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Patent application number | Title | Published |
20160106973 | IMPLANTABLE ELECTRICAL LINE - Embodiments include an implantable electrical line with at least one helically wound electrical conductor, an electrically conductive sleeve electrically connected to the electrical conductor, and an electrical filter. The electrical filter is arranged between a proximal and a distal longitudinal portion of a helix formed by the at least one helically wound electrical conductor as viewed in a longitudinal direction of the implantable electrical line, and is also arranged within the electrically conductive sleeve as viewed in a radial direction of the implantable electrical line. | 04-21-2016 |
20160061911 | IMPLANT WITH MRI DEVICE RECOGNITION - An implant with magnetic field recognition, such as an implant that recognizes fields generated by a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) device. The implant includes at least one voltage source, at least one control unit, at least one communication coil and an optical structure with a Faraday element. The optical structure includes at least one first and second polarization filters and at least one light detector. | 03-03-2016 |
20160051824 | MEDICAL IMPLANT - A medical implant including an implant body for insertion into a human and/or animal body. The implant body includes at least one first and at least one second contact portion, wherein the at least one first and the at least one second contact portions contact two tissue regions performing a relative movement with respect to one another. The at least one first and the at least one second contact portions are movable relative to one another, wherein a relative movement of the contact portions may be converted into an electrical signal. | 02-25-2016 |
20160051811 | MEDICAL IMPLANT WITH A FIXING DEVICE - Embodiments include a medical implant for insertion into the human and/or animal body. The medical implant includes a helical fixing device to fix the implant at a site of implantation, wherein the helical fixing device is one or more of coupled to a locking device on the fixing device and coupled to an implant surface. One or more of the locking device and the implant surface impedes an autonomous detachment of the fixing device. | 02-25-2016 |
20160051810 | IMPLANT WITH FIXING DEVICE AND INSERTION APPARATUS FOR IMPLANT - Embodiments include a medical implant including a fixing device with at least one fixing element to fix the implant at a site of implantation ( | 02-25-2016 |
20160051194 | IMPLANT AND INSERTION DEVICE FOR AN IMPLANT - Embodiments include an implant for insertion into a human and/or animal body and an insertion device for the implant. The implant includes a housing, at least one negative pressure unit and at least one adhesive application unit to temporarily and/or permanently fix the implant to a bodily tissue. | 02-25-2016 |
20160045725 | IMPLANTABLE DEVICE WITH ELECTRICAL FILTER - An implantable device including a proximal end, a distal end, an elongate electrically conductive component arranged between the proximal end and the distal end, and a contact pole electrically connected to the elongate electrically conductive component. The contact pole is arranged in a region of the distal end to electrically contact bodily tissue adjacent to the contact pole during operation of the implantable device. The elongate electrically conductive component includes a sub-component connected in series with remaining portions of the elongate electrically conductive component. The sub-component includes a capacitive component, an inductive component and a magneto-resistive component, which are arranged to cause a reduction of a resistivity of the magneto-resistive component that leads to a shift of a resonance frequency of the sub-component. | 02-18-2016 |
20160045722 | IMPLANTABLE ELECTRICAL LINE - An implantable electrical line including a lead, wherein the lead includes at least one helically wound electrical conductor. The at least one helically wound electrical conductor is surrounded by a fiber braid, which is formed by at least two fibers or fiber bundles, and wherein the at least two fibers or fiber bundles are interwoven and wound around the electrical conductor in opposite winding directions. | 02-18-2016 |
20150374296 | NERVE CUFF STIMULATION ELECTRODE, CONTROL DEVICE FOR A VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION SYSTEM, AND VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION SYSTEM - A nerve cuff stimulation electrode for cervical VNS is provided and configured to be arranged so as to at least partially surround or enclose one of the vagus nerves. The cuff stimulation electrode has at least two contacts configured to deliver electric stimulation pulses to a vagus nerve. The cuff stimulation electrode further has or may be attached or connected to a tilt sensor, a kinematic sensor, and/or a pulsation sensor configured to generate a signal representative of arterial and venous pressures. The implantable tilt sensor is configured to output a posture signal indicating a patient's posture, thus allowing discrimination between supine and semi-recumbent or erect postures. | 12-31-2015 |
20150367135 | APPARATUS AND METHOD TO OPTIMIZE PACING PARAMETERS - A heart stimulator having an electric input that is connectable to a plurality of electrodes is disclosed and includes a stimulation control unit, one or more stimulation units, an impedance determination unit and an impedance evaluation unit. The stimulation units generate stimulation pulses and deliver a stimulation pulse when triggered by the stimulation control unit. The stimulation control unit is operatively connected to one or more stimulation units to control pacing parameters such as pacing site and/or the timing of stimulation pulses to be delivered by the one or more stimulation units. The impedance determination unit determines impedance values reflecting intracardiac impedance, and the impedance evaluation unit evaluates the impedance values and provides an evaluated impedance signal to the stimulation control unit. The impedance determination unit determines a plurality of impedance values between different pairs of electrodes that are connected to the electric input during operation of the heart stimulator. | 12-24-2015 |
20150352354 | DETECTOR FOR ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS - An implantable medical device (IMD) including a power supply, a sensing device and/or a stimulation device, a control unit, a magnetic resonance (MR) detection unit, and at least two magnetic field sensors. The power supply is connected to one or more of the sensing device, the stimulation device, the control unit, the MR detection unit and the magnetic field sensors. The control unit is connected to the sensing device and/or stimulation device, to the MR detection unit, and to the at least two magnetic field sensors. The at least two magnetic field sensors are arranged spatially separately from one another and the MR detection unit determines a spatial and/or temporal gradient of magnetic field strengths detected by the at least two magnetic field sensors and transmitted to the MR detection unit. The MR detection unit detects an MR field and transmits an MR signal to the control unit. | 12-10-2015 |
