Methods of assessing contact between an electrode and tissue using complex impedance measurements

A Mosesov, TG Curran - US Patent 11,612,334, 2023 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A system and method measures impedance across a plurality of electrodes
and assesses proximity or contact between electrodes of a medical device and patient …

Systems and methods for patient fluid management

HS Gifford III, ME Deem, CM Hanley… - US Patent …, 2023 - Google Patents
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Integrated system for intravascular placement of a catheter

S Messerly, MW Bown, EK Burnside… - US Patent …, 2023 - Google Patents
An integrated catheter placement system for placing a catheter in a vasculature of a patient.
The system includes a system console with a tip location mode and an ultrasound mode …

Methods of assessing contact between an electrode and tissue using complex impedance measurements

A Mosesov, TG Curran - US Patent 11,612,335, 2023 - Google Patents
2019-10-23 Assigned to ST. JUDE MEDICAL, CARDIOLOGY DIVISION, INC. reassignment
ST. JUDE MEDICAL, CARDIOLOGY DIVISION, INC. ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS …

Systems and methods for breaching a sterile field for intravascular placement of a catheter

JB Cox, AK Misener, CC Breiter, EK Burnside… - US Patent …, 2023 - Google Patents
A catheter placement system designed to establish a conductive pathway through a sterile
barrier from a sterile field to a non-sterile field. The catheter placement system can include a …

Apparatus and methods for assisted breathing by transvascular nerve stimulation

VS Thakkar, JA Hoffer, BD Tran, DG Evans… - US Patent …, 2023 - Google Patents
A catheter may include electrodes for transvascular nerve stimulation. The electrodes may
be positioned within lumens of the catheter and aligned with apertures in the outer wall of …

Methods and apparatus for efficient purging

D Miller, ZJ Malchano, RF Peh, CA Rothe… - US Patent …, 2023 - Google Patents
A tissue visualization system comprises a flexible elongate shaft through which a lumen
extends. The system also comprises a pliable visualization device coupled to a distal portion …

Off-axis visualization systems

V Saadat, RF Peh, CA Rothe, E Tam - US Patent 11,559,188, 2023 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A system for visualizing a tissue region of interest comprises a deployment
catheter defining a lumen and a hood coupled to and extending distally from the deployment …

Wireless resonant circuit and variable inductance vascular monitoring implants and anchoring structures therefore

FM Sweeney, HS Gifford III, J Johnson… - US Patent …, 2023 - Google Patents
Wireless, variable inductance and resonant circuit-based vascular monitoring devices,
systems, methodologies, and techniques, including specifically configured anchoring …

Stimulation systems and related user interfaces

MJ Gani, K Taylor, VS Thakkar, DG Evans - US Patent 11,717,673, 2023 - Google Patents
A system for stimulating body tissue may include a user interface and a control unit. The
control unit may include a processor and non-transitory computer readable medium. The …