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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 23, 2015
Applicant:
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Inventors:
Christian S. Nielsen, River Falls, WI (US);
Kunal J. Paralikar, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Brad C. Tischendorf, Minneapolis, MN (US);
John D. Norton, St. Paul, MN (US);
Markus W. Reiterer, Plymouth, MN (US);
Andrew J. Thom, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Gordon O. Munns, Stacy, MN (US);
Assignee:
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/375 (2006.01); A61N 1/05 (2006.01); A61N 5/06 (2006.01); G02B 6/42 (2006.01); F21V 8/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 5/0601 (2013.01); A61N 1/05 (2013.01); A61N 1/3752 (2013.01); A61N 5/0622 (2013.01); G02B 6/0008 (2013.01); G02B 6/4248 (2013.01); A61N 2005/063 (2013.01); A61N 2005/0659 (2013.01); A61N 2005/0661 (2013.01); A61N 2005/0662 (2013.01);
Abstract
An implantable active medical device includes a housing defining a hermetic cavity, a lead connector receptacle extending into the implantable active medical device, and a solid state light source disposed within the hermetic cavity and optically coupled to the lead connector receptacle.