Medtronic, Inc.

Medtronis, Inc.

Chris J Paidosh

Darren A Janzig

Gerald G Lindner

John E Kast

Randy S Roles

Brad Conrad Tischendorf

Bernard Q Li

Craig L Schmidt

Eric H Bonde

Erik R Scott

Christian S Nielsen

Phillip C Falkner

Xuan K Wei

Gordon Orvis Munns

Thomas P Miltich

Joseph J Viavattine

Reginald D Robinson

Prabhakar A Tamirisa

Anthony M Chasensky

Markus W Reiterer

Timothy J Denison

Paulette C Olson

Keith Alan Miesel

Richard T Stone

Gabriela C Molnar

Andrew Jason Thom

James Martin Haase

Michael Jay Ebert

Todd V Smith

Shawn C Kelley

Linda M Johnson-Morke

David A Dinsmoor

Duane L Bourget

Joel A Anderson

Forrest C M Pape

Stephen J Roddy

Timothy J Davis

John J Grevious

Leroy L Perz

Jean-Francois Fischer

Dominique Glauser

Jose Garcia

Stephane Rohrer

Eric F Davila Lozada

Yan Cardineau

Claude Brist

Markus W Réitérer

A neuromodulation therapy is delivered via at least one electrode implanted subcutaneously and superficially to a fascia layer superficial to a nerve of a patient. In one example, an implantable medical device is deployed along a superficial surface of a deep fascia tissue layer superficial to a nerve of a patient. Electrical stimulation energy is delivered to the nerve through the deep fascia tissue layer via implantable medical device electrodes.

Minimally invasive implantable neurostimulation system

A medical device lead connector includes electrically conducting contact rings spaced apart by an electrically insulating ring and in axial alignment. The electrically conducting contact ring and the insulating ring having an interface bond on an atomic level.

Diffusion bonded lead connector

A medical device system for delivering a neuromodulation therapy includes a delivery tool for deploying an implantable medical device at a neuromodulation therapy site. The implantable medical device includes a housing, an electronic circuit within the housing, and an electrical lead comprising a lead body extending between a proximal end coupled to the housing and a distal end extending away from the housing and at least one electrode carried by the lead body. The delivery tool includes a first cavity for receiving the housing and a second cavity for receiving the lead. The first cavity and the second cavity are in direct communication for receiving and deploying the housing and the lead coupled to the housing concomitantly as a single unit.

An implantable medical device (IMD) has a housing enclosing an electronic circuit. The housing includes a first housing portion, a second housing portion and a joint coupling the first housing portion to the second housing portion. A polymer seal is positioned in the joint in various embodiments. Other embodiments of an IMD housing are disclosed.

A method of manufacturing a hermetic lead connector includes fixing an electrically insulating ring between an electrically conducting contact ring and an electrically conducting spacer ring to form a hermetic ring subassembly, and fixing a plurality of the hermetic ring subassemblies in axial alignment to form a hermetic lead connector. The hermetic lead connector includes an open end, an outer surface, and an inner surface defining a lead aperture. The hermetic lead connector provides a hermetic seal between the outer surface and the inner surface.

Methods of manufacturing a hermetic lead connector

The disclosure is directed to a pressure sensor of an implantable medical device. The pressure sensor may utilize detect fluid pressure based on a changing capacitance between two capacitive elements. The pressure sensor may define at least a portion of a fluid enclosure of the IMD. In one example, the pressure sensor has a self-aligning housing shape that occludes an opening in the pump bulkhead of the IMD. An operative surface of the pressure and the portion of the fluid enclosure may be formed of a corrosion resistant and/or biocompatible material. A first capacitive element of the pressure sensor may be a metal alloy diaphragm that deflects in response to external fluid pressure. A second capacitive element of the pressure sensor may be a metal coating on a rigid insulator sealed from the fluid by the diaphragm and a housing of the sensor.

Implantable medical pump with pressure sensor

An implantable medical device (IMD) has a housing enclosing an electronic circuit. The housing includes a shield member defining a first portion of an interior cavity of the implantable medical device and a skirted feedthrough assembly. The feedthrough assembly includes a shield extender having a top face and a sidewall that extends from the top face so that the top face and the sidewall are a single continuous component. At least one feedthrough aperture extends through the top face.

Modular shield extender

A one-piece electrical contact ring for use in a lead receptacle of an implantable medical device includes (i) a tubular body defining a cavity extending through the body and (ii) a plurality of resiliently deflectable elements extending from the tubular body into the cavity. The deflectable elements have a lead contacting portion configured to contact the lead when received by the cavity. The lead contacting portions of the deflectable elements in a relaxed state are located in a plane that intersects the tubular body and are configured to deflect along the plane towards the tubular body as the lead is inserted in the contact ring. The contact ring may further include a plurality of stops, each configured to (i) engage a stop portion of the elements when the elements are sufficiently outwardly deflected and (ii) inhibit further outward deflection of the elements when the stops engage the stop portions.

Method of forming an electrical contact for implantable medical device

Electrical contact for implantable medical device

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St. Anthony, MN, United States of America

Chris J Paidosh