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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 23, 2016
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Gerald G. Lindner, Lino Lakes, MN (US);
William C. Phillips, Brooklyn Park, MN (US);
Dominique Piguet, Epalinges, CH;
Daniel T. Pyne, Chandler, AZ (US);
Micah A. Litow, Evanston, IL (US);
James Strom, Arden Hills, MN (US);
Mark G. Wosmek, Ramsey, MN (US);
MEDTRONIC, INC., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
Medical devices include stimulation and/or sensing circuitry that is interconnected to electrical components by a flexible circuit body having exposed portions of circuit traces that are attached to electrical contacts of the electrical components. Each circuit trace may span a separate window formed in an insulative body of the flexible circuit body, or a plurality of circuit traces may span a single window or may be freely extending from the insulative body. The exposed portion of the circuit trace may be plated with a conductive metal and then attached to the electrical contact of the electrical component. The flexible circuit body may be an extension from a flexible electrical circuit board containing the circuit. The circuit may be present on a circuit board that includes electrical contacts and where the flexible circuit body has exposed portions of circuit traces attached to the electrical contacts of the circuit board.