20150321005 | HEART STIMULATOR FOR IMPLANTATION IN A HEART VENTRICLE - Embodiments include a heart stimulator that may be implanted in a heart ventricle and that includes a housing. The housing includes fixation elements that passively fix the heart stimulator in a heart ventricle and electrode poles that one or more of deliver stimulation pulses and sense electrical potentials. The housing includes an energy supply unit, a control unit connected to the energy supply unit, and a stimulation pulse generator connected to the control unit and the energy supply unit. A plurality of electrode poles are distributed on a surface of the housing and a switching matrix is connected between the electrode poles and the stimulation pulse generator, wherein the stimulation pulse generator is electrically connected via the switching matrix to different electrode poles depending on a switched state of the switching matrix. | 11-12-2015 |
20150250406 | DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMMUNICATION WITH AN IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE - A device, system and method that communicate with at least one implantable medical device (IMD). The device includes a unit and a surface having at least one reception or transmission element that communicate with the at least one IMD. A minimum pressure required for the contact between transmission or reception elements and skin is provided by gravity or by patient interaction with the device. The system includes the at least one IMD, the unit that communicates with the at least one IMD and the device having the at least one reception or transmission element that communicate with the at least one IMD. The method includes the steps of providing a surface having at least one reception or transmission element that communicate with an IMD, and enabling communication upon detection of a minimum pressure on the surface. The communication with the IMD is acoustic or conductive. | 09-10-2015 |
20150245779 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETECTION OF ATRIAL FIBRILLATION - A cardiac device and method thereof for detecting atrial fibrillation within a mean heart signal of a body, wherein the cardiac device includes at least two sensing electrodes. The method includes providing an input heart signal, detecting sense events (VS) and noise events (VN), and generating further noise events (VN) each at a predetermined time interval after a noise event (VN) has been detected and when the noise event (VN) continues. The method includes incrementing a noise counter for each noise event (VN) and each further noise event (VN), and terminating the detection of atrial fibrillation when the noise counter reaches a predetermined limit. | 09-03-2015 |
20150224321 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR LEAD FAILURE DETECTION - A device and method that detects a lead failure condition for a lead having at least one electrode in contact with body tissue, wherein the lead is connected to the device. The device includes a first filter that filters an electric signal sensed by the at least one electrode to a first filtered signal, and a lead failure detection unit that detects signal characteristics of the first filtered signal. The lead failure detection unit indicates a lead failure condition when the detected signal characteristics correspond to a step response of the first filter. | 08-13-2015 |
20150148879 | IMPLANTABLE ELECTRODE ARRANGEMENT FOR CARDIOLOGICAL DEVICES AND CARDIAC PACEMAKERS - An implantable electrode arrangement for cardiological devices, such as cardiac pacemakers, that includes an elongate electrode body with a proximal end and distal end, at least one electrode that contacts the body of the implant support and is arranged at, or in the vicinity of, the distal end of the electrode body. The implantable electrode arrangement includes at least one electric contact line that contacts the electrode, and an electromechanical resonance arrangement connected to the electrode or to a contact line to convert high-frequency signals irradiated into the electrode line into acousto-mechanical vibrations. | 05-28-2015 |
20150142073 | STERILIZABLE CONTAINMENT FOR IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE - A sterilizable containment that includes an inner packaging and an outer packaging. The outer packaging encloses the inner packaging and includes at least two electric feedthroughs. The inner packaging includes at least two electric contacts, wherein each of the at least two electric contacts of the inner packaging matches one of the at least two electric feedthroughs of the outer packaging to provide an electric connection between a respective feedthrough and the corresponding contact when the inner and the outer packaging are closed. Each of the contacts of the inner packaging feed electrical charge from outside of the inner packaging to the inside of the inner packaging and vice versa. The inner packaging includes electrically conducting media that allows propagation of electrical charge between the contacts of the inner packaging and an implantable medical device included inside in a packaging when the containment is filled. | 05-21-2015 |
20150119949 | SENSING UNIT FOR A TISSUE STIMULATOR - A tissue stimulator including a sensing unit, wherein the sensing unit includes an A/D converter that samples an analog signal using a sampling clock and converts the analog signal into a digital signal. The tissue stimulator includes a digital filter with an input, wherein the input is connected to an output of the A/D converter. Using a filter clock, the digital filter filters the digital signal, and wherein the filter clock is a multiple of the sampling clock for a specific period of time T. | 04-30-2015 |
20150100101 | HEART STIMULATOR - An implantable cardioverter-defibrillator system that includes at least one or more stimulation units, one or more detection units, one or more control units, two or more electrode poles and one or more high voltage capacitors. The at least one control unit is connected with the at least one stimulation unit, and the at least one control unit is connected with at the least one detection unit. The two or more electrode poles are in contact with body tissue, and the one or more high voltage capacitors are charged by at least one charging unit, wherein the at least one charging unit is connected to the at least one control unit. | 04-09-2015 |
20150080997 | ELECTRODE DEVICE FOR A MEDICAL IMPLANT, AND A MEDICAL IMPLANT COMPRISING AN ELECTRODE DEVICE - A medical implant and an electrode device for a medical implant, wherein the electrode device includes a distal end, a proximal end, and an electric transmission line that extends between the distal end and the proximal end. The transmission line includes at least one adaptive element. The at least one adaptive element includes a magnetodielectric material, which, under the action of a magnetic field, changes one or more of its electric and magnetic properties. | 03-19-2015 |
20150080752 | DEVICE FOR AUTOMATIC MAPPING OF COMPLEX FRACTIONATED ATRIAL ELECTROGRAM - A device that monitors and evaluates electrogram signals representing electric activities of a heart chamber, and includes a signal input connected to a mapping catheter, and a signal processing and evaluation unit. The mapping catheter includes one or more electrode poles that pick up electric potentials and generate electrogram signals therefrom. When an electrogram signal is received by the signal input, the signal processing and evaluation unit identifies waveform deflections in the electrogram signal, measures deflection intervals between each pair of consecutive deflection complexes in the electrogram signal, measures at least one metric that characterizes a morphology of a deflection complex in the electrogram signal, generates a multi-dimensional deflection vector of at least two dimensions for each identified deflection, determines a distance between each pair of consecutive deflections from the multi-dimensional deflection vectors, and determines a cumulative distance between deflections in a time window of predetermined length. | 03-19-2015 |
