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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2009
William T. Donofrio, Andover, MN (US);
John E. Burnes, Coon Rapids, MN (US);
Paul G. Krause, Shoreview, MN (US);
Gerald P. Arne, Long Lake, MN (US);
Xiaohong Zhou, Woodbury, MN (US);
William T. Donofrio, Andover, MN (US);
John E. Burnes, Coon Rapids, MN (US);
Paul G. Krause, Shoreview, MN (US);
Gerald P. Arne, Long Lake, MN (US);
Xiaohong Zhou, Woodbury, MN (US);
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
Techniques for minimizing interference between the first and second medical devices or between the different therapy modules of a common medical device are described herein. In some examples, a medical device may include shunt-current mitigation circuitry and/or at least one clamping structure that helps minimize or even eliminate shunt-current that feeds into a first therapy module of the medical device via one or more electrodes electrically connected to the first therapy module. The shunt-current may be generated by the delivery of electrical stimulation by a second therapy module. The second therapy module may be enclosed in a common housing with the first therapy module or may be separate, e.g., a part of a separate medical device.