US5370669A
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Implantable cardiac defibrillator with layered package
Assignee: Intermedics Inc
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Filing: 1993-11-17
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Granted: 1994-12-06
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Expires: 2013-11-17
Abstract
Abstract An implantable medical device, and more particularly a fully implantable defibrillator which may also include bradycardia and cardioversion pacing, in which the components of the device are housed within an implantable casing having three orthogonal dimensions of height, width and thickness. The height and width are substantially greater than the thickness. The implantable device comprises three major sub-systems, specifically, the batteries, the power capacitors, and the electronics. Each of the three sub-systems lie in parallel height-width planes, each plane being adjacent another in the thickness dimension.
Inventors
- 👤 Terry D. Daglow
- 👤 II Kenneth R. McNeil
- 👤 Balakrishnan Shankar
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-05 00:19
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61N; A61N1/00; A61N1/18; A61N1/32; A61N1/38; A61N1/39; A61N1/3956; H; H01; H01M; H01M10/00; H01M10/42; H01M10/425; H01M10/4264; Y; Y02; Y02E; Y02E60/00; Y02E60/10
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
97 words
An implantable medical device comprising an external casing having mutually orthogonal dimensions of height, width and thickness; electronics means for providing electrical therapy to the body of a patient, said electronics means lying substantially in a single electronics plane, capacitor means for providing high-energy output, said capacitor means lying substantially in a single capacitor plane, and battery means for providing an energy source, said battery means lying substantially in a single battery plane, said electronics, capacitor and battery planes being substantially parallel to each other and parallel to a plane defined by said height and width dimensions.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
97 words
An implantable medical device comprising an external casing having mutually orthogonal dimensions of height, width and thickness; electronics means for providing electrical therapy to the body of a patient, said electronics means lying substantially in a single electronics plane, capacitor means for providing high-energy output, said capacitor means lying substantially in a single capacitor plane, and battery means for providing an energy source, said battery means lying substantially in a single battery plane, said electronics, capacitor and battery planes being substantially parallel to each other and parallel to a plane defined by said height and width dimensions.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
23 words
The implantable medical device according to claim 1 wherein said dimensions of height and width are substantially larger than said dimension of thickness.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
13 words
The implantable medical device according to claim 2 further comprising a power transformer.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
12 words
The implantable medical device according to claim 3 further comprising an antenna.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
15 words
The implantable medical device according to claim 4 wherein said device comprises an automatic defibrillator.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
13 words
The implantable medical device according to claim 1 further comprising a power transformer.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
12 words
The implantable medical device according to claim 6 further comprising an antenna.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
15 words
The implantable medical device according to claim 1 wherein said device comprises an automatic defibrillator.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
23 words
The implantable medical device according to claim 8 wherein said dimensions of height and width are substantially larger than said dimension of thickness.
References Cited (Backward Citations)
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