Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
607148000 | Electrical energy applied through plural paths | 41 |
20090105795 | SMART GARMENT TECHNOLOGY - A method and apparatus for making a connection with a part of a body to transfer an electromagnetic signal for a predetermined purpose, the apparatus including: a garment including one or more electrode capable of passing the signal to or from the part of the body; and a controller for controlling the nature of or processing the signal dependant on one or more parameters in order to vary the nature of the signal dependant on the purpose; wherein at least one parameter of the one or more parameters is stored on a data storage device included in the garment. | 04-23-2009 |
20090204195 | Multi-Element Probe Array - A multi-element probe array suitable for sensing or stimulating is disclosed. In one embodiment, the multi-element probe array includes a plurality of microfibers extending longitudinally and oriented substantially parallel to form a bundle. Probe elements are defined by a first subset of the microfibers displaced in a forward direction along the longitudinal axis relative to spacer elements defined by a second subset of the microfibers. Interface elements and communication elements are disposed on the probe elements. | 08-13-2009 |
20100191316 | ELECTRODE SET AND STIMULATING DEVICE - The electrode set for a stimulation device, such as a TENS or EMS stimulation device comprises at least a plurality of neighboring electrically active zones close to each other said active zones forming a succession of poles of alternating polarity or being grouped to form groups of poles of alternating polarity, wherein at least one of said active zone or group of zones has a lateral size (D | 07-29-2010 |
20100318167 | NEUROSTIMULATION ELECTRODE ARRAY AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE - An implantable neurostimulation electrode array may include a flexible, electrically non-conductive carrier, and a plurality of electrodes supportably interconnected to and spaced along a length of a carrier. In various embodiments, different ones of at least some of the plurality of electrodes may comprise corresponding contact surfaces having different areas. The different surface areas may be achieved by defining a different area per unit length of the carrier and/or by defining a different total length (e.g. as measured along a length of the carrier). In some embodiments, insulator portions having different corresponding lengths may be disposed between different adjacent ones of the electrodes. The insulated portions may be integrally defined with the carrier. Electrical connection lines may be embedded within the carrier. In a manufacturing method, a plurality of electrodes may be supportably interconnected to a first side of a sacrificial substrate and a carrier may be interconnected to the electrodes. In turn, at least a portion of the substrate may be removed from the electrodes to yield at least a partially completed electrode array. The substrate may be configured into a predetermined configuration wherein the carrier material may be formed within an internal volume thereof to define at least a portion of the configuration of the carrier of the electrode array. | 12-16-2010 |
20110301682 | DIRECTIONAL LEAD ASSEMBLY - Leads having directional electrodes thereon. Also provided are leads having directional electrodes as well as anchoring prongs to secure the electrodes to the leads. Also provided are leads with directional electrodes where all the electrodes have the same surface area. Methods of treating conditions and selectively stimulating regions of the brain such as the thalamus and cerebellum are also provided. | 12-08-2011 |
20120004716 | MICROELECTORODE ARRAY, METHODS FOR PREPARING THE SAME AND USES THEREOF - A microelectrode array having a substrate with a plurality of grooves and a plurality of electrical contact pads, the grooves each with at least one electrode electrically connected to at least one of the electrical contact pads, each of the grooves containing at least one myotube that overlays the at least one electrode. | 01-05-2012 |
20120022627 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FRACTIONAL SKIN TREATMENT - An apparatus for cosmetic RF skin treatment where the RF energy supply is isolated from the patient treated, such that in course of treatment no undesired current flows through the subject body. | 01-26-2012 |
20120071958 | Medical Leads and Related Systems that Include a Lumen Body That Is Joined to a Lead Body and That Has Multiple Filar Lumens - Medical leads include a lumen body at an end of the lead, and the lumen body includes multiple filar lumens. The lumen body is joined to a lead body, and electrical connectors are longitudinally spaced along the lumen body. Filars within the filar lumens are directed through filar passageways within the lumen body to attach to the electrical connectors on the lumen body. The filar passageways may be aligned with the filar lumens, and slots within the electrical connectors may be aligned with the filar passageways to facilitate assembly. The lumen body may provide additional stiffness to the end of the lead where the lumen body is located to facilitate lead insertion into the medical device. The filar lumens of the lumen body may have a longitudinally straight configuration so that the portions of filars within the filar lumens are held in a longitudinally straight configuration. | 03-22-2012 |
20120078339 | IMPLANTABLE CONDUCTING LEAD - An electrically conducting lead ( | 03-29-2012 |
