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Patent application number | Title | Published |
20160128581 | ACTIVE MEDICAL DEVICE FOR MONITORING THE STATUS OF A PATIENT SUFFERING FROM A RISK OF HEART FAILURE - An active medical device is configured to receive inputs and to calculate a hemodynamic parameter representative of myocardium contractility determined from an endocardial acceleration signal. The microcontroller acquires heart rate and hemodynamic parameter pairs of values during a plurality of cardiac cycles. The microcontroller is configured to distribute the pairs of values into discrete bins to develop a profile for analysis. The microcontroller is configured to conduct an analysis comprising calculating an index representative of the patient's clinical status. The hemodynamic parameter representative of the myocardial contractility is a time interval separating the first and the second peak of endocardial acceleration. | 05-12-2016 |
20150273211 | PACING LEAD IN AN EXTENDED AREA OF A HEART CAVITY, IMPLANTABLE BY OVER THE WIRE TECHNIQUE IN THE DEEP CORONARY NETWORK - A pacing lead having a lead body comprising a hollow sheath by a first lumen and an extension body extending from the lead body, the extension body having a proximal end and a distal end, the distal end having an active lead region. The extension is traversed by a second lumen, the second lumen communicating with the first lumen of the lead body so as to receive a guide wire for the implantation of the lead. The extension has an outside diameter of between 1 and 3 French. The extension distal end comprises at least one electrically isolated peripheral conductor electrically insulated except for at least two denuded areas on an outer surface of the conductor to contact a wall of a target vein, so as to form a network of stimulation electrodes electrically connected together. The lead body proximal end includes an electrical connection for the peripheral conductor. | 10-01-2015 |
20150246223 | RETRACTABLE SCREW INTRACARDIAC LEAD FOR CARDIAC STIMULATION AND/OR DEFIBRILLATION - A retractable screw-type stimulation or defibrillation intracardiac lead is disclosed. According to one embodiment, the lead comprises a flexible hollow sheath ( | 09-03-2015 |
20150238758 | DEVICE FOR ELECTROCHEMICALLY RELEASING A COMPOSITION IN A CONTROLLED MANNER - According to a first aspect, the invention relates to a device ( | 08-27-2015 |
20150223713 | LEAD FOR AN ACTIVE IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE WITH A CHIP FOR ELECTRODE MULTIPLEXING - A lead for active implantable medical devices comprising a chip, notably for electrode multiplexing. The lead includes an insulating supporting tube interposed in a flexible elongated tube, with a central bore coaxial with the lumen of the lead. The supporting tube comprises on its surface at least one crossing conductive strip extending in the axial direction. A chip on a flexible substrate is disposed with a bent or curved conformation in a receptacle of the supporting tube isolated from the conductive strip. An electrode, e.g., for cardiac sensing/pacing, carried by the supporting tube is electrically connected to an outer conductive pad of the chip. The conductive strip is connected (i) at each end, face to face to a conductive connection, housed in the sheath, and (ii) in a central region, to an inner conductive pad of the chip. | 08-13-2015 |
20150217123 | ENERGY HARVESTER DEVICE FOR AUTONOMOUS INTRACORPOREAL CAPSULE - An energy harvester device for an autonomous intracorporeal leadless capsule comprises a surface formed on the outside of the body of the capsule that is deformable under the effect of pressure variations in the environment surrounding the capsule. A first capacitor electrode coupling to the deformable surface with the interposition of a damping element forming high-pass filter with respect to pressure variations in the surrounding medium, and a second capacitor electrode mounting on a support connected to the body. The movement of the deformable surface produces a modification of surfaces in vis-à-vis of the two electrodes and/or of the dielectric gap which separates them, with a variation of the capacity of said capacitor. The capacitor is preloaded when its capacity is maximum, and unloaded by transferring energy into storage circuit when this capacity decreases from a reduction in surfaces in vis-à-vis and/or of an increase of the dielectric gap. | 08-06-2015 |
20150217110 | PACING LEAD FOR A LEFT CAVITY OF THE HEART, IMPLANTED IN THE CORONARY SYSTEM - A pacing lead for a left cavity of the heart, implanted in the coronary system. The lead includes a lead body with a hollow sheath of deformable material, having a central lumen open at both ends, and at least one telescopic microcable of conductive material. The microcable slides along the length of the lead body and extends beyond the distal end thereof. The part emerging beyond the distal end is an active free part comprising a plurality of distinct bare areas, intended to come into contact with the wall of a target vein of the coronary system, so as to form a network of stimulation electrodes electrically connected together in parallel. The microcable further comprises, proximally, a connector to a generator of active implantable medical device such as a pacemaker or a resynchronizer. | 08-06-2015 |
