System and method for radio communication between an implantable medical device and an external base unit: In a system and method for radio communication between an implantable medical device (IMD) and an external base unit, respectively including transceivers for communication therebetween, the external base unit, according to a predetermined criterion, sends a sleep message to the IMD transceiver, requesting the IMD transceiver to switch power-consuming circuitry... Agent: Schiff Hardin, LLP Patent Department

20090264966 - Device for inductive charging of implanted electronic devices: Devices suitable for charging implanted electronic devices are provided. A device suitable for charging one or more implanted electronic devices, specifically implanted ophthalmic devices, may include a wearable frame, one or more conductive coils, and a power source to provide a current to the conductive coil. When placed in proximity... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20090264965 - Optimizing size of implantable medical devices by isolating the power source: A wireless cardiac stimulation device comprising an implantable transmitter module housing a transmitter and a separately implantable battery module housing a battery for powering the transmitter and other device electronics via a subcutaneously routable electrical cable connecting the module is disclosed. The transmitter module contains a transmitter enclosure which comprises... Agent: Ebr Systems, Inc. & Townsend And Townsend And Crew LLP

20090264967 - Timing therapy evaluation trials: A characteristic of a washout period following the delivery of therapy to a patient according to a therapy program may be determined based on a physiological parameter of the patient. A washout period includes the period of time during which a carryover effect from the therapy delivery dissipates. Monitoring a... Agent: Shumaker & Sieffert , P.a

20090264968 - Breast treatment machine: An apparatus for irradiating a breast of a patient includes a radiation source, a structure adapted to hold a breast of a patient in receiving a radiation from the radiation source, and a vacuum source. The structure includes a member having an interior generally conformal to a shape of the... Agent: Houst Consulting (varian)

20090264969 - Multi-mode cooling garment: Apparatus for cooling a person in extreme environments. The apparatus includes a garment having a vest with attached tubing. The vest includes an evaporative cooling device and the tubing is configured to circulate chilled water. The vest includes a material that is able to receive and absorb an amount of... Agent: Knox Patents

20090264970 - Body heater suspenders: A portable body heating system includes suspenders with suspender strap(s) adapted to be worn adjacent to a person's torso, and a fastener that is adapted to secure the suspenders an article of clothing covering at least a portion of the person's lower body. The heating system also includes means for... Agent: Goff Patent Law PLLC

20090264971 - Dermatological device for providing therapeutic heat treatment: A dermatological device for application of heat treatment to the skin at an optimal temperature range. The dermatological device comprises an outer housing containing a thermal module and an activator. The outer housing comprises upper and lower surfaces, the upper surface comprising a button and the lower surface comprising thermally-conductive... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP

20090264972 - Flexible circuit electrode array: A method of preparing a flexible circuit electrode array, comprising: (a) providing a first soft polymer layer; (b) depositing a first a base layer on the first soft polymer layer; (c) providing a metal thin film on the base layer; (d) depositing a top polymer layer on the metal thin... Agent: Second Sight Medical Products, Inc.

20090264973 - Treatment devices with delivery-activated inflatable members, and associated systems and methods for treating the spinal cord and other tissues: Treatment systems with delivery-activated inflatable members, and associated systems and methods for treating the spinal cord and other tissues are disclosed. A treatment system in accordance with one embodiment includes a lead body having an opening, an inner surface position around the opening, and an inflatable member carried by the... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP Patent-sea

20090264974 - Pulmonary artery lead for atrial therapy and atrial pacing and sensing: A lead includes a lead body extending from a proximal end to a distal end and having an intermediate portion. A shocking electrode is disposed proximate the distal end of the lead body, and a pacing electrode is disposed along the intermediate portion of the lead body. The distal end... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner/bsc-crm

20090259265 - Electronic network components utilizing biocompatible conductive adhesives for direct body fluid exposure: An implantable passive or active electronic network component or component network is provided which is suitable for prolonged direct body fluid exposure and is attachable to a conductive surface, circuit trace, lead or electrode. The electronic network component or component network includes (1) a non-conductive body of biocompatible and non-migratable... Agent: Kelly Lowry & Kelley, LLP

20090259264 - Surgically implantable wire connector: A surgically implantable wire connecting device that is adaptable to accept various diameter wires by selecting pre-wired mandrels, each having a specific candidate diameter wire and length, and attaching the mandrels together in a metal crimp tube. The final assembly during surgery requires a simple crimp of the crimp tube... Agent: Alfred E. Mann Foundation For Scientific Research