20120130466 | MULTI-POLAR ELECTRICAL MEDICAL LEAD CONNECTOR SYSTEM - A lead connector is terminated proximally by a connector pin and includes a circumferential array of connector pads, each connector pad coupled to an electrode via an elongated insulated conductor. A lumen of an adaptor is adapted to engage the lead connector and includes an electrical contact zone formed therein and positioned for coupling with a one of the array of connector pads, when the connector is engaged within the lumen, in order to facilitate electrical connection of a selected electrode corresponding to the one of the array of connector pads. | 05-24-2012 |
20120143299 | MRI COMPATIBLE CO-RADIALLY WOUND ELECTRODE CIRCUIT - An MRI compatible electrode circuit construct is provided. The construct includes at least two filter components constructed from an electrode wire. One filter component may be a resonant LC filter at or near an electrode/wire interface that resolves the issue of insufficient attenuation by effectively blocking the RF induced current on the wire from exiting the wire through the electrode. The second filter component may include one or more non-resonant filter(s) positioned along the length of the electrode wire that resolve(s) the issue of excessive heating of the resonant LC filter by significantly attenuating the current induced on the wire before it reaches the resonant LC filter. The non-resonant filter(s) may also attenuate the RF current reflected from the resonant LC filter thereby resolving the issue of the strong reflected power from the resonant filter and the associated dielectric heating. | 06-07-2012 |
20120185029 | DISPOSABLE ELECTROMAGNETIC ENERGY APPLICATOR AND METHOD OF USING IT - A skin treatment apparatus that includes, a disposable electrode carrier with a plurality of voltage-applying dome-shaped elements protruding from the surface of the electrode carrier. Further, the protruding elements are spaced apart in a pattern. The apparatus operates to apply a voltage to at least some of the protruding elements. The apparatus applies a voltage to the protruding elements with a magnitude that is sufficient to result in an electrical break down of the skin and thereby cause electric current enabling the desired treatment. | 07-19-2012 |
20120197375 | LEADS WITH SPIRAL OF HELICAL SEGMENTED ELECTRODE ARRAYS AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THE LEADS - A stimulation lead includes a lead body having a longitudinal surface, a distal end, a proximal end, and a shaft extending along at least a portion of the distal end of the lead body. The stimulation lead also includes multiple segmented electrode members disposed on the shaft along the longitudinal surface of the lead body near the distal end of the lead body. Each segmented electrode member includes a ring structure which forms at least a partial ring and is disposed on the shaft, and a segmented electrode coupled to the ring and having an exposed surface configured and arranged for stimulating tissue when the stimulation lead is implanted. | 08-02-2012 |
20120203320 | LEADS WITH SPIRALLY ARRANGED SEGMENTED ELECTRODES AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THE LEADS - One embodiment is a stimulation lead including a lead body comprising a longitudinal surface, a distal end, and a proximal end; and multiple electrodes disposed along the longitudinal surface of the lead body near the distal end of the lead body. The multiple electrodes include multiple segmented electrodes with each of the segmented electrodes having an exterior surface, an interior surface opposite the exterior surface, a proximal end, and a distal end. At least one of the segmented electrodes includes one or more of a) at least one channel formed in the segmented electrode and extending from the proximal end to the distal end of the segmented electrode, b) an arcuate groove formed in at least one of the distal end surface or the proximal end surface, or c) a notch formed in the segmented electrode and extending from the proximal end to the distal end of the segmented electrode. | 08-09-2012 |
20120203321 | METHODS FOR MAKING LEADS WITH SEGMENTED ELECTRODES FOR ELECTRICAL STIMULATION SYSTEMS - One embodiment is a stimulation lead including a lead body comprising a longitudinal surface, a distal end, and a proximal end; and multiple electrodes disposed along the longitudinal surface of the lead body near the distal end of the lead body. The multiple electrodes include multiple segmented electrodes. At least a first portion of the lead body, proximal to the electrodes, is transparent or translucent and at least a second portion of the lead body, separating two or more of the segmented electrodes, is opaque so that the segmented electrodes separated by the second portion of the lead body are visually distinct. Alternatively or additionally, the stimulation lead can include an indicator ring, a stripe, a groove, or a marking aligned with one or more of the segmented electrodes. | 08-09-2012 |
20120239126 | Visual Prosthesis Including a Flexible Circuit Electrode Array - A visual prosthesis which includes a hermetic package and flexible circuit electrode array is disclosed. The hermetic package includes electrode drivers and contacts. The flexible circuit electrode array includes a polymer base layer, metal traces, including electrodes suitable to stimulate visual neural tissue and bond pads bonded to contacts on the hermetic package, all deposited on the polymer base layer, a polymer top layer deposited on the polymer base layer and deposited on the metal traces, a partial or an entire coating of the polymer base layer and of the polymer top layer by a soft polymer that is softer than the polymer base layer; and the polymer base layer and the polymer top layer contain a plurality of aligned holes to facilitate bonding of the soft polymer. | 09-20-2012 |
