University of Southern California

Advanced Bionics Corporation

Boston Scientific Neuromodulation Corporation

Children's Hospital Los Angeles

Setpoint Medical Corporation

Alfred E. Mann Foundation for Scientific Research

Other

Queen's University at Kingston

University of California

Pi Medical, Inc.

House Ear Institute

Hughes Aircraft Company

The United States of America As Represented by the Department of Health

Illinois Institute of Technology

Destron/idi Inc.

Gerald E Loeb

Michael Allen Faltys

David K L Peterson

Paul Milton Meadows

Carla Mann Woods

Joseph H Schulman

Roy Christian Martin

Steven E Scott

Yaniv Bar-Cohen

Frances J R Richmond

Jeremy A Fishel

Raymond Peck

John Charles Gord

Primoz Strojnik

Nicholas Wettels

Veronica J Santos

Li Zhou

Todd K Whitehurst

Michael M Merzenich

James P McGivern

Charles L Byers

Carla M Mann

Scott S Corbett, Iii

W Eugene Skiens

Steven Nutt

Doris Arlene Beck

Jerry Martyniuk

John J Stobie

Stephen J Rebscher

Frances J Richmond

Jeremy Fishel

Roland S Johansson

Fan-Gang Zeng

Robert V Shannon

Klaus Mewes

Logan P Palmer

Andrew W Voelkel

Philip R Troyk

Djordje Popovic

Thomas George

Martin A Schwan

Chaoying Zhang

Michael J Silka

William J Heetderks

Martin William Ten Hove

Ramen Chmait

Roy A Young

Jack Robert Weissberg

Douglas P Munoz

Helen Ruddy

Franco Portillo

Francis J Richmond

Peter A Botticelli

David E Groves

Nuria Rodriguez

Alexandra K Ilic

David C Gordon

Kenneth Newell

Xiao Yun

Tessa Gordon

Francis J R Richmond

Chia-Hsien Lin

Blaine Matulevich

Vikram Pandit

Karen A Hampton

Vern Taylor

John Bradin

Daniel Koturov

Matthew T Borzage

Raymond A Peck

Chia Hsien (Gary) Lin

Wei Tan

Kevin H Hood

Michael Silka

Roland Johansson

Jack Weissberg

The present invention provides a novel design for sheaths intended for medical procedures. The sheath includes structures that anchor the sheath in a cavity or space when deployed but are at the same time retractable such that the sheath can be removed without tearing the tissue defining the space.

Sheath for maintaining position in a body cavity

An extravascular nerve cuff that is configured to hold a leadless, integral, implantable microstimulator. The nerve cuff may include a cuff body having a pocket or pouch for removably receiving the implantable device within. The nerve cuff can be secured around the nerve such that the electrodes of the device are stably positioned relative to the nerve. Furthermore, the nerve cuff drives the majority of the current from the stimulation device into the nerve, while shielding surrounding tissues from unwanted stimulation.

Nerve cuff with pocket for leadless stimulator

A method for assisting product selection according to haptic properties involves obtaining at least one product search criterion in a user interface, identifying relevant products, based on the at least one product search criterion, and displaying the relevant products in the user interface. The method further involves obtaining haptic properties for the relevant products, and updating the user interface based on the haptic properties of the relevant products. The haptic properties include values for a multitude of dimensions of touch, previously measured using sensing modalities of a haptic measurement system.

Method and system for assisting the selection of materials or products according to haptic properties

The present invention provides an advancement in the art of cardiac pacemakers. The invention provides a novel and unobvious pacemaker system that comprises at least one pacemaker and that is, to a large extent, self-controlled, allows for long-term implantation in a patient, and minimizes current inconveniences and problems associated with battery life. The invention further includes a mechanism in which at least two pacemakers are implanted in a patient, and in which the pacemakers communicate with each other at the time of a given pacing or respiratory event, without any required external input, and adjust pacing parameters to respond to the patient's need for blood flow. The invention further provides a novel design for a pacemaker in which the pacemaker electrode is connected to the pacemaker body by a lead that is configured to allow the pacemaker to lie parallel to the epicardial surface and to reduce stress on the pacemaker and heart tissue.

