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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2023
Filed:
Jul. 16, 2021
Applicant:
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Inventors:
Kevin R. Seifert, Forest Lake, MN (US);
Lonnie D. Ronning, Coon Rapids, MN (US);
Michael D. Eggen, Chisago City, MN (US);
Michelle S. Reinert, Isanti, MN (US);
Assignee:
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/375 (2006.01); H01R 13/62 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/3752 (2013.01); H01R 13/62 (2013.01); H01R 2201/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
A bore plug for an implantable medical device. The bore plug includes an elongate body having a proximal portion, a distal portion, and defining a major longitudinal axis therethrough, the distal portion being sized and configured to be received within a bore of the implantable medical device. The distal portion includes a lubricating element configured to lubricate the bore when the distal portion is at least one from the group consisting of inserted within and withdrawn from the bore.