20150080694 | IMPLANTABLE DEVICE - An implantable medical device including at least one elongate electrical line with a first electrical component as a functional conductor, and at least one second electrical component with an electrical length. The first electrical component includes a proximal end and a distal end, wherein the distal side is in electrical contact with tissue or blood. The first electrical component is in electrical contact with the at least one second electrical component, and wherein the electrical length of the at least one second component corresponds to at least a tenth of a wavelength (λ/10) of electromagnetic waves in a radiofrequency range. | 03-19-2015 |
20150061697 | IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MONITORING THE INSULATION OF AN ELECTRODE LINE OF SUCH A MEDICAL DEVICE - An implantable medical device including at least one electrode line having an electrode pole, an electrode feed line, a counter electrode to the at least one electrode line, and an insulation sleeve. The insulation sleeve surrounds the electrode feed line and provides insulation between the electrode feed line and an electrolyte formed by bodily fluid. The electrode feed line and the electrode pole(s) include different materials, wherein the materials are different based on electrochemical series. The implantable medical device includes an insulation test unit having a DC voltage detector arranged between the electrode pole and the counter electrode, in order to detect an electrochemical voltage produced in the event of an insulation fault of the insulation sleeve due to defective contact between the electrolyte and the electrode feed line. | 03-05-2015 |
20150057732 | ELECTRODE LINE OR ELECTRODE PORTION OF AN ELECTRODE LINE - An elongate implantable electrical line including an end component at one longitudinal end of the electrical line, wherein the end component includes at least one electrically conductive electrode surface electrically connected to the electrical line. The end component is a composite component that includes at least one thin metal layer with a layer thickness less than 1 μm. The at least one thin metal layer is applied to electrically insulating material of the composite component and is conductively connected to the electrical line, such that the at least one thin metal layer includes, or acts as, an electrode surface. The at least one thin metal layer includes an outer surface and is completely covered completely by at least one outer ceramic layer on the outer surface, such that the at least one thin metal layer is electrically insulated from a surrounding environment. | 02-26-2015 |
20150057521 | IMPLANTABLE DEVICE AND PRODUCTION METHOD FOR AN IMPLANTABLE DEVICE - Embodiments of the invention include a temporarily or permanently implantable medical device with an elongate electrical line, and a method of producing the implantable medical device. The elongate electrical line includes a first electrical component and a second component, wherein the first electrical component or part of the first electrical component includes a functional conductor. The second component includes at least one metal layer and at least one flexible plastic layer. The first electrical component is electrically connected in series to the at least one metal layer of the second component. | 02-26-2015 |
20150025593 | HEART THERAPY DEVICE FOR DETECTING VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA AND FIBRILLATION - A heart therapy device having a right-ventricular electrode and a left-ventricular electrode connected to a tachycardia identification unit. The tachycardia identification unit identifies ventricular tachycardia and simultaneously evaluates the heart rate at the right-ventricular and left-ventricular electrodes. The ventricular electrodes each include an electrode line having a corresponding sensing electrode pole that senses electric potential courses in the myocardium of the respective ventricle. The heart therapy device includes a dislocation identification unit that detects a possible dislocation of one of the ventricular electrodes, simultaneously evaluates the heart rate at both ventricular electrodes, and signals a right-ventricular or left-ventricular dislocation when a sudden rise in heart rate is sensed at the right-ventricular or left-ventricular electrode, without detecting a considerable change in rhythm at the respective electrode. In the event of the dislocation of one of the ventricular electrodes, the rhythm information of the electrode in question is ignored for tachycardia detection. | 01-22-2015 |
20150025592 | IMPLANTABLE HEART THERAPY DEVICE - An implantable heart therapy device connected to at least one right-ventricular electrode and one left-ventricular electrode that sense and stimulate the heart. The at least one right-ventricular and left-ventricular electrodes are each connected to a tachycardia identification unit, wherein the identification unit identifies ventricular tachycardias, and simultaneously evaluates the heart rate at the right-ventricular and at the left-ventricular electrodes. The implantable heart therapy device includes a right-ventricular stimulation unit that delivers antitachycardia stimulation to the right-ventricular electrode, a left-ventricular stimulation unit that delivers antitachycardia stimulation to the left-ventricular electrode, and a therapy control unit that assigns the stimulation location for the antitachycardia stimulation to the slower ventricle side if a dissimilar tachycardia is present. | 01-22-2015 |
20140379048 | CONDUCTIVE INTRA-BODY COMMUNICATION FOR IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICES - An implantable medical device including a data communication interface connected to a pulse generator. The pulse generator generates and delivers forward current pulses and reverse current pulses, wherein a polarity of the reverse current pulses is opposite to the polarity of the forward current pulses. Generates pulses representing binary digits, wherein a first kind of digits (1 or 0) is represented by a current pulse, and a second kind of digit respective of the other type of binary digits (0 or 1) is represented by a pause between current pulses. The data communication interface together with the pulse generator deliver current pulses with strictly alternating polarity such that every other current pulse is a reverse current pulse of opposite polarity compared to an immediately preceding forward current pulse. Thus, every string of current pulse is both, charge balancing and information encoding. | 12-25-2014 |
20140371811 | Apparatus and Method for Spinal Cord Stimulation to Treat Pain - A spinal cord stimulation device having a stimulation unit for generation and delivery of stimulation pulses, a control unit for controlling the stimulation unit with respect to stimulation intensity and an autonomic nervous system (“ANS”) sensing unit that is configured to generate ANS indicating signals that represent an increased sympathetic tone or an increased parasympathetic tone, respectively. The control unit is configured to control the intensity of respective stimulation pulses depending on a respective ANS indicating signal as generated by said ANS sensing unit. | 12-18-2014 |
