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Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2014

Filed:

May. 26, 2010
Applicants:

Robert Shawn Johnson, North Tonawanda, NY (US);

Robert A. Stevenson, Canyon Country, CA (US);

Warren S. Dabney, Orchard Park, NY (US);

Holly Noelle Moschiano, Lancaster, NY (US);

Kishore Kumar Kondabatni, Williamsville, NY (US);

Neal Nesselbeck, Lockport, NY (US);

Joseph Spaulding, Williamsville, NY (US);

Henry R. Halperin, Pikesville, MD (US);

Albert C. Lardo, Baltimore, MD (US);

Inventors:

Robert Shawn Johnson, North Tonawanda, NY (US);

Robert A. Stevenson, Canyon Country, CA (US);

Warren S. Dabney, Orchard Park, NY (US);

Holly Noelle Moschiano, Lancaster, NY (US);

Kishore Kumar Kondabatni, Williamsville, NY (US);

Neal Nesselbeck, Lockport, NY (US);

Joseph Spaulding, Williamsville, NY (US);

Henry R. Halperin, Pikesville, MD (US);

Albert C. Lardo, Baltimore, MD (US);

Assignee:

Greatbatch Ltd., Clarence, NY (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/372 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61N 1/05 (2006.01); G01R 33/28 (2006.01); A61N 1/37 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/055 (2006.01); A61B 5/042 (2006.01); A61B 19/00 (2006.01); A61N 1/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/285 (2013.01); A61N 1/3718 (2013.01); A61B 5/415 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00839 (2013.01); A61B 5/055 (2013.01); A61B 5/042 (2013.01); A61B 5/7203 (2013.01); A61B 2019/5236 (2013.01); A61N 1/05 (2013.01); A61B 5/418 (2013.01); A61N 2001/086 (2013.01);
Abstract

A lead extending exteriorly from an active implantable medical device (AIMD) is at least partially ensheathed within an electromagnetic interference (EMI) shield. The AIMD has a conductive equipotential surface to which the EMI shield may be conductively coupled. An impeding circuit may be provided for raising the high frequency impedance of the lead. An energy diversion circuit may also be provided for conductively coupling the lead to the EMI shield.


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