20150202445 | ACTIVE IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE FOR VAGAL STIMULATION WITH OPTIMIZATION OF VENTRICULAR FILLING - An active implantable medical device for vagal stimulation with optimization of ventricular filling is disclosed. The device delivers stimulation pulses to the vagal nerve of the patient with an adjustable energy level. The device includes a hemodynamic sensor for measuring hemodynamic parameters of the patient's cardiac cycles and delivering a timing parameter representative of the ventricular filling time. The energy level of the vagal stimulation pulses is adjusted dynamically and repeatedly over several cardiac cycles. The energy level is varied during successive cardiac correlative changes in the filling time (FT | 07-23-2015 |
20150151116 | KIT FOR PENETRATING THE CARDIAC SEPTUM AND FOR IMPLANTATION OF A TRANSEPTAL LEAD, INCLUDING A LEAD FOR DETECTION/STIMULATION OF A LEFT HEART CAVITY - A method of implanting a lead in the left heart cavity includes introducing the lead into the right heart cavity. The lead includes a lead body having a deformable sheath, a proximal end having an electrical connector, a distal end including a projecting helical screw electrode, and a conductor extending along the sheath, electrically connecting the electrical connector and the helical screw. The method further includes positioning the distal end of the lead to abut a septum wall between the right and left heart cavity. The electrical connector is connected to an RF puncture generator and RF energy is applied to the screw while providing rotational movement to the screw for advancement through the septum wall. The method further includes positioning the screw at a target stimulation site in the left heart cavity and providing rotational movement to the screw to anchor the lead at the target site. | 06-04-2015 |
20150134042 | MULTIZONE EPICARDIAL PACING LEAD - An epicardial stimulation lead includes a lead body having a connector at a proximal end for coupling the lead to a generator of an active implantable medical device. The lead also includes a distributor housing at a distal end of the lead body and means for anchoring the distal end of the lead body to the epicardium. The lead also includes an active part having a plurality of microcable conductors, the proximal ends being coupled to the distributor housing, the distal ends being free. Each microcable has a diameter of at most equal to 2 French. Each microcable includes at least one denuded area in the insulating coating forming a stimulation electrode adapted to contact or penetrate an epicardium wall. Each microcable also includes a transverse elongated member extending at an angle relative to the main direction of the microcable for penetrating into the epicardial wall. | 05-14-2015 |
20150119729 | ACTIVE IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE FOR THE DIAGNOSIS OF HEART FAILURE - Methods, devices, and processor-readable storage media are provided for the diagnosis of heart failure. One method includes collecting, using an implantable device, reference episodes; generating an in-suspicion model-cycle and an off-suspicion model-cycle based on the reference episodes; and determining whether to generate a heart failure alert, based on a difference between the in-suspicion model-cycle and the off-suspicion model-cycle. | 04-30-2015 |
20150105847 | LEAD FOR IMPLANTABLE CARDIAC PROSTHESIS, INCLUDING PROTECTION AGAINST THE THERMAL EFFECTS OF MRI FIELDS - A heat dissipating housing to be positioned at a distal end of a stimulation/defibrillation lead, the housing including a housing body having a distal contact face at a distal end, an inner wall, and an outer wall. The housing further includes an anchoring screw, wherein at least a portion of the anchoring screw extends axially from the distal end of the housing body. The anchoring screw is configured to secure the distal contact face in contact with tissue of a patient to form a thermal bridge between the tissue and the housing body. The housing body is electrically insulated and thermally conductive to dissipate heat transferred through the thermal bridge to the outer wall of the housing body. | 04-16-2015 |
20150105681 | ACTIVE MEDICAL DEVICE, INCLUDING AN IMPLANTABLE DEFIBRILLATOR, FOR DETECTION OF QRS COMPLEXES IN A VERY NOISY SIGNAL - An active implantable medical device (e.g., implantable pacemaker or defibrillator), for detection of QRS complexes in noisy signals. Functional units ( | 04-16-2015 |