20140316498 | Releasable Contact Connection Arrangement for Electrodes on an Electromedical Device - A releasable contact connection arrangement for electrodes on an electromedical device, in particular for electrodes of active implants, such as neurostimulator devices, includes a contact end, which is provided on the electrode and comprises at least one electrical contact, a device-side connector head on the electromedical device, a connector opening on the connector head for anchoring the contact end of the electrode so as to produce an electrical contact connection and releasable mechanical fixing, and an anti-kink device at the exit of the contact end from the connector opening, wherein the anti-kink device includes a flexible anti-kink sleeve sitting on the contact end of the electrode before the at least one electrical contact, said anti-kink sleeve being slid via its fixing end facing the connector head into a receiving recess that is enlarged compared to the connector opening and being fastened therein. | 10-23-2014 |
20140316479 | Implantable Medical Device - An implantable medical device includes an actuator and/or sensor portion to be fixed to bodily tissue by means of a fixation mechanism, to act on the tissue and/or to detect a signal from the tissue, wherein at least one detector element, preferably a plurality of detector elements, adapted for detecting the close proximity of bodily tissue, is arranged on the actuator and/or sensor portion of the device, and an output of the or each detector element being connected or connectable to a detection signal evaluation unit for deriving a fixation state verification from detection signals provided by the or each detector element. | 10-23-2014 |
20140303704 | LEADLESS PACEMAKER - Leadless pacemaker, including a hermetic housing, a pacing electrode on a distal portion of the housing, an electronics package in the housing and configured to generate/deliver pacing pulses to the electrode, and a fixation mechanism on the housing distal portion. The fixation mechanism includes at least one deformable hook-shaped thin fixation wire having an attachment portion fixedly attached at the distal portion of the housing and a free end portion which is angled or bent with respect to the attachment portion such that it extends essentially in conformity, but with a small spacing, to a neighbored surface portion of the housing such that the free end portion engages with heart tissue onto which the distal portion is pressed upon rotation of the pacemaker in the direction in which the free end portion extends from the attachment portion, and disengages upon rotation of the pacemaker in the opposite direction. | 10-09-2014 |
20140303702 | Contacting Device for Electrical Connections to Flexible Electrode Lines - A contacting device for electrical connections to flexible electrode lines insertable or implantable into a patient body, includes a line coil with a plurality of coradially bundled coil wires, an inner fixing sleeve for a partial bundle of the coil wires, the fixing sleeve has a through-slit running in the axial direction for the partial bundle of the coil wires, and a winding groove running in the peripheral direction for the partial bundle led through, an outer electrode sleeve sitting on the inner fixing sleeve and electrically contacted with the partial bundle, and a strain-resistant fixing between the fixing sleeve and the partial bundle guided through the through-slit via an application of force on the partial bundle by pressing the fixing sleeve onto the line coil to produce plastic deformation and by looping the led-out partial bundle around the fixing sleeve in the winding groove by a minimum looping angle. | 10-09-2014 |
20140277313 | Implantable Electrode - An implantable electrode includes an elongate electrode body and at least one lumen which extends therein at least over a portion of the length of the electrode body. A pressure device reversibly supplies a pressure medium to the at least one lumen such that the electrode body varies the flexibility and/or shape thereof depending on the pressure of the pressure medium. | 09-18-2014 |
20140236032 | IMPLANTABLE HEART MONITORING DEVICE - An implantable heart monitoring device including a sensing unit, a signal quality analysis unit, and an evaluation unit. The sensing unit is connected to at least one electrode that picks up electric potentials. The sensing unit processes electrical signals corresponding to the electric potentials, and generates sense signals including events corresponding to myocardial contractions. The signal quality analysis unit determines whether a noise condition (NC) and/or a low signal indication is present for an event and generates an indication signal. The evaluation unit evaluates the sense signals and the indication signals, treats a detected event as non-valid if a NC and/or low signal indication signal is present for that event, and uses only intervals defined by two consecutive events which do not have a NC and/or a low signal indication to determine a rate of events of the sense signal. | 08-21-2014 |
20140222110 | IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE, MEDICAL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DATA COMMUNICATION - An implantable medical device including a data communication device that includes a device to alter and/or generate an oscillatory electric field imposed on body tissue surrounding the implantable medical device when the implantable medical device is in its implanted state. The device that alters an oscillatory electric field modulates an impedance of body tissue surrounding the implantable medical device when the implantable medical device is in its implanted state and within an oscillatory electric field. The device that alters an oscillatory electric field includes a device that generates an oscillatory electric field that is phase-synchronized with an oscillatory electric field imposed on body tissue surrounding the implantable medical device when the implantable medical device is in its implanted state. | 08-07-2014 |
20140222109 | IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE, MEDICAL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DATA COMMUNICATION - An implantable medical device including a data communication device that includes a device that alters an oscillatory electric field imposed on body tissue surrounding the implantable device. The device that alters an oscillatory electric field modulates an impedance of a conductive medium surrounding the implantable device when the implantable device is within an oscillatory electric field. The device that alters an oscillatory electric field includes a device that generates an oscillatory electric field that is phase-synchronized with an oscillatory electric field imposed on a conductive medium surrounding the implantable device. | 08-07-2014 |
