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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2016
Applicant:
Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Inventor:
Mark Stevenson, Maplewood, MN (US);
Assignee:
Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/37 (2006.01); A61N 1/375 (2006.01); H01R 13/187 (2006.01); H01R 43/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/3754 (2013.01); A61N 1/3752 (2013.01); H01R 13/187 (2013.01); H01R 43/16 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method includes obtaining or providing a sheet of material; forming from the material a member comprising a plurality of switchback portions that zigzag about a loop; and shaping the member such that the plurality of switchback portions are elastically deformable and zigzag and curve about the loop.