Capacitive filtered feedthrough array for implantable medical device

US9061161B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Medtronic, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Rajesh V. Iyer · Eden Prairie, US
• Thomas P. Miltich · Maple Grove, US
• Gordon O. Munns · Stacy, US
• Simon E. Goldman · St. Louis Park, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 28, 2012
• Grant date: Jun 23, 2015
• Expiry date: Sep 5, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T29/49208
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

In one example, a filtered feedthrough assembly for a medical device, such as, e.g., an implantable medical device, is described. The filtered feedthrough assembly may comprise a feedthrough comprising at least one feedthrough conductive pathway extending between a first feedthrough side and a second feedthrough side; a capacitive filter array comprising at least one filter array conductive pathway extending between a first filter array side and a second filter array side, and at least one capacitor filter substantially surrounding at least a portion the at least one filter array conductive pathway; and at least one electrically conductive member electrically coupling the at least one filter array conductive pathway to the at least one feedthrough conductive pathway.