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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2009
Applicants:
Carl D. Wahlstrand, North Oaks, MN (US);
Robert M. Skime, Coon Rapids, MN (US);
Inventors:
Carl D. Wahlstrand, North Oaks, MN (US);
Robert M. Skime, Coon Rapids, MN (US);
Assignee:
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/375 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/3754 (2013.01); A61N 1/3752 (2013.01);
Abstract
A modular implantable medical device (IMD) may include a non-hermetic interconnect. The non-hermetic interconnect may electrically couple a first module and a second module of the modular IMD. A conductor in the non-hermetic interconnect may conduct electrical energy from the first module to the second module under an applied direct current (DC) voltage.