US 11,706,890 B2
IMD having a core circuitry support structure
Jean M. Bobgan, Maple Grove, MN (US); David P. Stieper, North Branch, MN (US); and Joseph Prescott, St. Paul, MN (US)
Assigned to Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc., St Paul (MN)
Filed by Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc., St. Paul, MN (US)
Filed on Jun. 2, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/831,372.
Application 17/831,372 is a continuation of application No. 17/132,296, filed on Dec. 23, 2020, granted, now 11,357,125.
Application 17/132,296 is a continuation of application No. 16/746,706, filed on Jan. 17, 2020, granted, now 10,881,016, issued on Dec. 29, 2020.
Application 16/746,706 is a continuation of application No. 16/356,858, filed on Mar. 18, 2019, granted, now 10,542,633, issued on Jan. 21, 2020.
Application 16/356,858 is a continuation of application No. 15/489,603, filed on Apr. 17, 2017, granted, now 10,237,997, issued on Mar. 19, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/324,202, filed on Apr. 18, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2022/0295658 A1, Sep. 15, 2022
Int. Cl. H05K 5/00 (2006.01); H05K 7/14 (2006.01); A61B 5/021 (2006.01); A61B 5/145 (2006.01); A61B 5/11 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); H05K 5/02 (2006.01); A61N 1/375 (2006.01)
CPC H05K 7/1427 (2013.01) [A61B 5/021 (2013.01); A61B 5/1118 (2013.01); A61B 5/14542 (2013.01); A61B 5/6847 (2013.01); A61N 1/3758 (2013.01); H05K 5/0217 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A medical device comprising:
a housing for the medical device;
a printed circuit board (PCB) positioned in the housing and including alignment notches;
a header having a first end and a second end, wherein the header includes a first electrode and an antenna;
a second electrode on an opposite end of the housing from the header;
a feed-through assembly coupled to the second end of the header, wherein the feed-through assembly is electrically coupled between the PCB and the header; and
a support structure positioned in the housing and including:
a frame with outer walls that define a cavity, wherein at least a portion of the PCB is positioned within the cavity, and
alignment features respectively protruding from the outer walls and through at least a portion of the alignment notches.