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Header assembly for implantable medical device

US9403022B2 · kind B2 · utility

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30Claims

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Assignee

Medtronic, Inc. · US

Inventors

Andrew J. Ries · Lino Lakes, US
David B. Engmark · Bethel, US
John E. Kast · Hugo, US
Jean-Francois Fischer · Etoy, CH

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 29, 2010
Grant date	Aug 2, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 7, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T29/49002
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An implantable medical device includes a housing; at least one module enclosed within the housing and configured to at least one of generate an electrical stimulation therapy for delivery to a patient or monitor a physiological parameter of the patient; one or more feedthroughs extending through the housing; a header assembly including one or more electrical connectors electrically coupled to the module via the feedthroughs; and a preformed gasket compressed between the housing and the header assembly forming a seal to electrically isolate the feedthroughs from an external environment.

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