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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2015
Filed:
May. 17, 2013
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Kathleen R. Malewicki, Beverly, MA (US);
David A. Casavant, Reading, MA (US);
Edward D. Goff, Mahtomedi, MN (US);
Gary H. Kemmetmueller, Coon Rapids, MN (US);
David J. Peichel, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
The invention of the disclosure is an extension cable to connect via telemetry, an external medical device in a non-sterile zone with a medical device that is within a sterile zone. The telemetry extension cable includes a cable having a length and comprising a conductor, a first RF antenna attached at one end of the cable and a second RF antenna attached at a second end of the cable, at least one of the first or second antennas configured to transmit and receive RF signals to and from an implantable medical device.