20120253445 | MRI compatible conductor system for catheter and stimulation leads - A medical device compatible with magnetic resonance imaging including an elongated tubular body defining a longitudinal axis and having opposed proximal and distal end portions. The elongated body including a plurality of coaxial layers including a radially inner-most insulative layer, at least one inner conductive layer, and a radially outer-most insulative layer. The at least one conductive layer is defined by a non-ferromagnetic conductive material that is compatible with magnetic resonance imaging. | 10-04-2012 |
20120271395 | DEVICE FOR ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY OF THE HUMAN BODY - The invention relates to a device for the electrostimulation therapy of the human body, comprising several electrodes ( | 10-25-2012 |
20120316631 | CUSTOMIZABLE MEDICAL ELECTRODE - A medical electrode includes a conductive member having a top and a bottom side and a plurality of cutouts establishing a pattern of islands interconnected by conductive member bridges. A plurality of island electrodes are provided with each island electrode disposed on a corresponding island. A conductive adhesive is disposed on the conductive member bottom side for adhering the medical electrode to a patient's skin. | 12-13-2012 |
20120330393 | IMPLANTABLE ELECTRODE ARRAY ASSEMBLY WITH AN ARRAY SUBTRATE, ELECTRODES AND INTEGRATED CIRCUITS, THE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS BEING ATTACHED TO PACKAGE SUBSTRATES - An electrode array with a flexible array substrate on which plural spaced apart electrodes are disposed. Integrated circuits are disposed in the array substrate. The integrated circuits are mounted to package substrates. The package substrates are more rigid than the array substrate. Internal to each package substrate is at least one electrical conductor. The electrical conductor extends from a bond pad integral with integrated circuit at least partially through the package substrate. The electrical conductor functions as the conductive member that extends between the integrated circuit an electrode with which the integrated circuit is associated. | 12-27-2012 |
20130041449 | Virtual Electrodes for High-Density Electrode Arrays - The present embodiments are directed to implantable electrode arrays having virtual electrodes. The virtual electrodes may improve the resolution of the implantable electrode array without the burden of corresponding complexity of electronic circuitry and wiring. In a particular embodiment, a virtual electrode may include one or more passive elements to help steer current to a specific location between the active electrodes. For example, a passive element may be a metalized layer on a substrate that is adjacent to, but not directly connected to an active electrode. In certain embodiments, an active electrode may be directly coupled to a power source via a conductive connection. Beneficially, the passive elements may help to increase the overall resolution of the implantable array by providing additional stimulation points without requiring additional wiring or driver circuitry for the passive elements. | 02-14-2013 |
20130090712 | FUNCTIONAL ELECTRICAL STIMULATION DEVICE AND SYSTEM, AND USE THEREOF - Disclosed herein is a functional electrical stimulation (FES) device and system. In one embodiment, sequential bipolar pulse stimulation may be provided to an area of a living body via one or more electrode leads applied to the area via a FES device comprising a current pulse generating circuit comprising output nodes for operative coupling to the one or more electrode leads, and configured for operative coupling to a voltage supply. The current pulse generating circuit generally comprises positive and negative stimulation paths drawing from the voltage supply to respectively apply positive and negative currents through the area via the one or more electrode leads. In one example, the stimulation paths comprise respective capacitive elements, a capacitance ratio of which dictating, at least in part, an amplitude ratio of the positive and negative currents, wherein periodic alternative activation of the stimulation paths provides the sequential bipolar pulse stimulation. In another example, each path comprises a respective charging element and a respective activation switch, wherein each respective charging element is charged by the voltage supply and discharged upon activation of the respective activation switch to generate positive and negative current pulses respectively, such that a pulse rise time of the positive and negative current pulses is predominantly dictated by a switching speed of each respective switch. Systems and uses for these devices, and FES in general, are also described. | 04-11-2013 |
20130238076 | PADDLE LEAD BODY WITH INSERTION TAB - An implantable stimulation system including an epidural lead for spinal cord stimulation that includes a paddle having an array of electrodes coupled to conductors within the paddle body. The paddle is elongated in shaped with the distal end of the paddle having a tabbed or extended portion with the lead exiting the extended portion of the paddle an angle relative to the longitudinal axis of the paddle. | 09-12-2013 |
