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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2005
Wesley J. Clement, Andover, MN (US);
Hiroshi Fujimoto, Fujisawa, JP;
Jeffrey D. Wilkinson, Vadnais Heights, MN (US);
John R. Buysman, Coon Rapids, MN (US);
Girard B. Borgerding, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Wesley J. Clement, Andover, MN (US);
Hiroshi Fujimoto, Fujisawa, JP;
Jeffrey D. Wilkinson, Vadnais Heights, MN (US);
John R. Buysman, Coon Rapids, MN (US);
Girard B. Borgerding, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
According to the invention methods and structures for determining whether impingement of x-ray radiation upon potentially vulnerable discrete components, circuits and/or circuit pathways of an implantable medical device (IMD) causes modifications or damage thereto. The invention includes structures for deflecting impingement of x-ray radiation from said potentially vulnerable components, circuits and/or circuit pathways. The x-ray radiation can be generated by various imaging modalities or unknown sources. Myriad IMDs can utilize the teaching of the present invention, including for example, a pacemaker, a drug delivery pump, a nerve stimulation device, a muscle stimulation device, an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator, a subcutaneous defibrillator, a deep brain stimulator or the like.