20090259267 - Implantable neuro-stimulation electrode with fluid reservoir: An implantable electrode with a fluid reservoir is described. An implantable electrode carrier has an outer surface with electrode contacts for electrically stimulating nearby neural tissue. An enlarged fluid storage reservoir within the electrode carrier stores a treatment volume of therapeutic fluid for an extended therapeutic treatment period. At least... Agent: Sunstein Kann Murphy & Timbers LLP

20090259268 - Method and apparatus for delivering combined electrical and drug therapies: A cardiac rhythm management (CRM) system includes an implantable medical device that delivers combined electrical and drug therapies. The implantable medical device includes a drug reservoir that is refillable after implantation. In one embodiment, the implantable medical device includes an implantable housing encapsulating a pulse generator circuit and a drug... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner/bsc-crm

20090259266 - System for heart monitoring, characterization and abnormality detection: A system analyzes and characterizes cardiac electrophysiological signals by determining instantaneous signal entropy for identifying and characterizing cardiac disorders, differentiating cardiac arrhythmias, determining pathological severity and predicting life-threatening events. A system for heart monitoring, characterization and abnormality detection, includes an acquisition device for acquiring an electrophysiological signal representing a heart... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20090259270 - Cardiac rhythm management for fetal, neonatal, and/or pediatric patients: A method including inserting an electrode into an umbilical vein, and advancing the electrode through the umbilical vein to a location near or in a heart. In an example, the electrode is inserted into an umbilical vein in utero. In another example, the electrode is inserted into an umbilical vein... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner/bsc-crm

20090259269 - Method and apparatus for detecting and treating tachyarrhythmias incorporating diagnostic/therapeutic pacing techniques: An implantable medical device (IMD) and methods of operating the same to treat a tachyarrhythmia are disclosed herein. In accordance with this method, an arrhythmia of the heart is classified based on one or more supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) rejection rules, which differentiate between a first group of heart rhythms that... Agent: Medtronic, Inc.

20090259271 - Methods and devices for accurately classifying cardiac activity: Methods, systems, and devices for signal analysis in an implanted cardiac monitoring and treatment device such as an implantable cardioverter defibrillator. In illustrative examples, captured data including detected events is analyzed to identify likely overdetection of cardiac events. In some illustrative examples, when overdetection is identified, data may be modified... Agent: Ari Pramudji Pramudji Wendt & Tran, LLP

20090259272 - Bundle of his stimulation system: A system for therapeutically stimulating a His bundle includes an implantable pulse generator and a multi-polar medical electrical lead. The generator is configured for subcutaneous implantation and to generate a pacing stimulus. The lead includes a connector assembly, a flexible tubular body, a distal tip assembly and coil conductors. The... Agent: Faegre & Benson LLP Patent Docketing - Intellectual Property (32469)

20090259273 - Using telemetry coupling as a surrogate for recharger coupling: Techniques for using telemetry signal strength for positioning a primary recharge coil of a recharging unit at a location proximate to an Implantable Medical Device (IMD) in preparation to recharge a rechargeable power source of the IMD are disclosed. An antenna of the recharging unit is positioned proximate to the... Agent: Medtronic, Inc.

20090259274 - Methods and apparatus for electrical treatment using balloon and electrode: The present invention provides systems, apparatus and methods for selectively applying electrical energy to body tissue. A device is provided having an enclosure within an outer wall formed from an electrically-permeable material to allow for electrical energy to pass from the interior of the enclosure through the outer wall. The... Agent: Electrocore Inc.

20090259275 - Methods of treating brain damages: Provided herein are methods of repairing, treating, managing or preventing brain damages. In some embodiments, the methods comprise applying a direct current electric field to direct or modulate the migration of NSPCs towards the region of the brain damage. In certain embodiments, the methods comprise administering an electric field between... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz, LLP

20090259276 - Field focusing and mapping in a visual prosthesis: The present invention is a system for mapping a high resolution image to a lower resolution electrode array and, by applying varying stimulus to neighboring electrodes, creating a perceived image greater in resolution than the electrode array. The invention is applicable to a wide range of neural stimulation devices including... Agent: Second Sight Medical Products, Inc.