20140222098 | IMPLANTABLE STIMULATION DEVICE, STIMULATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DATA COMMUNICATION - An implantable stimulation device including a stimulation module and a data communication module. The stimulation device includes electrodes to delivery stimulation pulses, a voltage source, a DC-blocking capacitor and autoshort switch. The voltage source is connected to the electrodes via stimulation-pulse-switch(s) that controls delivery pacing pulses. The DC-blocking capacitor is connected with the voltage source and an electrode. The autoshort switch allows discharging of the DC-blocking capacitor via the electrodes when closed. The data communication module includes a data transmission control module connected to the autoshort switch and/or the at least one stimulation-pulse-switch, to alternatingly open and close the autoshort switch or the at least one stimulation-pulse-switch respectively, during an autoshort period following the delivery of a stimulation pulse or during a stimulation pulse period, respectively, to modulate an autoshort pulse or a stimulation pulse peak amplitude, respectively. | 08-07-2014 |
20140207013 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR FUSION BEAT DETECTION - A heart monitoring and/or therapy device for detecting and quantifying fusion beats, wherein the device includes an IEGM signal sensing channel that puts out a recorded IEGM signal and an evaluation unit operatively connected to said IEGM signal sensing channel that detects fusion beats. The evaluation unit comprises or is connected to a template memory including at least a first template electrogram signal and a second template electrogram signal. The evaluation unit compares the recorded IEGM signal with both, the first and the second template electrogram signal and determines at least a first degree of similarity reflecting the similarities between the recorded electrogram signal and the first template electrogram signal, and a second degree of similarity reflecting the similarities between the recorded electrogram signal and the second template electrogram signal. The evaluation unit then calculates a fusion index (FI) from the at least two degrees of similarity. | 07-24-2014 |
20140163892 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING IF AN IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE IS MAGNETIC RESONANCE CONDITIONAL - A method for determining if an implantable medical device (IMD) in a patient is magnetic resonance conditional. Embodiments include a Home Monitoring Service Center (HMSC) that indicates if the IMD is MR conditional and what those conditions are. The IMD includes memory with flags, enabling a physician to set a flag to “MR conditional” if the IMD is MR conditional, if there are no abandoned leads in the patient, and if there are no other hardware in the patient that are not MR conditionally approved. In embodiments, the flags indicate safe for 1.5 T, 3.0 T, 1.5 & 3.0 T, up to 2 W/Kg, up to 4 W/Kg, with/without exclusion zone, and date flags are set. During home monitoring, the HMSC reads out a status of the MR conditional flags and the date last confirmed. If the patient needs an MRI scan, physician queries HMSC to determine MR conditional status. | 06-12-2014 |
20140155951 | Implantable Electrostimulation Assembly and Adapter and Electrode Lead of the Same - An implantable electrostimulation assembly, including an electrostimulation device and an electrode lead that is connected to the electrostimulation device when in use, wherein the electrode lead has an optically readable electrode identification and a cable adapter is provided for the temporary insertion between the electrostimulation device and the electrode lead, the adapter comprising optical read means for reading the electrode identification and transmission means for transmitting the same to the electrostimulation device and/or to an assembly-external receiver. | 06-05-2014 |
20140148815 | LEADLESS IMPLANTABLE DEVICE DELIVERY APPARATUS - A leadless implantable device delivery apparatus that enables testing of an implantation site before permanent implantation and enables secure attachment at the site while minimizing effects of the implantation procedure. Embodiments include a delivery sheath configured to accommodate a leadless implantable device, the leadless implantable device having an anchor that includes at least one projection configured to physically attach the anchor to tissue, such as heart tissue. In addition, embodiments include an adapter that resides within the delivery sheath and is configured to impart rotational force at the distal end of the adapter that is applied to the proximal end of the adapter to rotate the anchor associated with the implantable device. | 05-29-2014 |
20140148675 | DETACHABLE ELECTRODE AND ANCHOR - A detachable electrode and anchor utilized with electrode leads and leadless medical implants that enable explantation of the electrode while leaving the anchor in place. The detachable electrode and anchor utilizes a detachable mechanism that detachably couples the electrode to the anchor. Embodiments do not require removal of existing scar tissue before explantation, which minimize chances of internal bleeding at the extraction site. Embodiments also minimize impact on the vein in which the electrode lead travels by eliminating use of a necessarily larger diameter sheath that is utilized around the electrode lead to remove the electrode lead and attached anchor. | 05-29-2014 |
20140090243 | In-Situ Fold-Assisting Frame for Flexible Substrates - A method for manufacturing devices built on flexible substrates employs an in-situ, fold-assisting device frame. The fold-assisting frame conforms to a portion of the interior volume within the package, such that one or more pivoting members of the frame may be used as an in-situ, bending jig, in place of conventional bending equipment, to support and fold the planar flexible substrate into a desired three-dimensional configuration. The frame may accommodate placement of an unfolded or partially folded flexible circuit board so that a fold-assisting feature, such as a hinge, incorporated into the frame attaches to the flexible circuit board and closes around a pivot point to gently bend the circuit board into place, thus creating a three-dimensional folded circuit. Such a fixture and method facilitate packaging electronic devices in a compact form, with application to a wide range of mobile consumer electronics, including, for example, implantable medical devices. | 04-03-2014 |
20140088399 | METHOD OF ENHANCING THE SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO (SNR) OF MEASURED ELECTROCARDIOGRAM (ECG) SIGNALS AND A CARDIAC DEVICE FOR USE IN DETECTING HEARTBEATS - A method of enhancing the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of measured electrocardiogram (ECG) signals is provided. The method includes the steps of providing at least three cardiac input signals derived from the measured ECG signals S | 03-27-2014 |
20140081264 | FIBER-OPTIC FORCE SENSOR, FORCE MEASUREMENT DEVICE AND CATHETER - A fiber-optic force sensor, comprising an FBG fiber that has a force sensor region, to which bracing means to eliminate or decouple laterally effective forces and bending moments are assigned in such a way that the force sensor has a predominantly single-axis response characteristic to detect merely the magnitude of a force acting axially in the fiber direction. | 03-20-2014 |
20140065896 | Electrical Termination Unit For A Microelectronic Device And Microelectronic Device Including Such An Electrical Termination Unit - An electrical termination unit for a microelectronic device, the electrical termination unit including, a carrier; and at least one metal tab being attached to the carrier; wherein the carrier is provided with at least one connection area where one electrical lead is to be electrically connected to one metal tab, and wherein the at least one connection area is configured to retain the least one electrical lead at least in one spatial dimension in a defined position relative to the one metal tab prior to a metallurgical connection process. | 03-06-2014 |
