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公开(公告)号:US11559694B2
公开(公告)日:2023-01-24
申请号:US16507310
申请日:2019-07-10
Applicant: Medtronic, Inc.
Inventor: Darren A. Janzig , Gerald G. Lindner , Chris J. Paidosh
Abstract: A method of manufacturing a hermetic lead connector includes fixing an electrically insulating ring between an electrically conducting contact ring and an electrically conducting spacer ring to form a hermetic ring subassembly, and fixing a plurality of the hermetic ring subassemblies in axial alignment to form a hermetic lead connector. The hermetic lead connector includes an open end, an outer surface, and an inner surface defining a lead aperture. The hermetic lead connector provides a hermetic seal between the outer surface and the inner surface.
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公开(公告)号:US11213673B2
公开(公告)日:2022-01-04
申请号:US15363178
申请日:2016-11-29
Applicant: Medtronic, Inc.
Inventor: Darren A. Janzig , Andrew J. Thom , Chris J. Paidosh , Brad C. Tischendorf , Gerald G. Lindner
IPC: A61N1/05 , H01R13/187 , H01R24/58 , A61N1/375 , B23K26/21 , B23K20/02 , C23C14/10 , C23C14/18 , C23C14/34 , H01R43/02 , B23K101/38 , B23K103/00 , B23K103/16 , H01R107/00
Abstract: A medical device lead connector includes electrically conducting contact rings spaced apart by an electrically insulating ring and in axial alignment. The electrically conducting contact ring and the insulating ring having an interface bond on an atomic level.
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公开(公告)号:US10994147B2
公开(公告)日:2021-05-04
申请号:US16115170
申请日:2018-08-28
Applicant: Medtronic, Inc.
Inventor: Erik R. Scott , Darren A. Janzig , John E. Kast , Randy S. Roles , Don A. Rutledge , Nicholas R. Whitehead , Phillip C. Falkner , Venkat R. Gaddam , Connor T. Gunsbury
Abstract: An implantable medical device (IMD) includes a housing that is configured to enclose internal components including at least a processor and a power source. The housing defines two major surfaces that are generally parallel to each other and one or more channels that are each configured to receive a lead and electrically couple the respective lead to the internal components, where each of the channels extend substantially straight in to the housing along an axis generally parallel to the two major surfaces. The housing may be configured to be mounted to a cranium of a patient such that at least one of the two major surfaces approximates a curvature of the cranium. The IMD may include one or more funneling walls that define a rounded and smooth transition from a sidewall of the housing to a surface that defines one or more mouths to the channels.
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公开(公告)号:US20200261713A1
公开(公告)日:2020-08-20
申请号:US16779106
申请日:2020-01-31
Applicant: Medtronic, Inc.
Inventor: Dale F. Seeley , Evan Mark Gustafson , Michael T. Hegland , Seth M. Humphrys , Darren A. Janzig , Gerald G. Lindner
IPC: A61N1/05
Abstract: A medical lead may be fabricated using an electrode fixture configured to facilitate circumferential and axial alignment between electrodes of the lead. In one example, a method may include positioning an electrode fixture around at least one conductor of a plurality of conductors for a medical lead, wherein the electrode fixture at least partially retains an electrode assembly. The method may also include electrically coupling a portion of the at least one conductor with at least a portion of the electrode assembly at an attachment area defined by the electrode assembly when the electrode assembly is at least partially retained by the electrode fixture.
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公开(公告)号:US20170340814A1
公开(公告)日:2017-11-30
申请号:US15681957
申请日:2017-08-21
Applicant: Medtronic, Inc.
Inventor: Keith A. Miesel , James M. Haase , Chris J. Paidosh , Darren A. Janzig , Timothy J. Denison
CPC classification number: A61M5/14276 , A61M39/0208 , A61M2205/3317 , A61M2205/3331 , G01L9/0072 , G01L15/00 , G01L19/0023 , G01L19/0069 , G01L19/086 , G01L19/143 , G01L19/148 , G01L19/149
Abstract: The disclosure is directed to a pressure sensor of an implantable medical device. The pressure sensor may utilize detect fluid pressure based on a changing capacitance between two capacitive elements. The pressure sensor may define at least a portion of a fluid enclosure of the IMD. In one example, the pressure sensor has a self-aligning housing shape that occludes an opening in the pump bulkhead of the IMD. An operative surface of the pressure and the portion of the fluid enclosure may be formed of a corrosion resistant and/or biocompatible material. A first capacitive element of the pressure sensor may be a metal alloy diaphragm that deflects in response to external fluid pressure. A second capacitive element of the pressure sensor may be a metal coating on a rigid insulator sealed from the fluid by the diaphragm and a housing of the sensor.