20090259277 - Systems and methods for detecting and using an electrical cochlear response (\"ecr\") in analyzing operation of a cochlear stimulation system: Methods and systems for analyzing operation of a cochlear stimulation system. A sound stimulus signal is generated to excite the cochlear stimulation system to operate. During operation, the intracochlear electrodes generate signals into the auditory nerve system. The patient's nervous system's response may be measured as the Electrical Cochlear Response... Agent: The Eclipse Group LLP

20090259278 - Programmable waveform pulses for an implantable medical device: Apparatus and method provide flexibility in generating a stimulation waveform to an electrode of an Implantable Neuro Stimulator (INS). The stimulation waveform is synthesized for each rate period interval. Each rate period interval is partitioned into time intervals, during which stimulation pulses, recharging, and time duration delays may be induced.... Agent: Shumaker & Sieffert , P.a

20090259279 - Splanchnic nerve stimulation for treatment of obesity: A method for the treatment of obesity or other disorders by electrical activation or inhibition of the sympathetic nervous system is disclosed. This activation or inhibition can be accomplished by stimulating the greater splanchnic nerve or other portion of the sympathetic nervous system using an electrode. This nerve activation can... Agent: Leptos Biomedical, Inc. C/o Cpa Global

20090259281 - Device for reducing the fault susceptibility of elongated implants: An implantable line having an elongated line body, a function conductor extending in the longitudinal direction of the line body, acting to implement a medical function of the line, whereby in addition to the function conductor, a field decoupling conductor which extends over at least a section of the length... Agent: Dalina Law Group, P.C.

20090259280 - Electrical stimulation lead with bioerodible anchors and anchor straps: An apparatus includes a coupling portion, a bioerodible anchor portion and a bioerodable retainer. The coupling portion is configured to be coupled to an electrical conductor. The bioerodible retention portion is adjacent to the coupling portion and is moveable from a collapsed configuration to an expanded configuration. The bioerodible retention... Agent: Cooley Godward Kronish LLP Attn: Patent Group

20090259282 - Extendable imlpantable elongated member: An extendable medical lead comprises a lead body and a sheath defining a cavity that encloses a length of the lead body. The length of the lead body enclosed within the sheath may be coiled or otherwise gathered such that when extended, the length of the enclosed section of the... Agent: Medtronic, Inc.

20090259283 - Sheathed lead for pacing or defibrillation: A cardiac lead assembly includes a sheath disposed over a majority of the outer surface of a cardiac lead body including a fixation helix located at its distal end. The sheath protects the fixation member during delivery of the lead assembly to a target location within a patient's heart. The... Agent: Faegre & Benson LLP Patent Docketing - Intellectual Property (32469)

20090254133 - Method for treatment of diabetes by electrostimulatioin: A method for treating a patient suffering diabetes or pre-diabetes is disclosed. In brief, this treatment involves delivering a micro-current to the patient, in accordance with a defined therapeutic regime. More specifically, this invention relates to the treatment of diabetes, by means of electrostimulation, so as to correct/abate the biological... Agent: John H. Faro, Esq.

20090254134 - Hybrid ultrasound/electrode device for neural stimulation and recording: An invasive device that uses electrodes in conjunction with ultrasound is used to enhance and localize electrical recordings and stimulation of neurons. The current design is confined to operate within an elongated geometry for ease of insertion and minimal disruption to brain tissue.... Agent: Ropes & Gray LLP

20090254135 - High-energy anti-tachycardia therapy: Embodiments of the invention are related to medical devices and methods for delivery high-energy anti-tachycardia therapy to a subject, amongst other things. In an embodiment, the invention includes a medical device including a controller module configured to administer a plurality of electrical pulses to a patient in response to a... Agent: Pauly, Devries Smith & Deffner, L.L.C.

20090254136 - Automatic external defibrillator for adult and pediatric patients: An AED unit which is operable to selectively execute either an adult rescue protocol or a pediatric rescue protocol is causes to execute the pediatric rescue protocol by inserting a key-like device into a slot of the AED unit. A sensor inside the case of the AED unit senses the... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20090254138 - Method and apparatus for pulmonary artery pressure signal isolation: An implantable system senses a pulmonary artery pressure (PAP) signal using an implantable sensor placed in the pulmonary artery and isolates a plurality of signals from the PAP signal for diagnostic and/or therapeutic use. Each signal is extracted from the PAP signal using its known frequency characteristics and/or timing relationship... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner/bsc-crm

20090254137 - Temperature based systems and methods for tachycardia discrimination and therapy: Embodiments of the invention are related to an implantable medical system, amongst other things. In an embodiment, the invention includes a processor, an electrical sensor, and a temperature sensor. The processor is configured to monitor myocardial electrical activity with input from the electrical sensor; identify myocardial electrical activity indicative of... Agent: Pauly, Devries Smith & Deffner, L.L.C.