20130226274 | Electrode Catheter, in Particular for Cardiac Therapy - An electrode catheter, in particular for cardiac therapy, includes an elongated, tube-type catheter body, a ring electrode before the distal end of the electrode catheter for delivery and/or measurement of an electrical signal, in particular an electrocardio signal, by way of the outer electrode contact surface thereof, and a supply lead for the electrical connection of the ring electrode. The ring electrode is mounted on the catheter body such that it can be displaced relative thereto in the longitudinal axial direction. | 08-29-2013 |
20130218222 | CARDIAC STIMULATOR FOR CARDIAC CONTRACTILITY MODULATION - At least one embodiment of the invention relates to a cardiac stimulator comprising at least one stimulation unit to deliver subthreshold stimulation pulses for a cardiac contractility modulation therapy via at least two stimulation electrode poles, and at least one sensing unit to detect cardiac electrical or mechanical actions. The at least one sensing unit detects signals characteristic of cardiac action and comprises, or is connected to, an evaluation unit that evaluates signals detected by the sensing unit and supplies a corresponding evaluation result signal. The cardiac stimulator further comprises a therapy control unit to control a respective cardiac contractility modulation therapy depending on a respective evaluation result signal. A respective cardiac contractility modulation therapy is activated/deactivated depending on a stimulation success/failure of a suprathreshold stimulation, and/or therapy parameters of a respective cardiac contractility modulation therapy are selected and/or adjusted depending on the respective evaluation result signal. | 08-22-2013 |
20130217992 | Electrode Device, in Particular for Cardiovascular Application - An electrode device, in particular for cardiovascular applications, includes an elongated electrode body made from an insulating material, a plurality of electrodes for detecting electrocardiological signals and/or for outputting electrocardiological stimulus signals, and supply line, in particular non-elastic cables or strands, which serve for electrically connecting the electrodes, which supply lines are guided in each case in the electrode body, preferably in associated lumina. Furthermore, a compensating hose section is provided which is inserted in a parting point in the electrode and has a maximum outer diameter that corresponds to the electrode body, wherein helically shaped receptacles, for each supply line, are incorporated in the compensating hose section, and the compensating hose section, at its joining sides facing toward the electrode body, is connected in a hermetically sealed manner to the electrode body. | 08-22-2013 |
20130190631 | APPARATUS FOR DETECTING RESPIRATORY SINUS ARRHYTHMIA - At least one embodiment of the invention relates to an implantable electronic device, comprising a heart rhythm detection unit, a respiratory dynamics detection unit, an evaluation unit and at least one connection to at least two electrode poles. The at least two electrode poles are connected to the heart rhythm detection unit, and the heart rhythm detection unit is configured to supply a heart rhythm signal representing the heart rhythm as an output signal. The at least two electrode poles are connected to a respiratory dynamics determination unit, and the respiratory dynamics detection unit is configured to supply a respiratory dynamics signal representing the respiratory dynamics as the output signal. Moreover, the heart rhythm detection unit and the respiratory dynamics detection unit are connected to the evaluation unit, and the evaluation unit is configured to evaluate the heart rhythm signal in conjunction a temporally associated respective respiratory dynamics signals. | 07-25-2013 |
20130183863 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENT AND COMBINATION COMPRISING AN ELECRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENT AND COMPONENT - An electrical connecting element ( | 07-18-2013 |
20130150941 | Conductive Coil Arrangement and Electrode Catheter Arrangement, in Particular for Cardiac Therapy - A conductive coil arrangement, in particular for electrode catheters for cardiac therapy, including a multipolar conductive coil having a plurality of coradially interwoven individual coil wires and a contact zone in which at least one individual coil wire from the conductive coil can be connected to a contact element for electrical contacting. The at least one individual coil wire to be contacted is routed outwardly out of the wire interconnection of the conductive coil with a radial direction component. The remainder of the conductive coil is routed further centrally axially through the contact zone. | 06-13-2013 |
20130150932 | IMPLANTABLE ELECTRODE LEAD - An implantable electrode lead comprising an electric supply lead. The electric supply lead is designed to assume, after implantation of the electrode lead in a deformable supply lead section, a shape that is changed such that it induces higher inductance in the deformable supply lead section after deformation than before deformation, wherein the inductance is at least 0.1 μH. The implantable electrode lead can also comprise an outer sleeve within which the supply lead is disposed. The electric supply lead is designed to assume, after implantation of the electrode lead in a deformable supply lead section, a shape that has changed compared to the original shape thereof. The supply lead is also designed and disposed inside the sleeve such that the supply lead, in the deformable supply lead section thereof, is deformable relative to the outer sleeve and inside the outer sleeve. | 06-13-2013 |
20130150695 | Medical Implant and Medical Arrangement - A medical implant comprising a transducer element which induces mechanical vibrations of the implant when electrically and/or magnetically controlled. | 06-13-2013 |
20130116533 | LONG-TERM CUTANEOUS CARDIAC MONITORING - A system for long-term non-invasive heart monitoring includes (1) a disposable unit that has built-in electrodes, a built-in wire antenna, a watertight chamber that can be opened and closed, and an adhesive surface for cutaneous mounting; (2) an electronic controller that can acquire, process and store physiological signals, and can be fitted into the disposable unit to establish electrical contact with the built-in electrodes; and (3) a portable communication unit that can wirelessly communicate bi-directionally with the electronic controller, and further communicate bi-directionally with a remote service center. | 05-09-2013 |
20130085444 | Medical Device and Guide Device Therefor - A guide device including a polymer and/or plastic tube, in particular a tube containing a polysiloxane, through the continuous opening of which a cable which is moveable in the continuous opening has been routed. To markedly reduce the wear caused by the cable rubbing in the continuous opening of the tube, a coating is provided on the outer surface of the cable and/or the inner surface of the continuous opening, which includes mainly particles that are substantially spherical and/or cylindrical and can move freely at least on the particular surface (e.g., outer surface of the cable and/or inner surface of the continuous opening). Furthermore, a medical device containing such a guide device, and a method for manufacturing the guide device or the medical device are described. | 04-04-2013 |