20130238077 | FLEXIBLE PADDLE LEAD BODY WITH SCORED SURFACES - An implantable stimulation system including an epidural lead for spinal cord stimulation that includes a paddle having an array of electrodes coupled to conductors within the lead body. The paddle includes score lines that extend along the length and width of either the front or back facets of the paddle portion. The score lines increase the flexibility of the paddle in both the length and width directions which facilitate the implantation of the paddle within the epidural space of the spinal cord, and further permits the paddle to conform more uniformly to the target area of implantation to minimize the gap between the electrodes and targeted fibers. | 09-12-2013 |
20130245741 | MRI-SAFE HIGH IMPEDANCE LEAD SYSTEMS - Some embodiments are directed to MRI/RF compatible medical interventional devices. A plurality of spaced apart high impedance circuit segments are configured to have a high Impedance at a high range of radiofrequencies and a low impedance at a low range of frequencies. The high impedance circuit segments may comprise co-wound coiled inductors and can reduce, block or inhibit RJ-transmission along the lead system ( | 09-19-2013 |
20130296995 | Method For Treating A Tissue Region With An Electric Field - A method for treating a patient by covering a tissue region with a electric field capable of transiently or permanently permeabilizing cells in said tissue region, comprising the steps of: a. positioning the electrodes of an electrode device in a tissue region to be treated; and b. creating a specific polarity pattern by applying to a first subset of electrodes comprising at least two electrodes a first polarity while at the same time applying to a second subset of electrodes comprising at least two electrodes a second polarity. | 11-07-2013 |
20140155977 | METHOD OF DESTROYING TISSUE CELLS BY ELECTROPORATION - An apparatus and method for performing non-invasive treatment of the human face and body by electroporation in lieu of cosmetic surgery is provided. The apparatus comprises a high voltage pulse generator and an applicator having two or more electrodes in close mechanical and electrical contact with the patient's skin for applying the pulses to the patient's skin. The applicator may consist of two pieces with one electrode having a sharp tip and another having a flat surface. High voltage pulses delivered to the electrodes create at the tip of the sharp electrode an electric field high enough to cause death of relatively large subcutaneous fat cells by electroporation. Moving the electrode tip along the skin creates a line of necrotic subcutaneous fat cells, which later are metabolized by the body. Multiple applications of the electrode along predetermined lines on the face or neck create shrinkage of the skin and the subcutaneous fat volume underlying the treated area. | 06-05-2014 |
20140257449 | CONDUCTIVE GARMENT - A conductive garment. Conductive fabric sections are each separated by a nonconductive strip. An electrical contact is connected to each conductive fabric section. An attachment pad connects the conductive garment to a support wrap. The nonconductive strip is a sufficient width so that it is able to cover a section of the human body where the user does not want electricity applied. In a preferred embodiment, the nonconductive strip is of sufficient width to cover the spine of a human being. | 09-11-2014 |
20140277326 | Treatment Of Various Ailments - A method of treating a wide variety of heretofore considered unrelated ailments comprises delivering electricity through a circuit in the body. The circuit includes at least four nerves leading from at least two of the patient's extremities to various nerve roots adjacent the spinal column. Electrical energy from an electrical interferential therapy device is delivered through electrodes on the extremities adjacent the nerve endings until symptoms of the diagnosed ailment ameliorates. Sending impulses from the periphery to the central nervous system appears to the help the body manufacture various neuropeptides and other chemicals which control the essential basics of the body's health and well being. | 09-18-2014 |
20140277327 | Focal Tissue Stimulator - A focal tissue stimulator is provided that includes a pair of concentric conductors. The conductors may include an inner conductor, and an outer conductor that has an elliptical annular shape and surrounds the inner conductor. The outer conductor may have a minor axis and a mutually-perpendicular, major axis, with a first portion of the outer conductor proximate the minor axis being closer in proximity to the inner conductor than a second portion of the outer conductor proximate the major axis. In this regard, the inner and outer conductors may be coupled or couplable to respective leads configured to deliver current for passage therebetween, with the elliptical annular shape of the outer conductor creating a pathway of increased current density at the first portion relative to the second portion. | 09-18-2014 |
20140316507 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR THERAPEUTIC ELECTRICAL STIMULATION - A patch for a therapeutic electrical stimulation device includes a shoe connected to the first side of the patch, the shoe including a body extending in a longitudinal direction from a first end to a second end, and having first and second surfaces, the first end of the shoe defining at least two ports, and the first surface of the shoe defining a connection member. The patch also includes at least one conductor positioned in the ports of the first end of the shoe. The shoe is configured for sliding insertion into a receptacle defined by a controller so that the conductor is connected to the controller to deliver electrical current from the controller, through the conductor, and to the electrodes, and the connection member is at least partially captured by a detent defined by the controller in the receptacle to retain the shoe within the receptacle. | 10-23-2014 |
