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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 01, 2010
Filed:
Apr. 26, 2006
Lonny V. Cabelka, Chandler, AZ (US);
David E. Manahan, St. Paul, MN (US);
Forrest C. M. Pape, New Brighton, MN (US);
John D. Wahlstrand, Shoreview, MN (US);
Lonny V. Cabelka, Chandler, AZ (US);
David E. Manahan, St. Paul, MN (US);
Forrest C. M. Pape, New Brighton, MN (US);
John D. Wahlstrand, Shoreview, MN (US);
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
An implantable medical device is provided for isolating an elongated medical lead from internal device circuitry in the presence of a gradient magnetic or electrical field. The device includes an isolation circuit adapted to operatively connect an internal circuit to the medical lead in a first operative state and to electrically isolate the medical lead from the internal circuit in a second operative state.