20150099958 | MICROLEAD FOR DETECTION/STIMULATION, IMPLANTABLE IN VENOUS, ARTERIAL OR LYMPHATIC NETWORKS - A sensing/pacing lead including a microcable having a diameter of at most 2 French (0.66 mm). The microcable includes an electrically conductive core cable including a plurality of strands and a composite structure formed from at least a structuring material and a radiopaque material, the radiopaque material constituting at least about 0.008 mm | 04-09-2015 |
20150057555 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DIAGNOSING HEART FAILURE BASED ON SLEEP APNEIC INDICATORS - This device includes a sensor of endocardiac acceleration EA and one or more circuits configured for: extracting from the EA signal a predetermined EA parameter, determining a period of sleep, evaluating the clinical condition of the patient based on the EA parameter variations on this sleep period, and issuing an alert of worsening of the patient's condition. The device further determines a variability index of the EA parameter on the sleep period, and then calculates a ratio between this calculated variability index and a reference value, and delivers this ratio as a clinical status index. The alert signal is generated by the crossing by this ratio of a predetermined alert threshold. | 02-26-2015 |
20150011903 | NON-LINEAR FILTERING FOR THE RECONSTRUCTION OF A SURFACE ELECTROCARDIOGRAM FROM AN ENDOCARDIAL ELECTROGRAM - An active medical device using non-linear filtering for the reconstruction of a surface electrocardiogram (ECG) from an endocardial electrogram (EGM) is disclosed. The device for the reconstruction of the surface ECG includes a plurality of inputs, receiving a corresponding plurality of EGM signals from endocardial or epicardial electrogram (x | 01-08-2015 |
20140379040 | STIMULATION MODE DETERMINATION - Devices and methods for providing pacing in multiple modes are provided. One device operates in a dual chamber (DDD or biventricular) mode and in a pacing mode favoring the spontaneous atrioventricular conduction such as an AAI mode ( | 12-25-2014 |
20140378854 | ATRIAL ACTIVITY SIGNAL ESTIMATION USING INDEPENDENT COMPONENT ANALYSIS - A single-chamber implantable device for detecting a patient's atrial activity using a monobody lead is disclosed. The monobody lead ( | 12-25-2014 |
20140370926 | COMMUNICATION CHANNEL SELECTION APPARATUS AND METHODS - Apparatus and methods for communicating between an apparatus, such as a medical device, and a remote device are provided. One method includes determining a first indicator representative of a long-term availability for each of a plurality of channels for communication between a medical device and a remote device. The method further includes receiving a communication request from the remote device and, in response to the communication request, determining a second indicator representative of a short-term availability for each of the plurality of channels. The method further includes selecting a communication channel from the plurality of channels based on the first and second indicators. | 12-18-2014 |
20140343376 | PREDICTIVE DIAGNOSIS OF A PATIENT'S STATUS IN AN ACTIVE IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE NOTABLY FOR CARDIAC PACING, RESYNCHRONIZATION, DEFIBRILLATION OR CARDIOVERSION - An active implantable medical device, notably a device for pacing, resynchronization defibrillation and/or cardioversion, and/or a device for diagnosing patient conditions, having a predictive diagnosis of the patient's status. The device measures a physiologic parameter, notably the minute ventilation (MV); measures a physical parameter, notably the acceleration (G); discriminates between phases of activity and rest of the patient; and includes a memory containing a plurality of fields selectively updated by statistical processing. These fields are comprising one first set ( | 11-20-2014 |
20140249611 | SCREWLESS QUICK SYSTEM FOR CONNECTING A LEAD CONNECTOR TO A GENERATOR OF AN IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE - A screwless quick connection system for connecting a lead connector to a generator of an active implantable medical device is shown and described. The connector head includes a housing receiving a plug of a lead connector. A mechanism for locking the plug into the housing is provided by a U-folded leaf spring. Each branch of the U is provided with a respective hole sized so that the plug passes through the holes on both branches when it is inserted into the housing. The blade is deformable between a free state, in the absence of plug, and a deformed state, with the plug inserted therein. In the free state, both holes are misaligned, while in the deformed state they are aligned. In this way, an edge of both holes exerts by reaction a radial stress force against the smooth outer surface of the plug inserted therein. | 09-04-2014 |
