Method of forming an electrical contact for implantable medical device

    公开(公告)号:US11154721B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-10-26

    申请号:US16855538

    申请日:2020-04-22

    申请人: Medtronic, Inc.

    摘要: 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.

    ELECTRICAL CONTACT FOR IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE

    公开(公告)号:US20200246624A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-08-06

    申请号:US16855538

    申请日:2020-04-22

    申请人: Medtronic, Inc.

    摘要: 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.

    Structures and techniques for medical lead fabrication

    公开(公告)号:US10549088B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-02-04

    申请号:US14396326

    申请日:2013-03-15

    申请人: Medtronic, Inc.

    IPC分类号: A61N1/05

    摘要: A medical lead may be fabricated using an electrode fixture ((130A)-(130D)) configured to facilitate circumferential and axial alignment between electrodes of the lead. In one example, a method includes positioning an electrode fixture around at least one conductor of a plurality of conductors (122) for a medical lead, wherein the electrode fixture at least partially retains an electrode assembly. The method also includes 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.

    METHODS OF MANUFACTURING A HERMETIC LEAD CONNECTOR

    公开(公告)号:US20190329048A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-10-31

    申请号:US16507310

    申请日:2019-07-10

    申请人: Medtronic, Inc.

    IPC分类号: A61N1/375 H01R43/20

    摘要: 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.

    MECHANICAL FEEDTHROUGHS FOR IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE
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    发明申请
    MECHANICAL FEEDTHROUGHS FOR IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE 审中-公开
    可植入医疗器械的机械性能

    公开(公告)号:US20160038733A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-02-11

    申请号:US14822763

    申请日:2015-08-10

    申请人: Medtronic, Inc.

    IPC分类号: A61N1/05 A61N1/18

    摘要: An implantable medical device assembly comprises a sealed housing; a motor including a rotating output shaft within the sealed housing; a first coaxial shaft within the sealed housing, the first coaxial shaft being mechanically coupled to the rotating output shaft such that rotation of the rotating output shaft drives rotation of the first coaxial shaft; a second coaxial shaft external to the sealed housing, the second coaxial shaft being in axial alignment with the first coaxial shaft; an oscillating component mechanically coupling the first coaxial shaft to the second coaxial shaft, wherein rotation of the rotating first coaxial shaft drives the oscillation of the oscillating component, wherein the oscillation of the oscillating component drives rotation of the second coaxial shaft; and a flexible seal including the oscillating component. The sealed housing and the flexible seal combine to form a substantially sealed enclosure encasing the motor and the first coaxial shaft.

    摘要翻译: 可植入医疗装置组件包括密封的壳体; 包括在所述密封壳体内的旋转输出轴的马达; 所述密封壳体内的第一同轴轴,所述第一同轴轴机械联接到所述旋转输出轴,使得所述旋转输出轴的旋转驱动所述第一同轴轴的旋转; 在所述密封壳体外部的第二同轴轴,所述第二同轴轴与所述第一同轴轴线对齐; 旋转部件将第一同轴轴与第二同轴轴机械联接,旋转的第一同轴轴的旋转驱动振荡部件的摆动,其中振荡部件的振动驱动第二同轴轴的旋转; 以及包括振荡部件的柔性密封件。 密封壳体和柔性密封件组合形成包围电动机和第一同轴轴的基本上密封的外壳。

    Methods of manufacturing a hermetic lead connector

    公开(公告)号:US11559694B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-01-24

    申请号:US16507310

    申请日:2019-07-10

    申请人: Medtronic, Inc.

    摘要: 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.