| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 7627373 |
Method and apparatus for cell and electrical therapy of living tissue |
December 1, 2009 |
| A method for cell and electrical therapy of living tissue including administration of exogenous cells into a region of injured tissue and application of electrical energy. In one application the combined cell and electrical therapy is applied in vivo to damaged heart tissue. In such |
| 7587238 |
Combined neural stimulation and cardiac resynchronization therapy |
September 8, 2009 |
| Methods and devices for delivering cardiac therapy to a patient are provided. Various implantable device embodiments comprise a plurality of leads and a controller. The leads include at least one lead to be positioned within a lead path to deliver ventricular pacing pulses and to del |
| 7554438 |
System and method for correlating biometric trends with a related temporal event |
June 30, 2009 |
| Systems and methods for correlating biometric trends with a related temporal event are disclosed. A preferred embodiment utilizes an implantable medical device comprising at least one sensor in electronic communication with a patient management system adapted to temporally analyze an |
| 7551962 |
Implantable medical device with voice responding and recording capacity |
June 23, 2009 |
| An implantable medical device such as a cardiac pacemaker or implantable cardioverter/defibrillator with the capability of receiving communications in the form of speech spoken by the patient. An acoustic transducer is incorporated within the device which along with associated filter |
| 7548782 |
Method for reversal of myocardial remodeling with electrical stimulation |
June 16, 2009 |
| A method for reversing ventricular remodeling with electro-stimulatory therapy. A ventricle is paced by delivering one or more stimulatory pulses in a manner such that a stressed region of the myocardium is pre-excited relative to other regions in order to subject the stressed region |
| 7493162 |
Pulmonary vein stent for treating atrial fibrillation |
February 17, 2009 |
| An apparatus and method for treating atrial fibrillation is described that uses a vascular stent deployed within the pulmonary veins of the left atrium. The stent may be used alone or in combination with chemical, thermal, electrical, or radioactive energy sources to ablate myocardial |
| 7392084 |
Demand-based cardiac function therapy |
June 24, 2008 |
| A method and device for delivering cardiac function therapy on a demand basis. An implantable device for delivering cardiac function therapy is programmed to suspend such therapy at periodic intervals or upon command from an external programmer. Measurements related to hemodynamic pe |
| 7378955 |
System and method for correlating biometric trends with a related temporal event |
May 27, 2008 |
| Systems and methods for correlating biometric trends with a related temporal event are disclosed. A preferred embodiment utilizes an implantable medical device comprising at least one sensor in electronic communication with a patient management system adapted to temporally analyze an |
| 7353060 |
Adaptive anti-tachycardia therapy apparatus and method |
April 1, 2008 |
| A method and apparatus for delivering anti-tachycardia pacing in an adaptive manner is disclosed. A cardiac rhythm management device, such as an implantable pacemaker, having anti-tachycardia pacing capability delivers anti-tachycardia pacing therapy in accordance with a selected pac |
| 7346393 |
Implantable cardiac rhythm management system having multiple therapy modalities |
March 18, 2008 |
| A cardiac rhythm management system for providing a plurality of therapy modalities. For example, the system may include a cardiac resynchronization therapy module for providing cardiac resynchronization therapy and a pacemaker module for providing bradycardia therapy, as well as a se |
| 7346392 |
Method and apparatus for the monitoring and treatment of spontaneous cardiac arrhythmias |
March 18, 2008 |
| An implantable apparatus for the detection and monitoring of spontaneous cardiac electrogram features in a comprises a cardiac monitoring device and a plurality of subcutaneous cardiac sensing electrodes electrically connected to the monitoring device. The sensing electrodes are configur |
| 7333853 |
Implantable medical device having a controlled diagnostic function |
February 19, 2008 |
| Methods and systems for providing an implantable medical device with a controlled diagnostic function adapted to convert from a monitoring mode to a therapeutic mode upon sensing an actionable cardiovascular event are disclosed. A preferred embodiment uses an interactive control module t |
| 7292887 |
Apparatus and method for spatially and temporally distributing cardiac electrical stimulation |
November 6, 2007 |
