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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
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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

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Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-11-05 05:11
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.

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