US 12,005,262 B2
Leadless pacemaker having attachment feature
Thomas B. Eby, Mountain View, CA (US); Benjamin F. James, IV, Canyon Country, CA (US); Kavous Sahabi, Winnetka, CA (US); Travis Lieber, Saugus, CA (US); Arees Garabed, North Hills, CA (US); Craig E. Mar, Fremont, CA (US); Sondra Orts, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Tyler J. Strang, Valencia, CA (US); Jennifer Heisel, Princeton, MN (US); Bernhard Arnar, Minnetrista, MN (US); Daniel Coyle, St. Louis Park, MN (US); Daniel Goodman, Minnetonka, MN (US); Scott Smith, Monticello, MN (US); Scott Kerns, Chanhassen, MN (US); David Rickheim, Bloomington, MN (US); Adam Weber, Eden Prairie, MN (US); Mike Sacha, Champlin, MN (US); and Byron Liehwah Chun, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to PACESETTER, INC., Sylmar, CA (US)
Filed by Pacesetter, Inc., Sylmar, CA (US)
Filed on Oct. 4, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/493,731.
Application 17/493,731 is a division of application No. 16/297,392, filed on Mar. 8, 2019, granted, now 11,141,597.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/712,781, filed on Jul. 31, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/666,618, filed on May 3, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/641,129, filed on Mar. 9, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0023646 A1, Jan. 27, 2022
Int. Cl. A61N 1/375 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/34 (2006.01); A61N 1/05 (2006.01); A61N 1/362 (2006.01); A61N 1/378 (2006.01); A61M 25/00 (2006.01); A61M 25/01 (2006.01)
CPC A61N 1/3756 (2013.01) [A61B 17/3468 (2013.01); A61N 1/056 (2013.01); A61N 1/362 (2013.01); A61N 1/378 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00477 (2013.01); A61M 25/0082 (2013.01); A61M 25/0136 (2013.01); A61N 2001/0578 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A battery assembly for a leadless biostimulator, comprising:
an electrolyte; and
a cell can containing the electrolyte, wherein the cell can includes an annular wall extending proximally along a central axis, and an end boss extending from the annular wall to a proximal face, wherein an outer surface of the end boss has a smaller diameter than the annular wall, wherein the end boss includes a frustoconical surface tapering radially inward from the outer surface to the proximal face, and wherein the end boss includes a tether recess extending into the proximal face along the central axis.