| Patent application number | Description | Published |
| 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 |
| Patent application number | Description | Published |
| 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 |