Epicardial lead design

An open coiled pacemaker lead is provided that has improved structural stability and functional life in vivo. The open coiled lead includes an electrically conductive material that is coated or covered by a thin layer of electrically insulative material. The coated coiled lead has adequate spacing between adjacent coils, and has a lumen of sufficient diameter, to allow for infiltration of biological connective tissue onto the surface of the coated coil when maintained in vivo for a sufficient amount of time. Infiltration of the connective tissue essentially uniformly along the entire coiled lead strengthens and lengthens the functional life of the coated coil lead.

Implanted electrical lead for pacemaker

The present invention provides advancements in the art of cardiac pacemakers. The invention provides a pacemaker system that comprises at least one pacemaker and that is, to a large extent, self-controlled, allows for long-term implantation in a patient, and minimizes current inconveniences and problems associated with battery life. The invention further includes a mechanism in which at least two pacemakers are implanted in a patient, and in which the pacemakers communicate with each other at the time of a given pacing or respiratory event, without any required external input, and adjust pacing parameters to respond to the patient's need for blood flow. The invention further provides a design for a pacemaker in which the pacemaker electrode is connected to the pacemaker body by a lead that is configured to allow the pacemaker to lie parallel to the epicardial surface and to reduce stress on the pacemaker and heart tissue.

An extravascular nerve cuff that is configured to hold a leadless, integral, implantable micro stimulator. The nerve cuff may include a cuff body having a pocket or pouch for removably receiving the implantable device within. The nerve cuff can be secured around the nerve such that the electrodes of the device are stably positioned relative to the nerve. Furthermore, the nerve cuff drives the majority of the current from the stimulation device into the nerve, while shielding surrounding tissues from unwanted stimulation.

A method for identifying diagnostic and therapeutic options for medical conditions. The method includes obtaining, from patient data in electronic health records, a diagnoses statistics database that includes statistical distributions of values of action results associated with diagnoses, and for each action result, a benefit of using the action result for disambiguating pairs of diagnoses. The method further includes obtaining an initial differential diagnosis for a patient. The initial differential diagnosis includes a set of initial diagnoses that are based on initially available patient data. Each initial diagnosis is assigned a probability that the initial diagnosis correctly identifies a condition of the patient. The method further includes identifying, based on the benefits of action results obtained for pairs of diagnoses, actions that have a largest benefit for disambiguation of the differential diagnosis, and providing a subset of actions, selected from the actions, and associated benefits to a physician.

Graphical user interface for identifying diagnostic and therapeutic options for medical conditions using electronic health records

Method and system for identifying diagnostic and therapeutic options for medical conditions using electronic health records

An object investigation and classification system may include an object test system, a data storage system, and a data processing system. The object test system may receive a command to perform at least one action with a test object, perform the at least one action with the test object, and return test information indicative of at least one percept resulting from the at least one action. The data storage system may contain an experience database containing data indicative of multiple classifications and, for each classification, at least one action that was performed with at least one previously-observed reference object having this classification, and at least one percept value that is based in whole or in part on the test information resulting from the at least one action.

Living object investigation and diagnosis using a database of probabilities pertaining to ranges of results

Object investigation and classification

A fully implantable cardiac pacemaker system is provided. The pacemaker system includes a pacemaker having an electrode sub-assembly containing an electrode and a base into which the electrode is embedded. It also includes an implantable package that has electronic components for providing electrical pulses to a patient's heart. The pacemaker also has a power supply and a flexible electrically conductive lead that connects the electronic components to the electrode. In addition to the pacemaker, the pacemaker system includes a removable insertion casing that is physically attached to the base portion of the electrode sub-assembly. Upon insertion of the pacemaker into a patient's heart, the pacemaker is detached from the removable insertion casing and deployed fully in the patient's chest. The pacemaker system has particular use in fetal applications.

Minimally invasive epicardial pacemaker

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South Pasedena, CA, United States of America

Gerald E Loeb