20140207205 | CONNECTOR FOR A MEDICAL DEVICE HAVING A RIGID SLEEVE AND A FLEXIBLE SEAL WITH COMPLIMENTARY SURFACE PROFILES - A connector for a multipolar lead has a cavity that contains a stack of alternating annular electrical contact elements and annular isolation elements. The isolation elements comprise an annular rigid sleeve and an annular flexible seal disposed against an annular face in an interior region of the rigid sleeve. The flexible seal extends axially from one lateral side of the rigid sleeve to the other in the interior region of the rigid sleeve. The sleeve and the seal include are immobilized relatively to each other in the axial direction by use of mating surface profiles respectively defined on an inner annular side of the sleeve and on an outer annular side of the flexible seal. | 07-24-2014 |
20140107751 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTION PLUG FOR A MULTIPOLAR LEAD OF AN ACTIVE IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING THEREOF - A method for constructing a plug for an electrical connection to a multipolar lead for an active implantable medical device includes providing a plug body having an insulating monobloc central core, the monobloc central core having a generally cylindrical shape, a cylindrical side surface, and a housing, providing a connection wire and a conductive pod, attaching the connection wire to the conductive pod, placing the conductive pod into the housing with connection wire extending therefrom, placing a conductive cylindrical ring on the cylindrical side surface, wherein the cylindrical side surface centers the conductive cylindrical ring coaxially about the monobloc central core, attaching the conductive pod to the cylindrical ring to create an electrical contact zone on a cylindrical outer surface of the plug body. | 04-17-2014 |
20140073894 | NON-LINEAR FILTERING FOR THE RECONSTRUCTION OF A SURFACE ELECTROCARDIOGRAM FROM AN ENDOCARDIAL ELECTROGRAM - An active medical device using non-linear filtering for the reconstruction of a surface electrocardiogram (ECG) from an endocardial electrogram (EGM) is disclosed. The device for the reconstruction of the surface ECG comprises: a plurality of inputs, receiving a corresponding plurality of EGM signals from endocardial or epicardial electrogram (x | 03-13-2014 |
20140039569 | ACTIVE IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE HAVING ANTITACHYCARDIA ATRIAL AND ANTIBRADYCARDIA VENTRICULAR PACING - An implantable medical device includes a mechanical activity sensor configured to sense movements produced by contractions of a ventricular cavity and output a mechanical activity signal representative of the contractions. The implantable medical device also includes one or more circuits configured to detect a plurality of spontaneous ventricular depolarizations based on electrical potentials representative of the spontaneous ventricular depolarizations, calculate an escape interval, and provide an antibradycardia ventricular pacing therapy in an absence of a detected spontaneous ventricular event after the escape interval. The circuits calculate the escape interval by calculating a first escape interval based on successive detected spontaneous ventricular depolarizations and a second escape interval based on the mechanical activity signal from the mechanical activity sensor, and selecting one of the first escape interval and the second escape interval, wherein the second escape interval is selected in response to a delivery of an antitachycardia atrial pacing therapy. | 02-06-2014 |
20140039568 | DETECTION OF STRONG STATIC MAGNETIC FIELDS AND MRI EXAMINATION SAFEKEEPING FOR AN IMPLANTABLE CARDIAC PROSTHESIS - An implantable medical device detects a strong static magnetic field associated with an MRI imaging instrument and operates in a safekeeping operating mode. The device includes an electronic circuit for the detection/stimulation of a cardiac activity, a weak field sensor detecting the presence of a first magnetic field of a permanent magnet being located in proximity to the device, a strong field sensor detecting the presence of a second magnetic field of an MRI imaging instrument during the course of an MRI examination. | 02-06-2014 |
20140039335 | DEVICE FOR THE ANALYSIS OF AN ENDOCARDIAC SIGNAL OF ACCELERATION - Devices and methods related to endocardial acceleration signal processing are provided. One device is configured to: (1) divide an endocardial acceleration (EA) signal into a plurality of EA sub-signals; (2) identify, in each of the plurality of EA sub-signals, at least one signal component associated with a type of heart sound; (3) extract a characteristic of the at least one signal component for two or more of the plurality of cycles; (4) calculate a correlation coefficient correlating the at least signal component for a first cycle of the plurality of cycles to the at least one signal component of a second cycle of the plurality of cycles; and (5) perform temporal retiming of one or more of the signal components based on the correlation coefficient to generate one or more adjusted signal components of the associated one or more EA sub-signals. | 02-06-2014 |
