IMPLANTABLE SENSOR WITH WIRELESS COMMUNICATION
    1.
    发明授权
    IMPLANTABLE SENSOR WITH WIRELESS COMMUNICATION 有权
    具有无线通信植入的传感器

    公开(公告)号:EP1115329B1

    公开(公告)日:2006-01-11

    申请号:EP99946771.5

    申请日:1999-09-07

    IPC分类号: A61B5/00 A61B5/0215

    摘要: An implantable sensor device (105), such as a pressure monitor, is implanted in the left ventricle (LV) (135), in other heart chambers, or elsewhere, from which it wirelessly communicates pressure information to a remote communication device (140). The sensor device can be implanted using a placement catheter (600), an endoscope, or a laparoscope. The device can be secured entirely within the LV or heart wall, such as by using a corkscrew (312A), a helical anchor, a harpoon (312B), a threaded member, a hook, a barb, a fastener, a suture, or a mesh (312C) or coating for receiving fibrous tissue growth. The implantable sensor device (105) provides less invasive chronic measurements of left ventricular blood pressure or other physical parameters. The wireless communication techniques include radio-telemetry, inductive coupling, passive transponders, and using the body as a conductor (referred to as 'intracorporeal conductive communication' or a 'personal area network'). Data from the receiver is downloadable into a computer for analysis or display.

    IMPLANTABLE PRESSURE SENSOR WITH PACING CAPABILITY
    3.
    发明公开
    IMPLANTABLE PRESSURE SENSOR WITH PACING CAPABILITY 审中-公开
    与PACE能力植入的压力传感器

    公开(公告)号:EP1799299A2

    公开(公告)日:2007-06-27

    申请号:EP05795400.0

    申请日:2005-09-08

    发明人: BROCKWAY, Brian

    IPC分类号: A61N1/06

    摘要: Devices and methods for left ventricular or biventricular pacing plus left ventricular pressure measurement. For example, a pacing lead having a combined electrode and pressure sensor assembly may be used for left ventricular (LV) pacing and pressure measurement. The assembly may include one or more electrodes, a pressure sensor, and a pressure transmission catheter. Such a pacing lead is particularly suitable for biventricular pacing and may be incorporated into a cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) system, for example.

    METHOD AND DEVICE USING CCD-BASED LOW NOISE PARAMETRIC AMPLIFIER
    4.
    发明公开
    METHOD AND DEVICE USING CCD-BASED LOW NOISE PARAMETRIC AMPLIFIER 审中-公开
    的方法和设备具有ON CCD基于低噪声参量放大器

    公开(公告)号:EP1759526A2

    公开(公告)日:2007-03-07

    申请号:EP05754369.6

    申请日:2005-05-26

    IPC分类号: H04N5/335

    摘要: Embodiments of the present invention provide a device with an integrated low-noise parametric amplifier using a CCD-based structure with minimal noise gain. In one embodiment, a device which may be used for monitoring and/or diagnosing a human or an animal body comprises a CCD-based device including a first gate forming a first capacitor and a second gate forming a second capacitor, the first capacitor having a surface area larger than a surface area of the second capacitor; and a controller configured to input a signal to the CCD-based device; convert the input signal into a charge packet having a voltage associated therewith; transfer the charge packet from the first capacitor to the second capacitor of the CCD-based device, the voltage associated with the charge packet being multiplied by a ratio of the surface area of the first capacitor divided by the surface area of the second capacitor; and produce an amplified output signal from the multiplied voltage.

    CATHETER WITH PRESSURE TRANSDUCER NEXT TO THE DISTAL END
    10.
    发明授权
    CATHETER WITH PRESSURE TRANSDUCER NEXT TO THE DISTAL END 有权
    与相邻的远端导管布置推进器

    公开(公告)号:EP1022983B1

    公开(公告)日:2005-03-16

    申请号:EP98952131.5

    申请日:1998-10-07

    IPC分类号: A61B5/0215 A61B5/03

    摘要: A device measures pressures in animals and humans and includes a pressure transmission catheter (22) filled with a pressure transmitting medium (26) and implantable in an area having a physiological pressure. A transducer (30) communicates with the pressure transmitting medium (26) to provide a pressure signal representing variations in the physiologic pressure on electrical wires (34). A connecting catheter (36) carries the electrical wires (34) to signal processing and telemetry circuitry (38), which transmits a telemetry signal representing the pressure signal to a receiver external to the animal or human. A housing (44) holds the signal processing and telemetry circuitry (38), but the transducer (30) is remote from the housing (44). The device performs measuring of venous pressure, pulmonary pressure, bladder pressure, or intracranial pressure without significant head pressure artifact and with a sufficient dynamic response. One embodiment of the catheter (22) includes a multi-durometer stem.