Electromedical implantable or extracorporeally applicable device for the treatment or monitoring of organs, and method for therapeutic organ treatment

• US 9,457,184 B2
• Filed: 04/06/2006
• Issued: 10/04/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 04/06/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Berlin Heals GmbH
• Original Assignee: Berlin Heals Holding AG (Berlin Heals GmbH)
• Inventors: Scharmer, Friederike
• Primary Examiner(s): Layno, Carl H
• Assistant Examiner(s): GHAND, JENNIFER LEIGH-STEWAR
• Application Number:
  US11/910,915
• Publication Number:
  US 20080195163A1
• Time in Patent Office: 3,834 Days
• Field of Search: 607/4, 607/115, 607/116
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 1/0492 Patch electrodes A61N1/0412, A61N1/0428 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 1/0587 Epicardial electrode systems; Endocardial electrodes piercing the pericardium
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 1/0597 Surface area electrodes, e.g. cardiac harness
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 1/32 alternating or intermittent currents applying electric fields by inductive or capacitive coupling A61N1/40; microwave apparatus A61N5/02
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 1/36014 External stimulators, e.g. with patch electrodes external pacemakers A61N1/3625
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 1/3605 Implantable neurostimulators for stimulating central or peripheral nerve system
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 1/3625 External stimulators
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 1/368 comprising more than one electrode co-operating with different heart regions A61N1/3622, A61N1/3627 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 1/37254 Pacemaker or defibrillator security, e.g. to prevent or inhibit programming alterations by hackers or unauthorised individuals
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 1/3787 from an external energy source
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 1/3956 Implantable devices for applying electric shocks to the heart, e.g. for cardioversion
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 2/002 in combination with another treatment
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 2/02 using magnetic fields produced by coils, including single turn loops or electromagnets A61N2/12 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 2/06 using magnetic fields produced by permanent magnets A61N2/12 takes precedence

Abstract

An electromedical implantable or externally applicable device allows healing processes to be excited in diseased organs. The device comprises a programmable generator and receiver unit (3) which generates and receives electrical microcurrents and electromagnetic power and is connected in a conducting manner to electrodes (4, 5), a telemetry unit (6) that is integrated into the generator and receiver unit (3) and is provided with a transmitter and a receiver for exchanging data with extracorporeal devices, and a power supply unit (7).

Claims

1. An electromedical device for organ treatment and organ monitoring, comprising

a power supply unit,

two patch electrodes configured to be positioned at sub-xyphoid access to the heart,

a programmable generator and receiver unit connected with the power supply unit,

an integrated telemetry unit integrated in the programmable generator and receiver unit and being equipped with a transmitter and receiver and adapted for data exchange with extracorporeal devices,

sensors for detecting movements of the wall of the heart integrated into the two electrodes and configured to attach directly to a myocardium,

wherein the programmable generator and receiver unit generates and receives electric direct microcurrents in the range of 0.001 mA to 10 mA and electromagnetic energy, and is electrically connected to the two electrodes for delivering said electric and electromagnetic energy to organ tissue of the heart;

wherein the electrodes comprise permanent magnets.

2. The device according to claim 1, wherein one or more of the power supply unit, the telemetry unit and the generator and receiver unit are arranged completely extracorporeally.

3. The device according to claim 1, wherein the electrodes are designed to pick up signals from organ tissue and transmit said signals to the programmable generator and receiver unit.