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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 23, 2020
Applicant:
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Inventors:
Jerel Mueller, St. Paul, MN (US);
Sarah Offutt, Golden Valley, MN (US);
Assignee:
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/378 (2006.01); A61N 1/36 (2006.01); A61N 1/375 (2006.01); H02J 50/15 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/3787 (2013.01); A61N 1/36007 (2013.01); A61N 1/3605 (2013.01); A61N 1/3758 (2013.01); H02J 50/15 (2016.02); H02J 2310/23 (2020.01);
Abstract
The present disclosure is directed to an implantable medical device including a housing having a generally planar portion, and a piezoelectric transducer disposed within the housing, wherein a receiving face of the piezoelectric transducer is arranged at an oblique angle with respect to a poling axis of the piezoelectric transducer, and an electrode to deliver a neurostimulation therapy. The implantable medical device is configured to receive energy signals from an external device and transduce the received energy signals into electrical power.