Complex connector in component footprint of implantable medical device

US8249710B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Medtronic, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Angela Rodgers · Minneapolis, US
• Andrew J. Ries · Lino Lakes, US
• Kurt J. Casby · Elbow Lake, US
• John D. Norton · New Brighton, US
• Mark D. Breyen · Plymouth, US
• Dan D. Erklouts · Brooklyn Center, US
• Brian Ross · Maple Grove, US
• Timothy T. Bomstad · Inver Grove Heights, US
• Wayne L. Appleseth · Lino Lakes, US
• Michael Clarke · Bedford, US
• Jeffrey L. Kehn · Chaska, US
• Scott J. Robinson · Forest Lake, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 7, 2002
• Grant date: Aug 21, 2012
• Expiry date: Oct 2, 2024

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H01R2201/12
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

At least one storage component, for example a capacitor or a battery, of an implantable medical device includes two perimeter surfaces. Linear extensions of the two perimeter surfaces define a zone. An electrical connector, which is coupled to the storage component and includes at least one connection point for electrically connecting the storage component with at least one other component within the medical device, is contained within the zone defined by the linear extensions of the two perimeter surfaces.