Surgery: light – thermal – and electrical application – Light – thermal – and electrical application – Electrical therapeutic systems
Patent
1994-10-04
1998-04-07
Kamm, William E.
Surgery: light, thermal, and electrical application
Light, thermal, and electrical application
Electrical therapeutic systems
A61N 1375
Patent
active
057358842
ABSTRACT:
A feedthrough configuration for a hermetically sealed implantable medical device which includes a metal case having an aperture and a feedthrough in the aperture which includes an electrically conductive pin, an insulating material supporting the pin, a block spaced from the case and in electrical continuity with the pin and a device for electrical protection connected to the block and to the case. The device for electrical protection preferably includes two zener diodes, a first diode connected at the block and a second diode connected to the case with an electrical conductor connecting the two diodes in a back-to-back configuration.
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Sawchuk Robert T.
Seifried Lynn M.
Thompson David L.
Kamm William E.
Medtronic Inc.
Patton Harold R.
Woods Thomas F.
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