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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2009
David B. Engmark, Bethel, MN (US);
Doug Morelli, Forest Lake, MN (US);
Hui Jin, Shoreview, MN (US);
David M. Johnson, Ham Lake, MN (US);
Mathieu K. Horié, Vaud, FR;
Iryna Levina, Blaine, MN (US);
Dominique Piguet, Epalinges, CH;
David B. Engmark, Bethel, MN (US);
Doug Morelli, Forest Lake, MN (US);
Hui Jin, Shoreview, MN (US);
David M. Johnson, Ham Lake, MN (US);
Mathieu K. Horié, Vaud, FR;
Iryna Levina, Blaine, MN (US);
Dominique Piguet, Epalinges, CH;
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
A medical device is electrically connected to a biological tissue for transmission of an electrical signal between the medical device and the biological tissue. The medical device includes a housing assembly and a control circuit assembly that controls the electrical signal. The control circuit assembly is enclosed within the housing assembly, and the control circuit assembly includes an electrically conductive terminal. The device further includes an electrical component at least partially enclosed within the housing assembly. The electrical component has a connecting member that electrically connects the electrical component to the control circuit assembly. The connecting member is resistance welded and bonded directly to the electrically conductive terminal of the control circuit assembly.