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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 14, 2022
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Jeffrey J. Louwagie, Minnetonka, MN (US);
Paul B. Aamodt, Prior Lake, MN (US);
Vincent Brama, Minnetonka, MN (US);
Nicholas H. Finstrom, Elk River, MN (US);
Michael B. Hintz, Mahtomedi, MN (US);
Vadim A. Yakovlev, Brooklyn Park, MN (US);
Kevin D. O'Connell, Lino Lakes, MN (US);
Richard W. Swenson, Edina, MN (US);
Brian P. Schmidt, Andover, MN (US);
Joseph J. Viavattine, Vadnais Heights, MN (US);
Puqiang Zhang, Plymouth, MN (US);
Hailiang Zhao, Plymouth, MN (US);
Chao Hu, Plymouth, MN (US);
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
In some examples, a battery assembly for an implantable medical device. The battery assembly may include an electrode stack comprising a plurality of electrode plates, wherein the plurality of electrode plates comprises a first electrode plate including a first tab extending from the first electrode plate and a second electrode plate including a second tab extending from the second electrode plate; a spacer between the first tab and the second tab; and a rivet extending through the first tab, second tab, and spacer, wherein the rivet is configured to mechanically attach the first tab, second tab, and spacer to each other.