Implantable medical device including a first enclosure portion having a feedthrough in a second interior surface

US5535097A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Medtronic, Inc. · US

Inventors

• David A. Ruben · Mesa, US
• Jeffrey L. Galvin · Mesa, US
• Bill Simmons · Chandler, US
• Lourdes O. Kline · Tempe, US
• Lynn M. Seifried · Minneapolis, US
• Craig L. Wiklund · Bloomington, US
• John E. Nicholson · Blaine, US
• Thomas M. Nutzman · Andover, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 23, 1993
• Grant date: Jul 9, 1996
• Expiry date: Nov 23, 2013

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61N1/3758
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An implantable medical device including a hermetic housing containing an electronic circuit, such as a cardiac pacemaker. The electronic circuit may be coupled to a medical lead by means of a connector module which is formed as part of a molded, resilient shroud, extending around the circumference of the hermetic container.