Patent application number | Description | Published |
20120041528 | TERMINATION OF A SHIELD WITHIN AN IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL LEAD - A shield located within an implantable medical lead may be terminated in various ways at a metal connector. The shield may be terminated by various joints including butt, scarf, lap, or other joints between insulation layers surrounding the lead and an insulation extension. The shield may terminate with a physical and electrical connection to a single metal connector. The shield may terminate with a physical and electrical connection by passing between an overlapping pair of inner and outer metal connectors. The metal connectors may include features such as teeth or threads that penetrate the insulation layers of the lead. The shield may terminate with a physical and electrical connection by exiting a jacket of a lead adjacent to a metal connector and lapping onto the metal connector. | 02-16-2012 |
20120041529 | ESTABLISHING CONTINUITY BETWEEN A SHIELD WITHIN AN IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL LEAD AND A SHIELD WITHIN AN IMPLANTABLE LEAD EXTENSION - Implantable medical leads and implantable lead extensions include a shield. The implantable medical lead is coupled to the implantable lead extension. Stimulation electrodes of the implantable medical lead contact stimulation connectors within a housing of the implantable extension to establish a conductive pathway for stimulation signals from filars of the implantable extension to filars of the implantable medical lead. Continuity is established between the shield of the implantable medical lead and the implantable extension by providing a radio frequency conductive pathway within the housing. The radio frequency conductive pathway extends from a shield of the implantable extension to a shield connector that contacts a shield electrode of the implantable medical lead. The radio frequency conductive pathway may have various forms such as a jumper wire or an extension of the shield within the implantable extension. | 02-16-2012 |
20120130461 | RADIOPAQUE MARKERS FOR IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL LEADS, DEVICES, AND SYSTEMS - Radiopaque markers represent that a lead is suitable for a particular medical procedure such as a magnetic resonance image scan and are added to the lead or related device. The markers may be added after implantation of the lead in various ways including suturing, gluing, crimping, or clamping a radiopaque tag to the lead or to the device. The markers may be added by placing a radiopaque coil about the lead, and the radiopaque coil may radially contract against the lead to obtain a fixed position. The markers may be added by placing a polymer structure onto the lead where the polymer structure includes a radiopaque marker within it. The polymer structure may include a cylindrical aperture that contracts against the lead to fix the position of the structure. The polymer structure may form a lead anchor that includes suture wings that can be sutured to the lead. | 05-24-2012 |
20140345132 | TERMINATION OF A SHIELD WITHIN AN IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL LEAD - A shield located within an implantable medical lead may be terminated in various ways at a metal connector. The shield may be terminated by various joints including butt, scarf, lap, or other joints between insulation layers surrounding the lead and an insulation extension. The shield may terminate with a physical and electrical connection to a single metal connector. The shield may terminate with a physical and electrical connection by passing between an overlapping pair of inner and outer metal connectors. The metal connectors may include features such as teeth or threads that penetrate the insulation layers of the lead. The shield may terminate with a physical and electrical connection by exiting a jacket of a lead adjacent to a metal connector and lapping onto the metal connector. | 11-27-2014 |
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20080244903 | NOVEL LEAD BODY-TO-CONNECTOR TRANSITION ZONE - A medical electrical lead includes a lead body and a connector terminal. A conductor extends from the lead body to the connector terminal along a helical path through a transition zone. | 10-09-2008 |
20100125194 | SUBCUTANEOUS LEAD GUIDANCE - An apparatus for subcutaneous lead guidance includes a flexible guide strap, a navigation catheter and a tunneling tool. The guide strap includes an upper layer having a plurality of retainer formations and a substrate attachable on a patient's skin extending between an incision and a target site. The navigation catheter is coupled to the upper layer via the retainer formations from a first end to a second end of the guide strap. The navigation catheter includes a plurality of position sensors for generating a subcutaneous navigation volume between the incision and the target site when the navigation catheter is coupled to a navigation system. The tunneling tool has a distal portion with a leading end and at least one position sensor on the distal portion for viewing digital representation of the distal portion in relation to the navigation volume on a display coupled to the navigation system. | 05-20-2010 |
20110098795 | NEUROLOGIC SCREENING CONNECTOR - A medical lead screening connector includes a housing, a plurality of electrical contacts disposed within the housing, and a lead receptacle element pivotly connected to the housing. The lead receptacle has a lead aperture along a length of the lead receptacle element. The lead receptacle element engages the plurality of electrical contacts in a first closed position and disengages from the plurality of electrical contacts in a second open position. | 04-28-2011 |
20110257503 | NEUROLOGICAL SCREENING CONNECTOR - A medical lead screening connector includes a housing, a plurality of electrical contacts disposed within the housing, where each lead receptor channel includes at least two lead receptor contacts, and a cover hingedly attached to the housing. The cover includes a protrusion that is arranged and configured to register with one of the lead receptor channels and contacts a lead body received in the lead receptor channel when the cover is in a closed position. | 10-20-2011 |
20110257659 | STRAIN RELIEF APPARATUS FOR USE WITH IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL LEAD - An extensible implantable medical device includes a body defining a lumen extending through the body. The lumen is configured to receive at least a portion of an implantable medical lead. The body includes a non-rectilinearly shaped portion. The non-rectilinearly shaped portion has a first shape spanning a first distance in a relaxed state. The non-rectilinearly shaped portion has a second, more rectilinear, shape spanning a second distance when subjected to a stretching force. The second distance is greater than the first distance. The non-rectilinearly shaped portion returns to the relaxed first shape upon release of the stretching force and is configured to assume the first shape when the lead is inserted into the lumen and no load is placed on the lead or the shaped body portion. | 10-20-2011 |