| A cardiac electro-stimulatory device and method for operating same in which stimulation pulses are distributed among a plurality of electrodes fixed at different sites of the myocardium in order to reduce myocardial hypertrophy brought about by repeated pacing at a single site and/or |
| 7260431 |
Combined remodeling control therapy and anti-remodeling therapy by implantable cardiac device |
August 21, 2007 |
| A method and device for delivering ventricular resynchronization pacing therapy in conjunction with electrical stimulation of nerves which alter the activity of the autonomic nervous system is disclosed. Such therapies may be delivered by an implantable device and are useful in preventin |
| 7257443 |
Method and apparatus for detecting oscillations in cardiac rhythm with electrogram signals |
August 14, 2007 |
| A cardiac rhythm management device is configured to detect oscillations in cardiac rhythm by comparing electrogram signals during successive heart beats. Upon detection of electrical alternans, the device may adjust its operating behavior to compensate for the deleterious effects of the |
| 7203540 |
Method and system for setting cardiac resynchronization therapy parameters |
April 10, 2007 |
| A method or system for computing and/or setting optimal cardiac resynchronization pacing parameters as derived from intrinsic conduction data is presented. The intrinsic conduction data includes intrinsic atrio-ventricular and interventricular delay intervals which may be collected v |
| 7194307 |
Pacing method and device for preserving native conduction system |
March 20, 2007 |
| An implantable device for delivering cardiac pacing therapy in order to improve cardiac function is programmed to allow some amount of intrinsic activity to occur without otherwise the disturbing the pacing algorithm used to deliver therapy. Intrinsic cardiac cycles utilize the heart's |
| 7158824 |
Stress reduction pacing for arterial plaque stabilization |
January 2, 2007 |
| A method for stabilizing atherosclerotic plaque with the intra-myocardial portion of a coronary artery is presented. Pacing therapy is utilized to pre-excite ventricular myocardium near the site of a plaque and thereby mechanically unload the myocardial region. Such mechanical unloading |
| 7127290 |
Cardiac rhythm management systems and methods predicting congestive heart failure status |
October 24, 2006 |
| This document describes, among other things, systems, devices, and methods for predicting how the status of the patient's congestive heart failure (CHF) condition will progress in the future. In one example, a therapy is provided or adjusted at least in part in response to the prediction |
| 7110815 |
System and method for providing temporary stimulation therapy to optimize chronic electrical per |
September 19, 2006 |
| A system and method for stimulating a human heart including a sensing module coupled through a lead to an electrode associated with a tissue of the human heart for sensing electrical activity of the heart. A controller module may be coupled to the sensing module. The controller modul |
| 7103410 |
Apparatus and method for reversal of myocardial remodeling with electrical stimulation |
September 5, 2006 |
| An apparatus and method for reversing ventricular remodeling with electro-stimulatory therapy. A ventricle is paced by delivering one or more stimulatory pulses in a manner such that a stressed region of the myocardium is pre-excited relative to other regions in order to subject the |
| 7062314 |
Cardiac rhythm management device with triggered diagnostic mode |
June 13, 2006 |
| A device and method in which spectral analysis of heart rate variability is performed in order to assess autonomic balance. When a threshold level is reached, a diagnostic mode is triggered in which the device performs computationally intensive data analysis to assess the probability of |
| 7050846 |
Cardiac rhythm management system with arrhythmia prediction and prevention |
May 23, 2006 |
| A cardiac rhythm management system predicts when an arrhythmia will occur and in one embodiment invokes a therapy to prevent or reduce the consequences of the arrhythmia. A cardiac arrhythmia trigger/marker is detected from a patient, and based on the trigger/marker, the system estim |
| 7043305 |
Method and apparatus for establishing context among events and optimizing implanted medical devi |
May 9, 2006 |
| An apparatus and method for adjusting the performance of an implanted device based on data including contextual information. Contextual information, including operational and performance data concerning the implanted device as well as the patient with the implanted device, is stored |
| 6980851 |
Method and apparatus for determining changes in heart failure status |
December 27, 2005 |