20090254140 - Cardiac resynchronization therapy optimization using parameter estimation from realtime electrode motion tracking: An exemplary method includes providing at least two-dimensional position information, for at least two points in time, for an electrode located in a cardiac space; determining a local estimator based on the position information; and, based at least in part on the determined local estimator, selecting a configuration for delivering... Agent: Pacesetter, Inc.

20090254139 - Implantable medical device with optimization procedure: In an implantable medical device and a method for the operation thereof, acoustic energy is sensed in a subject in whom the device is implanted, and signals indicative of heart sounds of the heart of the patient are produced over predetermined periods of a cardiac cycle, during successive cardiac cycles.... Agent: Schiff Hardin, LLP Patent Department

20090254141 - Apparatus and method for reversal of myocardial remodeling with electrical stimulation: An apparatus and method for reversing ventricular remodeling with electro-stimulatory therapy. A ventricle is paced by delivering one or more stimulatory pulses in a manner such that a stressed region of the myocardium is pre-excited relative to other regions in order to subject the stressed region to a lessened preload... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner/bsc-crm

20090254143 - Methods and systems for glucose regulation: Various methods and apparatus for treating a condition associated with impaired glucose regulation in a subject comprising in one embodiment, applying a neural conduction block to a target nerve at a blocking site with the neural conduction block selected to at least partially block nerve pulses. In another embodiment, combinations... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20090254142 - Treating medical conditions of hollow organs: A minimally invasive treatment and appartus for treating medical conditions of hollow organs is described. Electrodes positioned within the organ and in surface contact with the underlying glands, nerves, and muscle walls of the organ apply energy to specific glandular, nerve, or muscular areas to alter the organ's operation.... Agent: Soodabek Tronson

20090254145 - Pelvic disorder treatment: In a method of treating urinary incontinence, fecal incontinence, constipation and/or pathological retention of urine, at least one electrode of a lead is implanted in contact with a pelvic muscle of the patient. A proximal end of the lead is connected to a hermetically sealed implantable stimulator device configured to... Agent: Westman Champlin & Kelly, P.A.

20090254144 - System and method of bladder and sphincter control: A method and system for bladder control are disclosed. In embodiments, a method for bladder control is provided that comprises coupling an electrode to an afferent nerve that is related to the bladder. Applying a plurality of pulse burst stimulations via the electrode causes voiding of urine from the bladder.... Agent: Thompson Hine L.L.P. Intellectual Property Group

20090254146 - Deep brain stimulation implant with microcoil array: An implant for deep brain stimulation (DBS) has an array of electromagnetic microcoils dispersed over the length of the implant. The microcoils produce magnetic fields that are directed into, and induce current in, the adjacent brain tissue. The microcoils may be selectively operated to direct and focus electrical stimulation to... Agent: Quarles & Brady LLP

20090254147 - Stimulation method for the sphenopalatine ganglia, sphenopalatine nerve, or vidian nerve for treatment of medical conditions: A method is provided for the suppression or prevention of pain, movement disorders, epilepsy, cerebrovascular diseases, autoimmune diseases, sleep disorders, autonomic disorders, urinary bladder disorders, abnormal metabolic states, disorders of the muscular system, and neuropsychiatric disorders in a patient. The method comprises positioning at least one electrode on or proximate... Agent: Tarolli, Sundheim, Covell & Tummino L.L.P.

20090254148 - Telemetrically controllable system for treatment of nervous sytem injury: An apparatus (500) for stimulating axon growth of the nerve cells in the spinal cord of mammals to stimulate regeneration of the nerve cells in the spinal cord. Such an apparatus includes a variable current DC stimulus generator (420), and data transfer circuitry (410) in communication with the DC stimulus... Agent: David B Quick Ice Miller

20090254150 - Electrical stimulation of the acoustic nerve with coherent fine structure: A method of enhancing temporal cues in a cochlear implant system is presented. The cochlear implant system includes an electrode array in which each electrode is stimulated based on a stimulation sequence of pulses. The method includes deriving signal c(t) from an acoustic representative electrical signal, the signal c(t) including... Agent: Sunstein Kann Murphy & Timbers LLP

20090254149 - Synchronized diagnostic measurement for cochlear implants: Objective measurement of cochlear implant operation is described which coordinates the delivery to a patient of an acoustic signal and an electrical signal. The acoustic signal is developed as an acoustic stimulation input to the ear canal of a patient, and the electrical signal is developed as an electrical stimulation... Agent: Sunstein Kann Murphy & Timbers LLP

20090254151 - Lead anchor for implantable devices and methods of manufacture and use: A lead anchor includes a body with opposing first and second major surfaces and at least one edge surface between the first and second major surfaces. The body defines a first channel, a second channel, and a notch. The first channel extends from the edge surface of the body and... Agent: Boston Scientific Neuromodulation Corp. C/o Darby & Darby P.C.

