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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 24, 2015
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (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);
John T Meador, Half Moon Bay, CA (US);
John D Norton, St. Paul, MN (US);
Craig L Schmidt, Eagan, MN (US);
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
An implantable medical device includes a low-power circuit and a multi-cell power source. The cells of the power source are coupled in a parallel configuration. The implantable medical device includes both a low power circuit that is selectively coupled between the first and second cells and a high power output circuit that is directly coupled to the first and second cells in a parallel configuration. An isolation circuit is coupled to the first cell, the second cell and the low power circuit to maintain a current isolation between the first cell and the second cell at least during delivery currents having a large magnitude that are delivered to the high power output circuit.