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公开(公告)号:US20170259055A1
公开(公告)日:2017-09-14
申请号:US15609142
申请日:2017-05-31
Applicant: MEDTRONIC, INC.
Inventor: Bernard Q. Li , Alan Shi , Daniel D. Sorensen , Darren A. Janzig , Margaret Bush
Abstract: A method of forming a medical device contact element includes annealing an elongated rod of Ti-15Mo alloy material to form an annealed rod having a Young's Modulus of less than 13.5 Mpsi and an elastic range or strain of at least 0.7%. Then forming a contact ring element from the annealed rod and assembling the contact ring element into a medical device. Contact rings and lead receptacles including the same are also described.
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公开(公告)号:US09687660B2
公开(公告)日:2017-06-27
申请号:US14790171
申请日:2015-07-02
Applicant: Medtronic, Inc.
Inventor: Darren A. Janzig , Chris J. Paidosh , Paulette C. Olson , Gerald G. Lindner
CPC classification number: A61N1/3752 , H01R13/111 , H01R13/42 , H01R13/5202 , H01R24/58 , H01R43/02 , H01R43/16 , H01R2107/00 , Y10T29/4921
Abstract: A one-piece electrical contact ring for use in a lead receptacle of an implantable medical device includes (i) a tubular body defining a cavity extending through the body and (ii) a plurality of resiliently deflectable elements extending from the tubular body into the cavity. The deflectable elements have a lead contacting portion configured to contact the lead when received by the cavity. The lead contacting portions of the deflectable elements in a relaxed state are located in a plane that intersects the tubular body and are configured to deflect along the plane towards the tubular body as the lead is inserted in the contact ring. The contact ring may further include a plurality of stops, each configured to (i) engage a stop portion of the elements when the elements are sufficiently outwardly deflected and (ii) inhibit further outward deflection of the elements when the stops engage the stop portions.
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公开(公告)号:US20240100323A1
公开(公告)日:2024-03-28
申请号:US18530558
申请日:2023-12-06
Applicant: MEDTRONIC, INC.
Inventor: Darren A. Janzig , Andrew J. Thom , Chris J. Paidosh , Brad C. Tischendorf , Gerald G. Lindner
IPC: A61N1/05 , A61N1/375 , B23K20/02 , B23K26/21 , C23C14/10 , C23C14/18 , C23C14/34 , H01R13/187 , H01R24/58 , H01R43/02
CPC classification number: A61N1/05 , A61N1/3752 , B23K20/026 , B23K26/21 , C23C14/10 , C23C14/18 , C23C14/34 , H01R13/187 , H01R24/58 , H01R43/0221 , B23K2101/38 , Y10T156/10
Abstract: A medical device lead connector includes electrically conducting contact rings spaced apart by an electrically insulating ring and in axial alignment. The electrically conducting contact ring and the insulating ring having an interface bond on an atomic level.
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公开(公告)号:US11426514B2
公开(公告)日:2022-08-30
申请号:US16565013
申请日:2019-09-09
Applicant: Medtronic, Inc.
Inventor: Keith A. Miesel , James M. Haase , Chris J. Paidosh , Darren A. Janzig , Timothy J. Denison
Abstract: The disclosure is directed to a pressure sensor of an implantable medical device. The pressure sensor may utilize detect fluid pressure based on a changing capacitance between two capacitive elements. The pressure sensor may define at least a portion of a fluid enclosure of the IMD. In one example, the pressure sensor has a self-aligning housing shape that occludes an opening in the pump bulkhead of the IMD. An operative surface of the pressure and the portion of the fluid enclosure may be formed of a corrosion resistant and/or biocompatible material. A first capacitive element of the pressure sensor may be a metal alloy diaphragm that deflects in response to external fluid pressure. A second capacitive element of the pressure sensor may be a metal coating on a rigid insulator sealed from the fluid by the diaphragm and a housing of the sensor.
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公开(公告)号:US20220080188A1
公开(公告)日:2022-03-17
申请号:US17536360
申请日:2021-11-29
Applicant: Medtronic, Inc.
Inventor: Darren A. Janzig , Andrew J. Thom , Chris J. Paidosh , Brad C. Tischendorf , Gerald G. Lindner
IPC: A61N1/05 , H01R13/187 , H01R24/58 , A61N1/375 , B23K26/21 , B23K20/02 , C23C14/10 , C23C14/18 , C23C14/34 , H01R43/02
Abstract: A medical device lead connector includes electrically conducting contact rings spaced apart by an electrically insulating ring and in axial alignment. The electrically conducting contact ring and the insulating ring having an interface bond on an atomic level.
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