| A method for operating a cardiac rhythm management device in which a clinical state vector is computed as a combination of a plurality of parameters related to a patient's heart failure status and compared to a previously computed clinical state vector to determine a clinical traject |
| 6957105 |
Method and apparatus for detecting oscillations in cardiac rhythm with electrogram signals |
October 18, 2005 |
| A cardiac rhythm management device is configured to detect oscillations in cardiac rhythm by comparing electrogram signals during successive heart beats. Upon detection of electrical alternans, the device may adjust its operating behavior to compensate for the deleterious effects of the |
| 6955640 |
Brachytherapy for arrhythmias |
October 18, 2005 |
| An apparatus and method for brachytherapy. One method includes locating a region of cardiac tissue having a relatively large probability of originating or transmitting electrical signals which result in arrhythmic activity and irradiating the region of cardiac tissue to reduce the amount |
| 6952611 |
Method for assessing cardiac functional status |
October 4, 2005 |
| A method for assessing cardiac function suitable for incorporation into an implantable cardiac rhythm management device. By measuring daily exertion levels in accordance with the invention, an assessment of cardiac function can be made that has been found to correlate well with conventio |
| 6939345 |
Method for reducing restenosis in the presence of an intravascular stent |
September 6, 2005 |
| A first electrode is positioned within an artery proximate an implanted intravascular stent. A second electrode is positioned at a separate location relative the position of the first electrode. Electrical energy is then delivered between the first and the second electrodes to produce |
| 6893438 |
Ablation catheter, system, and method of use thereof |
May 17, 2005 |
| A cardiac ablation apparatus for producing a circumferential ablation that electrically isolates a heart chamber wall portion from vessel such as a pulmonary vein extending into said wall portion comprises (a) an elongate centering catheter having a distal end portion; (b) an expandable |
| 6878111 |
System for measuring subjective well being |
April 12, 2005 |
| A system for measuring subjective well-being utilizes an interactive communications module, an electronic transmission module and an intervention module. The interactive communications module receives data or input that reflects a person's subjective well-being and makes a temporal r |
| 6873873 |
System for treating supraventricular tachyarrhythmias |
March 29, 2005 |
| A system and method for treating atrial fibrillation using atrial pacing pulses to convert an atrial fibrillation to non-fibrillation atrial arrhythmia prior to delivering a low energy cardioversion/defibrillation shock. The system and method treats atrial fibrillations by first applying |
| 6865424 |
Implantable medical device with voice responding and recording capacity |
March 8, 2005 |
| An implantable medical device such as a cardiac pacemaker or implantable cardioverter/defibrillator with the capability of receiving communications in the form of speech spoken by the patient. An acoustic transducer is incorporated within the device which along with associated filtering |
| 6842648 |
System and assembly having conductive fixation features |
January 11, 2005 |
| A lead having a distal end electrode assembly adapted for implantation on or about the heart or within a vein and for connection to a system for monitoring or stimulating cardiac activity. The electrode assembly includes conductive fixation features, such as conductive tines or flexi |
| 6839591 |
Method and apparatus for treating cardiac arrhythmia using electrogram features |
January 4, 2005 |
| A method and system for ventricular defibrillation by coordinating the delivery of defibrillation shocks with sensed ventricular fibrillation complexes in a way which improves the probability of success of the defibrillation shock. Ventricular electrical activity is monitored in two |
| 6801806 |
Adaptive anti-tachycardia therapy apparatus and method |
October 5, 2004 |
| A method and apparatus for delivering anti-tachycardia pacing in an adaptive manner is disclosed. A cardiac rhythm management device, such as an implantable pacemaker, having anti-tachycardia pacing capability delivers anti-tachycardia pacing therapy in accordance with a selected pac |
| 6652517 |
Ablation catheter, system, and method of use thereof |
November 25, 2003 |
| A cardiac ablation apparatus for producing a circumferential ablation that electrically isolates a heart chamber wall portion from vessel such as a pulmonary vein extending into a wall portion comprises (a) an elongate centering catheter having a distal end portion; (b) an expandable |
| 6648881 |
Method for reducing arterial restenosis in the presence of an intravascular stent |
November 18, 2003 |
| A first electrode is positioned within an artery proximate an implanted intravascular stent. A second electrode is positioned at a separate location relative the position of the first electrode. Electrical energy is then delivered between the first and the second electrodes to produce |
| 6640135 |
Apparatus and method for spatially and temporally distributing cardiac electrical stimulation |
October 28, 2003 |
| A cardiac electro-stimulatory device and method for operating same in which stimulation pulses are distributed among a plurality of electrodes fixed at different sites of the myocardium in order to reduce myocardial hypertrophy brought about by repeated pacing at a single site and/or |
| 6628988 |
Apparatus and method for reversal of myocardial remodeling with electrical stimulation |
September 30, 2003 |
| An apparatus and method for reversing ventricular remodeling with electro-stimulatory therapy. A ventricle is paced by delivering one or more stimulatory pulses in a manner such that a stressed region of the myocardium is pre-excited relative to other regions in order to subject the |
| 6587720 |
System and method for treating supraventricular tachyarrhythmias |
July 1, 2003 |
| A system and method for treating atrial fibrillation using atrial pacing pulses to convert an atrial fibrillation to non-fibrillation atrial arrhythmia prior to delivering a low energy cardioversion/defibrillation shock. The system and method treats atrial fibrillations by first applying |
| 6574514 |
System and assembly having conductive fixation features |
June 3, 2003 |
| A lead having a distal end electrode assembly adapted for implantation on or about the heart or within a vein and for connection to a system for monitoring or stimulating cardiac activity. The electrode assembly includes conductive fixation features, such as conductive tines or flexi |
| 6556862 |
Method and apparatus for treating supraventricular tachyarrhythmias |
April 29, 2003 |
| A system and method for treating atrial fibrillation using atrial pacing pulses to convert an atrial fibrillation to non-fibrillation atrial arrhythmia prior to delivering a low energy cardioversion/defibrillation shock. The system and method treats atrial fibrillations by first applying |
| 6539257 |
Method and apparatus for treating cardiac arrhythmia |
March 25, 2003 |
| An implantable apparatus for the detection and monitoring of spontaneous cardiac electrogram features in a comprises a cardiac monitoring device and a plurality of subcutaneous cardiac sensing electrodes electrically connected to the monitoring device. The sensing electrodes are configur |
| 6539256 |
Method and apparatus for treating cardiac arrhythmia using electrogram features |
March 25, 2003 |
| A method and system for ventricular defibrillation by coordinating the delivery of defibrillation shocks with sensed ventricular fibrillation complexes in a way which improves the probability of success of the defibrillation shock. Ventricular electrical activity is monitored in two |
| 6526317 |
System and method for treating atrial arrhythmias |
February 25, 2003 |
| A system for defibrillating an atrial region of a heart experiencing a supraventricular arrhytmia. The defibrillation system senses and analyzes both atrial and ventricular cardiac signals of the heart to determine if the heart is experiencing a supraventricular arrhythmia. Upon detectin |
| 6519488 |
Method and system for reducing arterial restenosis in the presence of an intravascular stent |
February 11, 2003 |
| A first electrode is positioned within an artery proximate an implanted intravascular stent. A second electrode is positioned at a separate location relative the position of the first electrode. Electrical energy is then delivered between the first and the second electrodes to produce |
| 6490485 |
Automatic rate-adaptive pacing with auto-lifestyle |
December 3, 2002 |
| Methods of adjusting output mapping in response to historical signal input data relative to a reference value, and apparatus to perform the methods. The methods are suited for use in adjusting rate-adaptive pacemakers in response to a patient's demonstrated activity relative to a predete |
| 6473646 |
Method and apparatus for assessing cardiac functional status |
October 29, 2002 |
| A method for assessing cardiac function suitable for incorporation into an implantable cardiac rhythm management device. By measuring daily exertion levels in accordance with the invention, an assessment of cardiac function can be made that has been found to correlate well with conventio |
| 6470211 |
Method and apparatus for treating cardiac arrhythmia |
October 22, 2002 |
| An implantable system for the defibrillation or cardioversion of the atria and the ventricles of a patient's heart comprises: a first catheter configured for positioning in the right ventricle of the heart; a second catheter configured for positioning through the coronary sinus ostium an |