20110269350 | NEUROLOGICAL SCREENING CONNECTOR - A medical lead screening connector includes a first housing portion having a first lead receptor channel and a second housing portion having a second lead receptor channel and the second housing portion is pivotally connected to the first housing portion. The first lead receptor channel includes two first contact apertures and the second lead receptor channel comprising two second contact apertures. The first housing portion includes two second lead receptor contacts that mate with the second contact apertures and the second housing portion includes two first lead receptor contacts that mate with the first contact apertures. | 11-03-2011 |
20110270068 | NEUROLOGICAL SCREENING CONNECTOR - A medical lead screening connector includes a housing, a plurality of lead receptor channels disposed within the housing, a cover hingedly attached to the housing, and a base element rotationally attached to the housing. Each lead receptor channel includes at least two lead receptor contacts. A conductor cable is attached to and extends away from the housing. The base element is configured to reel in the conductor cable upon rotation of the base element. | 11-03-2011 |
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20080297159 | Sensing Apparatus for Detecting an Interface Between First and Second Strata of Materials - A sensing apparatus for detecting an interface between first and second materials, each have a different dielectric loss factor, disposed in a stratified manner in a volume of materials having a predetermined depth comprises a length of transmission line having an inner conductor surrounded by a dielectric material and a shielding conductor. The transmission line may be coaxial or planar in form. | 12-04-2008 |
20090095745 | Microwave Field Director Structure Having Vanes With Inner Ends Wrapped With A Conductive Wrapper - A reusable self-supporting field director for use in heating an article in a microwave oven is characterized by a plurality of vanes, with each vane extending radially outwardly from a central axis. Each vane is angularly adjacent to two other vanes and is attached to each other at their inner ends. Each vane has a predetermined thickness dimension. | 04-16-2009 |
20090095746 | Microwave Field Director Structure Having Vanes Covered With A Conductive Sheath - A reusable self-supporting field director for use in heating an article in a microwave oven is characterized by a plurality of vanes, with each vane extending radially outwardly from a central axis. | 04-16-2009 |
20090095747 | Microwave Field Director Structure Having Vanes With Outer Ends Wrapped With A Conductive Wrapper - A reusable self-supporting field director for use in heating an article in a microwave oven is characterized by a plurality of vanes, with each vane extending radially outwardly from a central axis. Each vane is angularly adjacent to two other vanes and is attached to each other at their inner ends. Each vane has a predetermined thickness dimension. | 04-16-2009 |
20090095749 | Microwave Field Director Structure Having Metal Vanes - A self-supporting field director structure for use in heating an article in a microwave oven includes a plurality of vanes connected to a central support member. Each vane is formed from an electrically conductive metallic material. Each vane extends radially outwardly from a central axis, with the radially inner end of each vane being spaced a predetermined separation distance from the axis. | 04-16-2009 |
20120312810 | SUSCEPTOR ASSEMBLY AND FIELD DIRECTOR ASSEMBLY FOR USE IN A MICROWAVE OVEN - A susceptor assembly comprises a generally planar susceptor having an electric field director structure mechanically connected thereto. The field director structure includes at least one, but more preferably, a plurality of two or more vanes mechanically connected to the susceptor. Each vane has a surface at least a portion of which is electrically conductive. The vane(s) are most preferably disposed substantially orthogonal to the planar susceptor. The connection may be either a fixed or a flexible articulating connection. | 12-13-2012 |
20130068760 | MICROWAVE FIELD DIRECTOR STRUCTURE HAVING VANES COVERED WITH A CONDUCTIVE SHEATH - A reusable self-supporting field director for use in heating an article in a microwave oven is characterized by a plurality of vanes, with each vane extending radially outwardly from a central axis. Each vane is angularly adjacent to two other vanes and is attached to each other at their inner ends. Each vane has a predetermined thickness dimension. | 03-21-2013 |
20130126520 | MICROWAVE FIELD DIRECTOR STRUCTURE HAVING VANES WITH OUTER ENDS WRAPPED WITH A CONDUCTIVE WRAPPER - A reusable self-supporting field director for use in heating an article in a microwave oven is characterized by a plurality of vanes, each vane extending radially outwardly from a central axis and being angularly adjacent to two other vanes. The vanes are attached to each other at their inner ends. Each vane has a substrate formed from an electrically non-conductive material and an electrically conductive wrapper that wraps the substrate so that a portion of the first and second major surfaces are covered and the radially outer end of each vane is wrapped by an electrically conductive material. The wrapper and the substrate are arranged in a laterally symmetric fashion so that thermal expansion effects due to heating are equalized across the thickness of each vane. | 05-23-2013 |
20130139714 | METHOD FOR MAKING FLEXOGRAPHIC PRINTING FORMS BY WELDING EDGES OF PHOTOSENSITIVE ELEMENTS WITH MICROWAVE ENERGY - This invention pertains to a process for making flexographic printing forms, particularly relief printing forms, from two or more photosensitive elements welded to one another at their edges, wherein the welding is accomplished by microwave energy. This invention also relates to sealing edges of a cylindrically-shaped photosensitive element. Using microwave energy provides a smooth surface upon welding with a near disappearance of the weld-lines. | 06-06-2013 |
20140318399 | METHOD FOR MAKING FLEXOGRAPHIC PRINTING FORMS BY WELDING EDGES OF PHOTOSENSITIVE ELEMENTS WITH MICROWAVE ENERGY - This invention pertains to a process for making flexographic printing forms, particularly relief printing forms, from two or more photosensitive elements welded to one another at their edges, wherein the welding is accomplished by microwave energy. This invention also relates to sealing edges of a cylindrically-shaped photosensitive element. Using microwave energy provides a smooth surface upon welding with a near disappearance of the weld-lines. | 10-30-2014 |