Modular implantable medical device and manufacturing method therefor

US7376465B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• ST. JUDE MEDICAL AB · SE

Inventors

• Martin Hörnfeldt · Karlskoga, SE
• Björn Sjögren · Stockholm, SE
• Eva Skoog Andersson · Tyresö, SE
• Eva Micski · Huddinge, SE
• Olof Stegfeldt · Älta, SE

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 17, 2003
• Grant date: May 20, 2008
• Expiry date: Dec 7, 2023

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T29/49002
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

In an implantable medical device and a manufacturing method therefore, the implantable medical device has at least an electronics module and a battery module, each contributing functionally as well as to the shape of the outer enclosure of the implantable medical device. Different modules, and different versions of different modules, can be combined in different combinations, according to a device specification, to form different medical devices.