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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 24, 2015
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Marshall J Rasmussen, Mesa, AZ (US);
Randolph E Crutchfield, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Mark R Boone, Gilbert, AZ (US);
Lonny V Cabelka, San Clemente, CA (US);
Kevin P Kuehn, Shoreview, MN (US);
Forrest C. M. Pape, New Brighton, MN (US);
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
An implantable medical device includes a low-power circuit, a high-power circuit, and a multi-cell power source. The implantable medical device delivers stimulation therapy to cardiac tissue. The cardioversion energy is delivered across through electrodes that are coupled to terminals of the high-power circuit. A protection circuit for protecting the low-voltage circuit components from high voltage pulses includes a first segment coupled to a first of the electrodes and a second segment coupled to a second of the electrodes, the components of the low-voltage circuit being coupled to the transthoracic protection circuit portion, and a reference potential corresponding to a ground potential, wherein the first and second segments of the transthoracic protection circuit portion are coupled to the reference potential in a parallel configuration.