20140031836 | APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR IMPLANTING AN AUTONOMOUS INTRACARDIAC CAPSULE - A system and method for implantation of an autonomous intracardiac capsule. The autonomous capsule includes a cylindrical body with an anchoring screw for penetrating a tissue wall, and at least one coupling finger radially projecting outwards. An implantation accessory includes a lead body and a helical guide, for guiding and driving by rotation the capsule. This helical guide is integral with the lead body, and its inner diameter is sufficient to contain that cylindrical body of the capsule therein. The helix direction of the helical guide is opposite to that of the anchoring screw such that continued rotational motion imparted on the lead body drives the anchoring screw into the target tissue and then emerges the capsule from the helical guide. The helical guide is resiliently compressible in axial direction, and its helix pitch is increased in the free distal end portion. | 01-30-2014 |
20140020949 | ELECTRICAL FEEDTHROUGH IN A METAL WALL OF A HOUSING OF AN ACTIVE MEDICAL DEVICE AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME - A method for making an hermetic and electrically insulating feedthrough in the metal wall of a housing of a device, preferably of an active medical device, is disclosed. The method includes: a) forming electrically insulating layers ( | 01-23-2014 |
20130345580 | RECONSTRUCTION OF A SURFACE ELECTROCARDIOGRAM FROM AN ENDOCARDIAL ELECTROGRAM USING NON-LINEAR FILTERING - The present invention relates to an active medical device that uses non-linear filtering for reconstructing a surface electrocardiogram from an endocardial electrogram. At least one endocardial EGM electrogram signal is collected from of samples collected from at least one endocardial or epicardial derivation (71′, 72′, 73′), and at least one of a reconstructed surface electrocardiogram (ECG) signal through the processing of collected EGM samples by a transfer function (TF) of a neural network (60′). The neural network (60′) is a time-delay-type network that simultaneously processes said at least one endocardial EGM electrogram signal, formed by a first sequence of collected samples, and at least one delayed version of this EGM signal, formed by a second sequence of collected samples distinct from the first sequence collected samples. The neural network (60′) provides said reconstructed ECG signal from the EGM signal and its delayed version. | 12-26-2013 |
20130331922 | PACING LEAD FOR A LEFT CAVITY OF THE HEART, IMPLANTED IN THE CORONARY SYSTEM - A pacing lead for a left cavity of the heart, implanted in the coronary system. This lead ( | 12-12-2013 |
20130317562 | LEAD FOR IMPLANTABLE CARDIAC PROSTHESIS WITH INTEGRATED PROTECTION AGAINST THE EFFECTS OF MRI FIELDS - A lead for an implantable cardiac prosthesis having an integrated protection against the effects of magnetic resonance imaging (“MRI”) fields. A protection circuit ( | 11-28-2013 |
20130310888 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC OPTIMIZATION OF ATRIOVENTRICULAR DELAY FOR AN ACTIVE MEDICAL DEVICE - A method for use by an active medical device includes using a stimulation device and an endocardial acceleration sensor to obtain a plurality of hemodynamic parameters associated with at least three atrioventricular delays. The method further includes using the plurality of hemodynamic parameters to find a second derivative associated with the atrioventricular delays. The method further includes using interpolation to estimate an atrioventricular delay which will reduce the second derivative associated with the atrioventricular delays. The method further includes using the estimated atrioventricular delay in a subsequent stimulation. | 11-21-2013 |
20130261478 | Active Medical Device, Including an Implantable Defibrillator, for Detection of QRS Complexes in a Very Noisy Signal - An active implantable medical device (e.g., implantable pacemaker or defibrillator), for detection of QRS complexes in noisy signals. Functional units ( | 10-03-2013 |
20130245369 | LEFT ATRIAL APPENDAGE OCCLUSION SYSTEMS - A left atrial appendage (LAA) occlusion system and a method for occluding the LAA are disclosed. The LAA occlusion plug includes at least two expandable materials having shrunken and swollen states, two plates and a delivery tool configured to deliver the occlusion plug to the LAA. The LAA occlusion plug is configured to permanently occlude the LAA opening, such that blood clots cannot flow out of the LAA when the at least two hydrogels are in the swollen state. The LAA occlusion plug plates are configured to force the expandable materials to swell inwards in the axial direction and outwards in the radial direction such that the LAA occlusion plug is clipped to the LAA opening tissue. | 09-19-2013 |
