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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 10, 2011
Applicants:
Prashant Rawat, Blaine, MN (US);
Timothy Hillukka, Plymouth, MN (US);
Jeffrey A. Von Arx, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Inventors:
Prashant Rawat, Blaine, MN (US);
Timothy Hillukka, Plymouth, MN (US);
Jeffrey A. Von Arx, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Assignee:
Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 1/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An apparatus and method for enabling far-field radio frequency communications with an implantable medical device in which an antenna structure is disposed within a header assembly of the device. The antenna structure, in various embodiments, includes a monopole antenna, a dipole antenna, an inverted F antenna, a patch antenna and a slot antenna.