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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2012
Applicant:
Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Inventor:
Mark Stevenson, Maplewood, MN (US);
Assignee:
Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/375 (2006.01); H01R 13/187 (2006.01); H01R 43/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/3754 (2013.01); A61N 1/3752 (2013.01); H01R 13/187 (2013.01); H01R 43/16 (2013.01);
Abstract
An example includes an apparatus for use within a header of an implantable medical device, the apparatus including a substantially annular spring, sized and shaped to be disposed in the header, the spring defining a loop extending about a central axis, the spring including a plurality of elastically deformable switchback portions that both zigzag and curve transversely about the loop to define a surface that at least partially encompasses the loop.