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Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2017

Filed:

Aug. 02, 2011
Applicants:

Tom Miltich, Otsego, MN (US);

Joyce Yamamoto, Maple Grove, MN (US);

Andy Thom, Maple Grove, MN (US);

Markus Reiterer, Plymouth, MN (US);

Gordon Munns, Stacy, MN (US);

Mark Breyen, Champlin, MN (US);

Inventors:

Tom Miltich, Otsego, MN (US);

Joyce Yamamoto, Maple Grove, MN (US);

Andy Thom, Maple Grove, MN (US);

Markus Reiterer, Plymouth, MN (US);

Gordon Munns, Stacy, MN (US);

Mark Breyen, Champlin, MN (US);

Assignee:

MEDTRONIC, INC., Minneapolis, MN (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/375 (2006.01); H01R 43/02 (2006.01); H01R 4/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 43/0221 (2013.01); A61N 1/3754 (2013.01); H01R 4/029 (2013.01); H01R 2201/12 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49117 (2015.01);
Abstract

A lead frame for attaching leads to a hermetic feedthrough includes a cross-member and a plurality of leads. Each of the leads has an elongate body extending from the cross-member in a direction substantially parallel with one another, and each lead includes at least one of a notch on an end thereof opposite to the cross-member or a hole proximate to the end.


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