20090254152 - Electrical lead for an electronic device such as an implantable device: A lead for an electronic device which resists the induction of a current from an electromagnetic field external to said lead includes one or more pairs of adjacent segments of electrical wire, each of the pairs including a first segment of electrical wire and a second segment of electrical wire.... Agent: Boston Scientific Neuromodulation (svi & Jhu) C/o Darby & Darby P.C.

20090254153 - Horizontal sauna device: A horizontal sauna device mainly includes a controller used to command a positive temperature coefficient thermistor (PTC). The controller has two using modes, a sleep mode and a sweat mode. The maximal power value of the sleep mode is designed with one that is not to make a user awaken... Agent: Chung Tai Chang

20090254154 - Method and apparatus for irradiating a surface with pulsed light: A method and apparatus irradiates a surface with at least one pulsed light beam emitted from an emission surface of an optical element. The at least one pulsed light beam comprises a plurality of pulses having a temporal pulsewidth in a range between about 0.1 millisecond and about 150 seconds.... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20090254155 - Therapeutic emitter retaining device: A therapeutic device and related method of use are described. The device features a flexible member that includes one or more emitters of for example, electromagnetic radiation, thermal energy, magnetic fields, and/or electrical fields. The device can be readily attached and removed from a user's skin by sealingly contacting the... Agent: Rankin, Hill & Clark LLP

20090254156 - Skin treatment phototherapy device: A light emitting diode (LED) phototherapy device is disclosed. The phototherapy device may be used in the treatment of various skin conditions. The phototherapy device may include multi-color LEDs for emitting multiple wavelengths of light for skin treatment. Furthermore, the phototherapy device may include a control system that receives, from... Agent: Stoel Rives LLP - Slc

20090254157 - Method for optimising functional status of vegetative systems of an organism and a device for carrying out said method: The invention relates to biology and to human and animal physiology. The inventive method for optimising functional status of vegetative systems of the human organism consists in exposing the biologically active areas of the human body to the action of microwave electromagnetic pulse by exposing each area to the radiation,... Agent: Houston Eliseeva

20090254160 - Automated temperature contrast and dynamic pressure modules for a hot or cold wrap therapy system: The present invention relates to a replaceable module for use with a thermal contrast therapy systems. The replaceable module may be an automated thermal contrast therapy module which includes a casing, a manual mixing valve, an automated mixing valve, an automated mixing valve actuator, a temperature sensor, and an interface.... Agent: Kang Lim

20090254158 - Cooling device for locally anesthetizing an area on the surface of the body: A cooling device for locally and superficially anesthetizing an area on the surface of the body comprising a coolant fluid contacting a cooler. The cooler is moistened by a disinfection fluid. The cooling device is held in a refrigerator till use, then allowed to warm up to operation temperature. Then,... Agent: Fleit Gibbons Gutman Bongini & Bianco Pl

20090254159 - Method and device for controlling the temperature of local regions of a patient's body: Method and device are disclosed for controlling the temperature of local portions of a patient's body. The temperature of regions including the nails of fingers and or toes is controlled to be kept at a predetermined low level when the patient is undergoing chemotherapy. In at least one embodiment, the... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090254161 - Method for reducing myocardial infarct by application of intravascular hypothermia: Methods and apparatus for preventing myocardial infarction, or lessening the size/severity of an evolving myocardial infarction, by cooling at least the affected area of the myocardium using an intravascular heat exchange catheter. The heat exchange catheter may be inserted into the vasculature (e.g., a vein) and advanced to a position... Agent: Stout, Uxa, Buyan & Mullins LLP

20090254162 - Novel medical device conductor junctions: A method for making an elongate medical device includes coupling a conductive fitting to an elongate conductor and providing an opening through an insulative layer in proximity to the fitting in order to expose the fitting.... Agent: Gore Enterprise Holdings, Inc.

20090254163 - 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 a stimulating lead assembly that comprises an elongate carrier member having at least one stimulating element positioned thereon. The stimulating lead assembly further has an expandable portion... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP