Biotronik Mess-und Therapiegerate Gmbh & Co Ingenieurburo Berlin

Biotronik Mess-und Therapiegeraete Gmbh & Co Ingenieurbuero Berlin

Tvns Technologies Gmbh

Biotronik Mess-und Therapiegerate Gmbh & Co.

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Biotronki Mess-und Therapeigerate Gmbh & Co. Ingenieurburo Berlin

Biotronik Mess- Und Therapiegerate Gmbh & Co. Kg Ingenieurburo Berlin

Armin Bolz

Max Schaldach

Michael Amon

Carslen Momma

Ferdinand Von Alvensleben

Siefan Nolte

Thomas Popp

Erhard Flach

Martin Stelzle

Klaus Bartels

Johannes Neudecker

Rainer Hintsche

Bernhard Lang

Volker Lang

Lars-Oliver Bolz

Dirk Mussig

Ronald Froehlch

Anke Diederich

Johannes Schmitt

Thorsten Cassier

Roland Wagner

Klaus Karg

The present invention relates to a device for performing a tVNS treatment having at least one electrode for generating a stimulation pulse, wherein the device has at least one input device for inputting feedback data by the device user, wherein the device has a memory in which the feedback data are stored, and wherein the device has a control or regulation unit that is suitable to set one or more parameters of the stimulation pulse delivered by the electrode in dependence on the feedback data or to suggest the parameters of the stimulation pulse delivered by the electrode for a selection by the device user.

Device for performing tVNS treatment

The present invention relates to a device for performing a tVNS treatment having at least one electrode for generating a stimulation pulse, with the device having at least one detection means that is configured to detect one or more parameter values, and with the device having a control or regulation unit that is suitable to set one or more parameters of the stimulation pulse delivered by the electrode in dependence on the detected parameter value or values.

Device for performing a tVNS treatment

The present invention relates to a an electrode assembly for nerve stimulation, in particular for the transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation, comprising at least one electrode and a bow-shaped holding portion which is designed to hold the electrode assembly at the ear of a patient.

Electrode assembly for nerve stimulation

An arrangement for patient monitoring. The arrangement includes at least one body sensor to detect a physiological parameter as body signal data and at least one of a body signal processing unit connected to the body sensor for processing body signal data, and a therapy device designed to act on the patient. In addition, the arrangement includes a monitoring center having a signal field strength evaluation means, a mobile phone terminal designed to transmit the data from at least one of the body signal processing unit and the therapy device to the monitoring center and from the monitoring center to the therapy device, and a cellular mobile phone network. The mobile phone terminal is operable in the cellular mobile phone network. The arrangement further includes a base station coordinate storage unit for storage of coordinate data and a mobile phone exchange linked to the base station coordinate storage unit for the reception of position data of the mobile phone terminal. The signal field strength evaluation means is utilized for evaluating signal field strength data reflecting the distance of the mobile phone terminal from at least one base station together with coordinate data of at least one active base station of the mobile phone network in order to determine the whereabouts of the patient.

Arrangement for patient monitoring

A self-calibrating rate-adaptive cardiac pacemaker is provided. The pacemaker comprising a first measuring and processing device for detecting a first, predominantly sympathetically influenced physiological parameter and for obtaining a rate control parameter, which has a control input for controlling the functional dependency of the rate control parameter on the first physiological parameter, in particular a response factor and/or an upper limit rate; and a stimulator unit for producing and outputting stimulation pulses at a stimulation rate which is determined by the rate control parameter, having a second measuring and processing device for detecting and evaluating a second, predominantly vagally influenced physiological parameter and for outputting a calibration signal which is dependent on the evaluation result, to the control input of the first measuring and processing device.

Self-calibrating rate-adaptive cardiac pacemaker

An implantable, bioresorbable vessel wall support, in particular a coronary stent, comprises a combination of metal materials which dissolves in the human body without any harmful effects on the person that wears the implant. The combination of metal materials can be an alloy or a local galvanic element.

Implantable, bioresorbable vessel wall support, in particular coronary stent

In a method of producing microstructural medical implants by laser material processing, it is provided to make use of a tunable laser beam of a pulse length in the order of magnitude of femtoseconds, and of a laser irradin that is variable in its frequency of pulse repetition, laser capacity and/or velocity of displacement for gentle material treatment without melting to take place.

Method of producing microstructural medical implants

An implantable stimulator for treating arrhythmic function disturbances of a heart, comprising; a stimulation electrode for transmitting stimulation pulses to the heart, a pulse generator that is connected to the stimulation electrode for generating the stimulation pulses, a control unit connected to the pulse generator for controlling the pulse emissions, a hemodynamic sensor for controlling the pulse emission as a function of the cardiac pumping performance, the hemodynamic sensor including; two measuring electrodes located in or in electrical contact with a blood vessel, for measuring the blood impedance dependent on the blood throughput, a signal generator that generates an AC voltage for generating a test signal for impedance measurement, an electrical measuring device connected to the twvo measuring electrodes for determining the blood throughput as a function of the measured electrical signal; and a blood throughput signal-analysis unit for recognizing an arrhythmic cardiac finction disturbance using the measured throughput quantity.

Implantable stimulator

An apparatus for rejection diagnostics after organ transplantations is provided with

Apparatus for rejection diagnostics after organ transplants

An implantable stimulation electrode for use with an implantable tissue stimulator, in particular a pacemaker, defibrillator, bone or neurostimulator, having a metal substrate body and a coating, applied to the substrate body, for reducing the electrode impedance and/or increasing the tissue compatability, in which a ultrathin, specifically functionalized organic coating forming the entire outer surface of the stimulation electrode is provided, which adheres to the underlying surface as a consequence of irreversible physisorption or covalent chemical bonding.

Implantable stimulation electrode

An implantable apparatus for the early diagnosis of tachycardia in the heart is provided with

Implantable apparatus for the early diagnosis and suppression of

A method of producing a biocompatible prosthesis based on a substrate made essentially of metal or ceramic. The substrate is placed into a reactor chamber of a cathodic vapor deposition arrangement and the chamber is evacuated to a predetermined pressure. A predetermined, negative bias voltage is then applied to the substrate and the substrate is surface treated by adding an etching gas to the reactor chamber, at a predetermined, first flow rate and coupling in a high frequency power with a first, predetermined power density for ionic etching for a first, predetermined period of time. The surface treated substrate is separated from the negative bias voltage and a semiconductor cover layer is chemical vapor-phase deposited on the substrate by adding to the reactor chamber a multi-component mixture of process gases containing a semiconductor element in bound form at a second, predetermined flow rate and coupling-in of HF power with a predetermined, second power density, for a second, predetermined time period.

Method of producing a biocompatible prosthesis

An electrolytic capacitor, in particular a tantalum electrolytic capacitor, is provided with a metal anode, in particular a sintered tantalum anode (1), a non-conducting insulating layer applied on it by means of molding the metal anode (1) for forming the dielectric of the electrolytic capacitor, an electrolyte in liquid, pasty or solid form, which forms the cathode of the electrolytic capacitor, and a flat cathode contact (5, 17) for providing current to the electrolyte. The flat cathode contact (5, 7) is provided with an electrically conducting, fractal surface coating (6), at least in the area of its contact surface with the electrolyte.

Electrolytic capacitor with fractal surface

A method of producing a biocompatible prosthesis based on a substrate made essentially of metal or ceramic. The substrate is placed into a reactor chamber of a cathodic vapor deposition arrangement and the chamber is evacuated to a predetermined pressure. A predetermined, negative bias voltage is then applied to the substrate and the substrate is surface treated by adding an etching gas to the reactor chamber, at a predetermined, first flow rate and coupling in a high frequency power with a first, predetermined power density for ionic etching for a first, predetermined period of time. The surface treated substrate is separated from the negative bias voltage and a semiconductor cover layer is chemical vapor-phase deposited on the substrate by adding to the reactor chamber a multi-component mixture of process gases containing a semiconductor element in bound format a second, predetermined flow rate and coupling-in of HF power with a predetermined, second power density, for a second, predetermined time period.

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Armin Bolz