Medtronic, Inc.

University of Minnesota

Sapurast Research LLC

John K Day

David A Ruben

Michael F Mattes

Richard J O'Brien

Paul F Gerrish

Michael William Barror

Malcolm Grief

Andrew J Ries

Christian S Nielsen

Bernd J Neudecker

Shawn W Snyder

Prabhakar A Tamirisa

Jody Klaassen

Erik J Hovland

Laura P W Ranum

Collette M Vanelzen

Christina Liquori

Damon E Lytle

Alexandra Z LaGuardia

Randal C Schulhauser

Randy S Roles

Brian Bruce Lee

Kris A Peterson

Mohsen Askarinya

Andreas A Fenner

Todd A Kallmyer

Craig L Wiklund

Michael S Sandlin

Michael J Nidelkoff

Juan G Milla

Erik J Herrmann

William Cope

Jeffrey O York

James D Bradley

Tho V Huynh

John V Anderson, Ii

Terry W Bruneau

Steve Craig Warren

David W Parkin

Robert V Hemann, Jr

Scott Wayne Haskin

Jody J Klaassen

Malcolm K Grief

Various embodiments of a sealed package and a method of forming the package are disclosed. The package can include a housing extending along a housing axis between a first end and a second end, and an electronic device disposed within the housing that includes a device contact. The package can also include an external contact hermetically sealed to the housing at the first end of the housing, and a conductive member electrically connected to the external contact and the device contact such that the conductive member electrically connects the electronic device to the external contact. The conductive member is compressed between the external contact and the device contact.

Sealed implantable medical device and method of forming same

Various embodiments of a sealed package and method of forming such package are disclosed. The package can include a housing having an inner surface and an outer surface, and a substrate having a first major surface and a second major surface. The package can also include an electronic device disposed on the first major surface of the substrate, and a power source disposed at least partially within the housing. The substrate can be sealed to the housing such that a non-bonded electrical connection is formed between a device contact of the electronic device and a power source contact of the power source.

Sealed package including electronic device and power source

Various embodiments of a battery assembly include a first housing shell, a second housing shell, an insulator and battery components. The first housing shell has a first perimeter side wall, a first housing bottom, and a first contact area on the first housing bottom. The second housing shell has a second perimeter side wall, a second housing bottom, and a second contact area on the second housing bottom. The second housing shell is disposed in the first housing shell with the second contact area opposing the first contact area. The insulator is interposed between the first housing shell and the second housing shell to effect electrical insulation between the first housing shell and the second housing shell. The battery components include an anode electrode, a cathode electrode, and a separator interposed between the cathode electrode and the anode electrode. The separator contains an electrolyte.

Battery encasement for implantable devices

A device having embedded metallic structures in a glass is provided. The device includes a first wafer, at least one conductive trace, a planarized insulation layer and a second wafer. The first wafer has at least one first wafer via that is filled with conductive material. The at least one conductive trace is formed on the first wafer. The at least one conductive trace is in contact with the at least one first wafer via that is filled with the conductive material. The planarized insulation layer is formed over the first wafer and at least one conductive trace. The planarized insulation layer further has at least one insulation layer via that provides a path to a portion of the at least one conductive trace. The second wafer is bonded to the planarized insulation layer.

Embedded metallic structures in glass

A method and system which includes a minimally invasive, implantable device with a sensor configured for collecting electrical data associated with cardiac performance, a sensor configured for collecting mechanical data associated with cardiac performance, a sensor for collecting optical data associated with cardiac performance, a sensor for collecting biochemical data associated with cardiac performance, and a processor for deriving cardiac conditions and actuating an alarm upon identifying a cardiac event.

Apparatus and method for detecting cardiac events

A power source for a solid state device includes: a first frame having a first contact portion, a first bonding portion and a first extension portion between the first contact portion and the first bonding portion; a second frame having a second contact portion, a second bonding portion and a second extension portion between the second contact portion and the second bonding portion; and a first pole layer, an electrolyte layer and a second pole layer positioned between the first and second contact portions, wherein a first portion of the electrolyte layer is positioned between the first extension and the first pole and a second portion of the electrolyte layer is positioned between the first extension and the second pole.

Solid state power source with frames for attachment to an electronic circuit

A medical device includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a control module, and an energy storage device. The first substrate includes at least one of a first semiconductor material and a first insulating material. The second substrate includes at least one of a second semiconductor material and a second insulating material. The second substrate is bonded to the first substrate such that the first and second substrates define an enclosed cavity between the first and second substrates. The control module is disposed within the enclosed cavity. The control module is configured to at least one of determine a physiological parameter of a patient and deliver electrical stimulation to the patient. The energy storage device is disposed within the cavity and is configured to supply power to the control module.

Wafer-scale package including power source

Arrays of planar solid state batteries are stacked in an aligned arrangement for subsequent separation into individual battery stacks. Prior to stacking, a redistribution layer (RDL) is formed over a surface of each wafer that contains an array; each RDL includes first and second groups of conductive traces, each of the first extending laterally from a corresponding positive battery contact, and each of the second extending laterally from a corresponding negative battery contact. Conductive vias, formed before or after stacking, ultimately couple together corresponding contacts of aligned batteries. If before, each via extends through a corresponding battery contact of each wafer and is coupled to a corresponding conductive layer that is included in another RDL formed over an opposite surface of each wafer. If after, each via extends through corresponding aligned conductive traces and, upon separation of individual battery stacks, becomes an exposed conductive channel of a corresponding battery stack.

Power sources suitable for use in implantable medical devices and corresponding fabrication methods

The present invention provides methods for identifying individuals not at risk for developing myotonic dystrophy type 2 (DM2), and individuals that have or at risk for developing DM2. The present invention also provides isolated polynucleotides that include a repeat tract within intron 1 of the zinc finger protein 9.

Intron associated with myotonic dystrophy type 2 and methods of use

An implantable medical device comprises an enclosure, a first plurality of electrical contacts disposed within the enclosure, at least a first electrical component secured within the enclosure, a second plurality of electrical contacts on the first electrical component, and a terminal array for providing electrical coupling between the first and second plurality of electrical contacts. The terminal array comprises a housing having a plurality of apertures therethrough, the housing having a first side and a second opposite side. Each of a plurality of conductive terminals is positioned within one of the plurality of apertures and has a first contact region proximate the first side of the housing and a second contact region proximate the second side of the housing. The first contact region is electrically coupled to one of the first plurality of electrical contacts, and the second contact region is electrically coupled to one of the second plurality of contacts.

Implantable medical device including a surface-mount terminal array

The present invention provides methods for identifying individuals not at risk for developing myotonic dystrophy type 2 (DM2), and individuals that have or are at risk for developing DM2. The present invention also provides isolated polynucleotides that include a repeat tract within intron 1 of the zinc finger protein 9.

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