20150012079 | NEUROSTIMULATION FOR TREATING PAIN, IMPROVING FUNCTION AND OTHER NERVOUS SYSTEM RELATED CONDITIONS - Various aspects of this disclosure relate to a patch for treating a patient for chronic pain and for cosmetic treatment. As consistent with one or more embodiments, neurostimulation is carried out via stimulating electrodes and one or more reference electrodes applied externally to a region of pain (e.g., by applying current between 0.2 and 60 mA to skin). The area to be treated is located either by a stimulating device, or by using at least one of the stimulating electrodes on the device itself to locate the pain prior to treatment. The electrodes are applied to the patient's skin as located using firm pressure while a stimulating pulse is applied as treatment. This action produces a remarkable and unexpected level of pain relief over a wide area. Aspects of the disclosure extend to a method for the treatment of chronic pain using the above-mentioned parameters and procedures. | 01-08-2015 |
20150032195 | DESENSITIZING DEVICE - The desensitizing device contains an electrical stimulation member optionally configured on a support member. The electrical stimulation member contains a control circuit, at least two electrodes, and an electricity supply element. The electricity supply element provides electricity to the control circuit, and the control circuit generates a stimulating current to the electrodes. By configuring a male genital with the support member so that the electrodes are in contact with the penis skin, the stimulating current produced by the control circuit is conducted to the electrodes and provides a low-strength subcutaneous nerve stimulation through the penis skin. The subcutaneous nerve is as such temporarily numbed and desensitized. | 01-29-2015 |
20150051685 | Applicator Head and Method for Treatment of Pain by Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation - Embodiments of the present invention include an apparatus and method for treatment of pain by a device that provides transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation. The device includes an applicator equipped with an electric pulse provider that sends an electric pulse to a set of electrodes disposed in an applicator head. The device is placed onto the skin of a patient's body at the point where the patient experiences pain and such that the electrodes of the device contact the skin of the patient while an insulating land area between the electrodes compresses the nerve during transmittal of the electric pulse through the electrodes and into the patient's body. | 02-19-2015 |
20150112417 | COSMETOLOGY DEVICE - A device for applying electrical stimulation to a surface of the human body utilizes a calibrated, pre-arranged pattern of conducting, current emitting elements to distribute current throughout an entire surface at once, such as human face, without needing to alter the device to accommodate various are sizes, including varying face sizes. | 04-23-2015 |
20160129237 | Electrode Assemblies for Delivering Therapeutic Electrostimulation - An apparatus for delivering therapeutic electrostimulation across a tissue surface includes a current source, a low current component adapted to contact the tissue surface, a first electrode assembly electrically connected to the current source and supported by the low current component, a second electrode assembly electrically connected to the current source and supported by the low current component and a conductive fluid supported by the low current component for facilitating a flow of electric current across the tissue surface. At least one of the first and second electrodes assemblies includes at least one of a magnetic electrode, a high current component and a non-current component. | 05-12-2016 |
20160129238 | METHOD TO OPTIMIZE ELECTRODE PLACEMENT FOR CRANIAL ELECTRICAL STMULATION - A method for optimum preparation and placement of transcranial electrodes is described. The method consists of application of liquid silver paint to standard monitoring electrodes and placement of bilateral electrodes over the pterions, the thinnest areas of the skull. This method minimizes the impedance between electrodes facilitating low power stimulation of the brain as measured by the phosphene threshold that has been redefined in this invention. The locations of the pterions vary between racial groups, but in most cases the pterions overlie the anterior temporal lobes. The anterior temporal lobe is contiguous with the amydala and hippocampus and stimulation of these limbic system structures has been known to produce fear, along with other altered states of consciousness. Low power square wave stimulation via these electrodes produces phosphenes at frequencies closely approximating the Schumann resonance frequency and its harmonics and theta, alpha, beta and gamma EEG frequencies of the brain. External electrical stimulation of the brain from changing electromagnetic fields may be targeted to the amydala or hippocampus and produce fear that is crucial for survival. | 05-12-2016 |
20160158528 | COSMETOLOGY DEVICE - A device for applying electrical stimulation to a surface of the human body utilizes a calibrated, pre-arranged pattern of conducting, current emitting elements to distribute current throughout an entire surface at once, such as human face, without needing to alter the device to accommodate various are sizes, including varying face sizes. | 06-09-2016 |
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