20130238073 | AUTONOMOUS INTRACORPOREAL CAPSULE WITH DOUBLE ENERGY HARVESTING - A intracorporeal medical capsule is shown and described. The capsule includes an elastically deformable base having an anchor at one end and coupled to a capsule body at the opposite end. An energy harvesting element is elastically coupled to a seismic mass within the capsule body. The elastically deformable base increases energy harvested at the energy harvesting element due to elastic movement of the capsule body in the presence of blood flow around the capsule body. | 09-12-2013 |
20130238072 | AUTONOMOUS INTRACORPOREAL CAPSULE WITH PIEZOELECTRIC ENERGY HARVESTING - An intracorporeal capsule for placement in a heart and for energy harvesting using blood pressure variations is shown and described. The capsule includes a capsule body and a piezoelectric strip coupled to a rigid surface for receiving blood pressure force. The piezoelectric strip is normally perpendicular to the direction of the force on the rigid surface. The piezoelectric strip is disconnected from the capsule body along at least two edges of the piezoelectric strip such that the blood pressure force can move the rigid surface, and thereby deform the piezoelectric strip for energy harvesting. | 09-12-2013 |
20130231728 | ENDOCARDIAL STIMULATION/DEFIBRILLATION SYSTEM OF THE LEFT VENTRICLE - A system for the endocardial stimulation/defibrillation of the left ventricle. This system includes a generator ( | 09-05-2013 |
20130197378 | ACTIVE IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE COMPRISING MEANS FOR THE DIAGNOSIS OF HEART FAILURE - Methods, devices, and processor-readable storage media are provided for the diagnosis of heart failure. A method in this context includes collecting, using an implantable device, reference episodes, the reference episodes comprising, at least one of: electrical activity signals of a myocardium; myocardium hemodynamic activity signals, or indicators reflecting variation of physical parameters, variation of activity, and variation of hemodynamic phases between phases of effort and phases of recovery; generating an in-suspicion model-cycle and an off-suspicion model-cycle based on the reference episodes; and determining whether to generate an early heart failure alert, based on a difference between the in-suspicion model-cycle and the off-suspicion model-cycle. | 08-01-2013 |
20130131747 | IMPLANTABLE DEFIBRILLATOR/CARDIOVERTER MEDICAL DEVICE WITH A DYNAMICALLY ADJUSTABLE THRESHOLD FOR VENTRICULAR DETECTION - Methods, devices, and processor-readable storage media are provided for detecting spontaneous ventricular events in a heart using implantable medical devices. A method in this context includes applying a sensitivity function to collected data to detect occurrence of ventricular events. The sensitivity function is based on an adjustable detection threshold. The method further includes determining whether noise is suspected to be present in the data and, if so, increasing the threshold. The method further includes providing a stimulation pulse to the heart when a ventricular event has not occurred after a predetermined escape interval and, following the stimulation pulse, applying a capture test to detect whether an induced depolarization has occurred. If induced polarization is not detected, the threshold is reduced, while the threshold is maintained if induced polarization is detected. | 05-23-2013 |
20130096658 | Microlead For Detection/Stimulation, Implantable In Venous, Arterial Or Lymphatic Networks - A microlead implantable in a patient's venous, arterial or lymphatic networks for the detection and/or stimulation of tissue. The microlead has a diameter at most equal to 2 French (0.66 mm) and comprises at least one microcable ( | 04-18-2013 |
20130096647 | Controlled Switching Module For A Multielectrode Lead For An Active Implantable Medical Device - A controlled switching module ( | 04-18-2013 |
20130088365 | RF Telemetry Transmission Between An Active Implantable Medical Device And A Remote External Receiver - Optimized RF telemetry transmission between an active implantable medical device and a remote external receiver in which the information to be transmitted are grouped by class (TYPE 0, TYPE 1, . . . , TYPE n) according to a criticality index (IC) defining a priority rank as between the different information classes to be transmitted. A plurality of modulation schemes and of data rates characterize different transmission configurations, each with a reliability index inversely related to the probability of failure of transmission in a noisy environment. The criticality indexes of the highest priorities are assigned to the transmission configurations with the higher reliability indexes. On an information transmission request, an RF telemetry transmission configuration is selected ( | 04-11-2013 |
20130073022 | Pacing Lead In An Extended Area Of A Heart Cavity, Implantable By Over The Wire Technique In The Deep Coronary Network - A pacing lead ( | 03-21-2013 |
