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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2016
Applicant:
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Inventors:
Hailiang Zhao, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Erik J. Hovland, Minnetonka, MN (US);
Assignee:
MEDTRONIC, INC., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/00 (2006.01); H01M 2/30 (2006.01); A61N 1/378 (2006.01); H01M 2/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 2/30 (2013.01); A61N 1/378 (2013.01); H01M 2/26 (2013.01); H01M 2220/30 (2013.01);
Abstract
A battery terminal for an implantable battery is described. The battery terminal includes a foil stack, first and second side elements, and a weld joint coupling the foil stack and the side elements. The side elements define a varying height profile and a greatest height adjacent an inner surface of the side element in contact with the foil stack. Each element may define a height profile along the width that tapers toward an outer surface, biasing mass of the element close to the foil stack.