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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 1998
Filed:
Jun. 25, 1997
Boone B Owens, Wrightsville Beach, NC (US);
James M Speckien, Vadnais Heights, MN (US);
Medtronic, Inc, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
A hermetically sealed medical device such as a cardioverter is disclosed, where the device contains an electrochemical capacitor having at least one electrode formed from a particularly efficacious electrode material. In one embodiment of the present invention, the electrode material comprises electrically conductive carbon, a soluble salt, a non-aqueous liquid solvent and a gel-former. The electrode material of the present invention is especially well adapted for use in multi-layer capacitors in which very thin layers are desirable. The thin layers of the electrochemical capacitor of the present invention are characterized in having very low electrical resistance, and thus permit the capacitor to be discharged very rapidly.