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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 27, 2022
Applicant:
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Inventors:
Paul B. Young, New Richmond, WI (US);
Rajesh V. Iyer, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Andrew J. Thom, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Assignee:
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/375 (2006.01); A61N 1/378 (2006.01); H02J 50/10 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/375 (2013.01); A61N 1/3787 (2013.01); H02J 50/10 (2016.02);
Abstract
In some examples a medical device includes circuitry configured to at least one of sense a physiological parameter of a patient or deliver a therapy to the patient. The medical device may also include a housing configured to house the circuitry, wherein the housing includes a plurality of structural members and an attachment mechanism that joins the plurality of structural members. The attachment mechanism may be configured to suppress induced currents in the housing when the medical device is exposed to a time-varying magnetic field.