20130072772 | Electrode Catheter Device - An electrode catheter device, including a conductor structure having at least one electrode, current measuring means for measuring a current induced in the conductor structure by an external electromagnetic field, wherein the current measuring means is designed for the local current measurement, in particular, current intensities and phases in the at least one electrode or a predetermined region of the conductor structure, and is connected to a signal transmission channel that has no interaction with the external electromagnetic field. | 03-21-2013 |
20130053827 | Guide Wire Insertion Aid - A guide wire insertion aid for attaching onto a proximal end of a catheter or an implantable electrode line and for facilitating the insertion of a guide wire, formed as a horn- or funnel-shaped body which has a tubular fixing section and an expanding section extending therefrom, wherein the fixing section has an inner wall without contour and is slotted and elastically expandable at least over the larger portion of its longitudinal extension. | 02-28-2013 |
20130044448 | Method for Mounting a Component to an Electric Circuit Board, Electric Circuit Board and Electric Circuit Board Arrangement - A method for mounting a component to an electric circuit board ( | 02-21-2013 |
20130035565 | Method and System for the Reactivation of an Implantable Chemical Sensor - A method for the operation and, in particular, for the reactivation of an implantable chemical sensor that measures values in bodily fluid, including the steps of wetting the sensor surface with a reactivation substance that carries out a chemical reaction on the sensor surface that removes molecules originating in the bodily fluid, or the reaction or degradation products thereof, which have collected on the sensor; and dewetting the sensor surface of the reactivation substance, wherein the sensor surface is wetted and dewetted with the reactivation substance in situ. | 02-07-2013 |
20120319288 | Semiconductor Package - A semiconductor package and a carrier for a semiconductor package are provided, the carrier having a top surface and a bottom surface separated by side walls. The carrier includes a seat for a component, and at least one terminal region for electrically connecting the component to the carrier when mounted to the seat, wherein a test portal is arranged at an outer surface of the carrier, and wherein one or more routing paths are arranged in the carrier for routing one or more electrical contacts arranged at the carrier to the test portal. | 12-20-2012 |
20120290056 | Implantable Medical Lead - An implantable medical lead for transmitting electrical pulses to excitable bodily tissue and/or signals detected at bodily tissue to a detection and evaluation unit, including a distal electrode or a distal sensor, or actuator; a proximal electrode connector or sensor/actuator connector; and a lead pole which connects the electrode or the sensor or actuator to the electrode connector or sensor/actuator connector and extends in the lead body, wherein the lead pole comprises at least two separate and individually insulated conductors which are electrically interconnected at least at one point which functions as an interchange point, or reversal point, in the lead extension from the proximal electrode or sensor connector to the distal electrode or the distal sensor, and wherein at least one of the separate conductors, in particular close to the reversal point, is interrupted at least once and/or is not connected at one end. | 11-15-2012 |
20120234660 | Symmetrical Contact Spring for Screw Heads - A contact spring for the electrical contact of an electrode housing, which is located at the distal end of an electrode line, and a shaft located inside the electrode housing, the contact spring having an external diameter having a center point, which is connectable to the housing in an electrically conductive manner. | 09-20-2012 |
20120232370 | Implantable Electrode Lead - An implantable electrode lead including an elongated electrode lead body having a proximal end and a distal end, at least one electrical supply lead which is enclosed in an electrically insulating material to electrically insulate the supply leads against the surroundings of the electrode lead, at least one electrically active surface which is disposed on the distal end, or in the vicinity thereof, and is connected to the at least one electrical supply lead, by way of which therapeutic signals can be output and/or diagnostic signals can be received, a plug disposed on the proximal end, which is electrically connected to the at least one electrical supply lead and can be connected to an electro-medical implant, and at least one preformed and/or stiffened section of the electrode lead body, which has an additional preformation and/or stiffening structure, by way of which the section is preformed and/or stiffened. | 09-13-2012 |
20120227561 | Slitter Tool - Slitting tool for slitting open a catheter shaft, including a housing, a blade fastened on the housing, a pushbutton, which is mounted so it is displaceable on the housing, and clamping forceps, which are mounted so they are movable on the housing. The clamping forceps are partially located inside the housing, and include two clamping legs, which are connected to one another at their base located in the housing and have a mutual pre-tension, and which cause the fixation of an electrode line on their periphery located outside the housing, such that the pushbutton, which is mounted so that it is displaceable, and the clamping forceps, which are mounted so that they are movable, act together with one another in such a manner that an actuation of the pushbutton causes an opening of the fixation in the periphery of the clamping forceps. | 09-13-2012 |
20120203315 | Electrode Cable Wrap - An implantable device for the reversible accommodation of an electrode lead portion of at least one electrode lead, including a first outer surface and a second outer surface which extends parallel to the first outer surface at a distance therefrom, the first outer surface having at least one guide which can be used to guide and accommodate the portion of the electrode lead. According to a second aspect, the electromedical implant includes the above-described device and an electronic circuit with a power supply, a multipiece housing which hermetically seals the circuit and the power supply, and a connector housing which is fastened to the multipiece, hermetically sealed housing and has connectors for at least one electrode lead, the connectors being electrically connected to the electronic circuit. The electromedical implant is characterized in that the second outer surface of the device is integrated into and forms a part of the housing. | 08-09-2012 |
20120185024 | Self-Dissolving Electrode or Probe Implant - The present disclosure relates to permanently implantable electrode structures or probes of the type used, in particular, in cardiac pacemakers, ICDs, CRT-Ds and/or neurostimulators. Such electrode structures or probes include at least one control element, the physical-chemical state of which can be specifically manipulated using external excitation, such that local degradation or dissolution of a part of the implant or the entire implant takes place in this region. As a result of this partial dissolution, for example, the electrode structure or at least a portion thereof is modified such that the conditions for explantation are improved and/or parts of an implanted electrode structure that remain in the body are functionally deactivated. | 07-19-2012 |
