Medtronic, Inc.

Medtronic Minimed, Inc.

Mark D Breyen

Paul A Pignato

Thomas P Miltich

Joseph F Lessar

Anthony W Rorvick

Kurt J Casby

William L Johnson

Michael E Clarke

John Daniel Norton

Andrew J Ries

Timothy T Bomstad

Anthony R Rorvick

Thomas M Nutzman

Angela Rodgers

Andrew Michael Jacobs

Christian S Nielsen

Randal C Schulhauser

Gordon Orvis Munns

Mohsen Askarinya

Patrick W Kinzie

Scott J Robinson

David Probst

Jennifer P Miller

Daniel Hahn

Naim S Istephanous

Jeffrey L Kehn

Tom Miltich

Norma K Bullock

Dan D Erklouts

Wayne L Appleseth

Gregory A Boser

Robert E Kraska

Michael R Dollimer

Christopher M Hobot

Rajesh V Iyer

Suping Lyu

Kenneth B Stokes

Bernard Q Li

Andrew Jason Thom

Santhisagar Vaddiraju

Brian Ross

William John Taylor

Joyce Yamamoto

Ryan Thomas Bauer

Markus W Reiterer

Steven Joseph May

Randall V Sparer

Daniel J Koch

James E Upton

Paul B Young

Edward Di Domenico

Mallika Kamarajugadda

Qin Zhang

Steven G Rockow

Eric W Laveen

Jacob Popp

Craig T Huotari

Dan C Haeg

Andy Thom

Brian J Ross

Dan D Erkouts

An embodiment of a sensor device includes a base substrate, a circuit pattern formed overlying the interior surface of the substrate, a physiological characteristic sensor element on the exterior surface of the substrate, conductive plug elements located in vias formed through the substrate, each conductive plug element having one end coupled to a sensor electrode, and having another end coupled to the circuit pattern, a multilayer component stack carried on the substrate and connected to the circuit pattern, the stack including features and components to provide processing and wireless communication functionality for sensor data obtained in association with operation of the sensor device, and an enclosure structure coupled to the substrate to enclose the interior surface of the substrate, the circuit pattern, and the stack.

Waferscale physiological characteristic sensor package with integrated wireless transmitter

A method of interconnecting a conductor and a hermetic feedthrough of an implantable medical device includes welding a lead to a pad on a feedthrough. The feedthrough includes a ceramic insulator and a via hermetically bonded to the insulator. The via includes platinum. The pad is bonded to the insulator and electrically connected to the via, includes platinum, and has a thickness of at least 50 &#x3bc;m. The lead includes at least one of niobium, platinum, titanium, tantalum, palladium, gold, nickel, tungsten, and oxides and alloys thereof.

Interconnection of conductor to feedthrough

An implantable medical leads has a conductor that includes one or more metal wires and one or more carbon nanotube wires extending in substantially the same direction as the one or more metal wires. Such conductors may result in less MRI-induced heating at electrodes of leads than conductors that do not contain carbon nanotubes.

Implantable medical lead conductor having carbon nanotube wire

A lead frame for attaching leads to a hermetic feedthrough includes a cross-member and a plurality of leads. Each of the leads has an elongate body extending from the cross-member in a direction substantially parallel with one another, and each lead includes at least one of a notch on an end thereof opposite to the cross-member or a hole proximate to the end.

Electrical leads for a feedthrough

An improved medical electrical lead is disclosed herein. The lead may include a longitudinally extending body having a distal end, a proximal end, a conductive element extending between the distal and proximal ends, and an electrode coupled to the conductive element utilizing a reflow process. The conductive element and electrode may comprise materials that are incompatible.

Medical electrical lead

A complex connector and component within an implantable medical device in which the complex connector is positioned within the spacing footprint of the component to optimize packaging within the device.

Complex connector in component footprint of implantable medical device

An electrical interconnect structure for an implantable medical device includes a feedthrough that has a pin extending therefrom. The pin defines a first end and a middle portion. A bonding surface is formed at the first end of the pin, and the bonding surface has a surface area greater than a cross-sectional area of the pin at its middle portion.

Electrical interconnection structures and method

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.

A core component of a medical electrical lead extends within an inner conductive surface of a conductive ring such that an outer surface of the core holds a portion of a conductor against the inner conductive surface for electrical contact therewith. The outer surface of the core may be deformed by a compressive force of the conductor portion having been forced against the inner surface of the ring. Such a conductor junction may be formed by pushing the ring over the core to capture the conductor portion between the ring and the core and thereby displace a layer of insulation surrounding the conductor portion. The inner surface of the ring preferably has a diameter at one, or both terminal ends that is greater than a diameter of the inner surface between the ends.

Conductor junctions for medical electrical leads

A sealed electrode enclosed in separator material is provided for use in a capacitor cell. The separator may either be adhered to the electrode in sheets, or may be formed into a pouch, which is used to enclose the electrode. A method of preparing the electrode sealed with separator is described in which an adhesive is used to secure the pouch to the electrode before sealing it. The prefabricated electrode and separator combination may be used in both coiled capacitor cells and flat capacitor cells that are often used in implantable medical devices. Electrodes prepared in this fashion can be efficiently and reliably aligned within the case of a capacitor cell, and have no exposed electrode surfaces that could lead to short-circuiting within the cell.

Methods of applying separator members to an electrode of a capacitor

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Plymouth, MN, United States of America

Mark D Breyen