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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 02, 2016
Applicant:
Pacesetter, Inc., Sylmar, CA (US);
Inventors:
Perry Li, Arcadia, CA (US);
Lequan Zhang, La Crescenta, CA (US);
Assignee:
Pacesetter, Inc., Sylmar, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 1/27 (2006.01); H01Q 9/04 (2006.01); H01Q 1/48 (2006.01); H01Q 1/22 (2006.01); A61N 1/372 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 1/273 (2013.01); A61N 1/37229 (2013.01); H01Q 1/2291 (2013.01); H01Q 9/0407 (2013.01); H01Q 9/0421 (2013.01); H01Q 9/0442 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems and methods for an implantable medical device which utilizes a patch antenna for communicating with an external device. The implantable medical device includes a housing, a header, and a patch antenna formed using an RF plate and a ground plate, which may be or include a metal surface of the housing. Also, a material of the header forms a dielectric of the patch antenna.