20120184836 | Implantable Electrode Lead - An implantable electrode lead for transmitting electrical impulses to excitable bodily tissue and/or for transmitting electrical signals tapped at bodily tissue to a detection unit. The electrode lead including a distal electrode, a proximal electrode connector, and an electrode supply lead which connects the electrode, or each electrode, to the electrode connector, or each electrode connector, and extends in a lead body, wherein the lead body includes a hinged alignment of hard elements. | 07-19-2012 |
20120151758 | In-Situ Fold-Assisting Frame for Flexible Substrates - A method for manufacturing devices built on flexible substrates employs an in-situ, fold-assisting device frame. The fold-assisting frame conforms to a portion of the interior volume within the package, such that one or more pivoting members of the frame may be used as an in-situ, bending jig, in place of conventional bending equipment, to support and fold the planar flexible substrate into a desired three-dimensional configuration. The frame may accommodate placement of an unfolded or partially folded flexible circuit board so that a fold-assisting feature, such as a hinge, incorporated into the frame attaches to the flexible circuit board and closes around a pivot point to gently bend the circuit board into place, thus creating a three-dimensional folded circuit. Such a fixture and method facilitate packaging electronic devices in a compact form, with application to a wide range of mobile consumer electronics, including, for example, implantable medical devices. | 06-21-2012 |
20120130462 | Implantable Lead Comprising an Elongate Lead Body - An implantable lead including an elongate lead body and a functional lead which extends in the longitudinal direction of the lead body and enables the implementation of a medical function of the lead, wherein, in addition to the functional lead and insulated therefrom, a plurality of inductive resistance circuit elements are embedded in the lead body, which reduce a coupling of the functional lead with an external alternating magnetic field or dampen the transmission of electrical high-frequency energy along the lead. | 05-24-2012 |
20120130209 | Implantable Sensor Unit - A sensor unit functionally stable in an implant, for performing qualitative and/or quantitative in vivo determination of an analyte, including a connection area ( | 05-24-2012 |
20120103653 | Implantable Lead Having an Elongated Lead Body - An implantable lead having an elongated lead body and a function conductor extending in the longitudinal direction of the conductor body, the function conductor being provided to implement a medical function of the lead, wherein in addition to the function conductor, a field decoupling conductor loop is provided, which reduces coupling of the function conductor to the outside alternating magnetic field by generating an induction field that is in the opposite direction of an outside magnetic field. | 05-03-2012 |
20120078342 | POSITIONING CATHETERS USING IMPEDANCE MEASUREMENT - The invention relates to a method for determining the position of a catheter in a blood vessel relative to a change in the vascular cross section, comprising the steps: providing a catheter that includes at least two electrodes which can be brought into electrically conductive contact with the surrounding blood while the catheter is being positioned in the blood vessel, wherein the two electrodes are installed on the catheter along the longitudinal axis at a defined distance from each other; advancing the catheter in the vessel to be treated, toward the change in the vascular cross section; and measuring the impedance across the two electrodes while the catheter is being advanced; and to a catheter for use in a method of this type. | 03-29-2012 |
20120028512 | Electrode Connection, in Particular for an Electrode Catheter - An electrode connection for an electrode catheter including an electrode, a line for electrical signals configured as a coil having an electrode end connected to the electrode, and a fixation device for the electrode end of the coil on the electrode, wherein the fixation device includes an inner sleeve, on which the electrode end of the coil sits, and a squeeze ring, which acts upon the electrode end of the coil, establishing an electrical contact with the electrode and mechanical clamping on the inner sleeve. | 02-02-2012 |
20120022624 | Electrode Lead for Medical Use, Insulating Tube and Method for Producing the Same - An insulating tube for an electrode lead for medical use, particularly a cardiac pacemaker electrode lead, defibrillator electrode lead, electrode lead for nerve stimulation or the like, including a base material made of at least one material of the group consisting of silicones, polyurethanes, polyimide, PTFE, ETFE, and copolymers made of silicones and polyurethanes. In order to improve the functionality of such an insulating tube during friction of the tube with friction partners, at least in one volume region, which preferably forms the lateral surface of the insulating tube, the tube, in addition to the base material, includes a fibrous and/or particulate filler material having a higher abrasion resistance than the respective base material. A corresponding electrode lead is also provided, and a simple and cost-effective method for producing such an insulating tube and such an electrode lead. | 01-26-2012 |
20110235239 | Electrical Feedthrough of a Capacitor for Medical Implants and Method for the Production and Use Thereof - A feedthrough of an electrolyte or other capacitor, in particular for use in a medical-electronic implant, is provided having a terminal pin which has a section which can be soft soldered at least in the interior of the electrolyte capacitor, an aluminum flange enclosing the terminal pin, and a glass solder plug which hermetically seals the terminal pin in relation to the aluminum flange. | 09-29-2011 |
20110232962 | Electrical Feedthrough, Method for the Production and Use Thereof - A feedthrough, in particular for use in a medical-electronic implant, is provided having a terminal pin which has a section which can be soft soldered at least in the interior of the implant, a flange enclosing the terminal pin, and a glass solder plug which hermetically seals the terminal pin in relation to the flange. | 09-29-2011 |
20110232961 | Electrical Feedthrough, in Particular for Medical Implants - An electrical feedthrough, in particular for use in an electro-medical implant, having a flange enclosing at least one feedthrough bushing and at least one terminal pin enclosed by the at least one feedthrough bushing, the terminal pin having at least one section which can be joined at a lower energy in the interior of the implant. | 09-29-2011 |
20110172756 | Apparatus For Medical Applications - The present invention relates to an apparatus for medical applications. The apparatus includes an oblong conductive element having a distal end. A resistance element is disposed in the vicinity of the distal end. The resistance element changes the resistance thereof as a function of a temperature and/or an electromagnetic field. To this end, the resistance element is designed to reduce a temperature rise of the distal end caused by energy absorption from, for example, an electromagnetic field. | 07-14-2011 |