20130065443 | Method Of Making A Connector Head Of A Multipolar Lead Of An Active Implantable Medical Device - Forming a connector head for a generator of an active implantable medical device by providing a pin ( | 03-14-2013 |
20130046370 | Multi-Area Pacing Lead For A Left Cavity Of The Heart, Implantable In The Coronary Network - A multi-area pacing lead implantable in a target vein of the coronary network for stimulating a left cavity of the heart, comprising an electrically conductive microcable ( | 02-21-2013 |
20130002448 | RF Telemetry Receiver Circuit For Active Medical Implants - An RF telemetry receiver circuit for active implantable medical devices. The baseband binary signal (D | 01-03-2013 |
20120330392 | Autonomous (Leadless) Intracardiac Implantable Medical Device With Releasable Base and Fastener Element - A leadless autonomous intracardiac implantable medical device having a releasable fastener system. This autonomous intracorporeal active medical device has two distinct elements connectable together and reversibly separable from one another, with a sealed capsule body ( | 12-27-2012 |
20120259379 | Implantable Cardiac Prosthetic for Resynchronization by Biventricular Pacing Using Reverse Remodeling - Improving cardiac response in terms of pressure, ejected volume, and filling and ejection times by cardiac reverse remodelling, including temporary, occasionally harmful stimulation sequences. An original pacing configuration ( | 10-11-2012 |
20120245853 | Device For Adaptive Processing Of An Endocardial Acceleration Signal - Device for adaptive processing of an endocardial acceleration signal. The device continuously collects an endocardial acceleration EA signal and divides it into EA sub-signals, each over the duration of one cardiac cycle. The EA sub-signals are separated into the EA | 09-27-2012 |
20120172943 | ACTIVE IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE WITH ATRIAL PACING FOR THE TREATMENT OF DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE - An active implantable medical device with atrial pacing for the treatment of diastolic heart failure. This device comprises circuits and leads for collecting right and left atrial events ( | 07-05-2012 |
20120150009 | Lead For An Active Implantable Medical Device Wtih A Chip For Electrode Multiplexing - A lead for active implantable medical devices comprising a chip, notably for electrode multiplexing. The lead ( | 06-14-2012 |
20120136423 | System for Stimulation and/or Defibrillation of the Left Ventricle Endocardially or From a Vein In the Coronary System - A system for stimulation/defibrillation of the left ventricle endocardially or from a vein in the coronary system including: a lead body ( | 05-31-2012 |
20120130464 | PACING LEAD FOR A LEFT CAVITY OF THE HEART, IMPLANTED IN THE CORONARY SYSTEM - A pacing lead for a left cavity of the heart, implanted in the coronary system. This lead ( | 05-24-2012 |
20120093245 | System, Methods And Apparatus For Waking An Autonomous Active Implantable Medical Device Communicating By Pulses Transmitted Through The Interstitial Tissues Of The Body - An autonomous active medical implantable device, with a power supply and a wake-up circuit that responds to receipt of specific pulses transmitted through the interstitial tissues of the body transmitter device ( | 04-19-2012 |
20120016435 | OPTIMAL DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION THERAPY WITH Q LEARNING - A closed loop Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) system constituted of: a physiological sensor; a multi-electrode DBS lead; an adaptive control system in communication with the physiological sensor; and an implantable pulse generator (IPG) responsive to the adaptive control system, the adaptive control system comprising a learning module operable to learn to find the optimal stimulation parameters, classify and associate patient conditions responsive to the physiological sensor with optimal stimulation parameters in a plurality of patient conditions. The adaptive DBS device control system learns to deliver the optimal stimulation parameters based on Watkins and Dayan Q learning recursive formula, the closed loop adaptive DBS control system thus finds the optimal stimulation parameters online. | 01-19-2012 |
20110213435 | OPTIMAL CARDIAC PACING WITH Q LEARNING - A cardiac pacemaker control system constituted of: a means for receiving input from a hemodynamic sensor; an adaptive control system in communication with the means for receiving input from the hemodynamic sensor; and an interface arranged to provide cardiac stimulation responsive to the adaptive control system; the adaptive control system comprising a learning module operative to converge to patient specific cardiac pacing stimulation timing using a machine learning scheme in cooperation with a probabilistic replacement scheme, the probabilistic replacement scheme arranged to replace inputs from the hemodynamic sensor with online calculated values. | 09-01-2011 |