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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2023
Applicant:
Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Inventors:
James Michael English, Cahir, IE;
Moira B. Sweeney, St. Paul, MN (US);
Robert Allen Jones, Lake Elmo, MN (US);
Benjamin J. Haasl, Forest Lake, MN (US);
Assignee:
Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/375 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/37512 (2017.08); A61N 1/3752 (2013.01);
Abstract
An implantable medical device can include a housing including electronic devices within the housing; a header attached to the housing and including one or more bores configured to receive a lead; and wherein one of the bores includes a structure wherein a first section of the bore includes walls having a relatively lower coefficient of friction compared to walls of the bore at a closed tip end section of the bore.