Surgery: light – thermal – and electrical application – Light – thermal – and electrical application – Electrical therapeutic systems
Patent
1995-02-03
1996-06-18
Kamm, William E.
Surgery: light, thermal, and electrical application
Light, thermal, and electrical application
Electrical therapeutic systems
A61N 137
Patent
active
055273483
ABSTRACT:
A method and apparatus for providing electrical field (E-field) shielding for electro-magnetic devices. In one embodiment of the invention, a programming head from an implantable medical device programming system is housed within a nonconductive exoskeleton. The programming head contains an antenna that is preferably shielded from E-fields but not from magnetic fields (H-fields). A pattern of electrically conductive material, such as a nickel-acrylic paint or the like, is applied to interior surfaces of the exoskeleton, such that at least two (preferably four) distinct and discontinuous areas of conductive material are defined thereon. A collar for providing strain relief for a programming head cable entering through an aperture in the exoskeleton is maintained in electrical contact with each area of conductive material in said exoskeleton. The collar is preferably made of conductive material, and is also coupled to at least one conductor in the programming head cable, such that the conductive areas are coupled to ground via the cable. In other embodiments, both E-shielding and H-shielding may be similarly accomplished by coating the entire inner surface of the exoskeleton.
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Gravlin Ray W.
Grevious John J.
Sandberg Mark W.
Winkler Thomas J.
Duthler Reed A.
Kamm William E.
Medtronic Inc.
Patton Harold R.
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