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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 30, 2005
Applicants:
John D. Norton, New Brighton, MN (US);
Ann M. Crespi, Mobile, AL (US);
Darrel F. Untereker, Oak Grove, MN (US);
Inventors:
John D. Norton, New Brighton, MN (US);
Ann M. Crespi, Mobile, AL (US);
Darrel F. Untereker, Oak Grove, MN (US);
Assignee:
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/00 (2006.01); H01G 9/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Wet-tantalum capacitors used in a medical device are charged to and maintained at a maintenance voltage between full energy charges so that deformation in the wet-tantalum capacitor is substantially inhibited.