Medtronic, Inc.

Steve M Bruesehoff

Andrew J Ries

Randy S Roles

Paul B Aamodt

Kurt J Casby

Scott J Robinson

Kimberly A Chaffin

David P Haas

Walter Carl Sunderland

Thomas M Nutzman

Karl E Hokanson

Sonja K Somdahl

Franise D Bartley

Jason T Papenfuss

William J Farrell

Erik J Hovland

Some examples include an electrode for an electrochemical cell including a plate portion and a tab portion. The plate portion includes a plate body, a perimeter body edge, and an inset area recessed into the plate body from the perimeter body edge. The inset area is defined by an inset edge. The tab portion extends from the plate portion. The tab portion includes a tab body and tab body edge. The inset edge extends between the perimeter body edge and the tab body edge.

Electrode

A battery having an electrode assembly located in a housing that efficiently utilizes the space available in many implantable medical devices is disclosed. The battery housing provides a cover and a shallow case a preferably planar, major bottom portion, an open top to receive the cover opposing the bottom portion, and a plurality of sides being radiused at intersections with each other and with the bottom to allow for the close abutting of other components located within the implantable device while also providing for efficient location of the battery within an arcuate edge of the device. The cover and the shallow case being substantially hermetically sealed by a laser weld technique and an insulator member disposed within the case to provide a barrier to incident laser radiation so that during welding radiation does not impinge upon radiation sensitive component(s) disposed within the case.

Contoured battery for implantable medical devices and method of manufacture

Contoured battery for implantable medical devices

A battery having an electrode assembly located in a housing that efficiently utilizes the space available in many implantable medical devices is disclosed. The battery housing provides a cover and a shallow case a planar bottom, an open top to receive the cover, and a plurality of sides being radiused at intersections with each other and with the bottom to allow for the close abutting of other components located within the implantable device while also providing for efficient location of the battery within an arcuate edge of the device.

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Waconia, MN, United States of America

Steve M Bruesehoff