US 12,403,318 B2
Ceramic enclosure for rechargeable medical devices
Paul B. Young, New Richmond, WI (US); Rajesh V. Iyer, Eden Prairie, MN (US); and Andrew J. Thom, Maple Grove, MN (US)
Assigned to Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US)
Filed by Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US)
Filed on Oct. 27, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/050,361.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/283,064, filed on Nov. 24, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0158313 A1, May 25, 2023
Int. Cl. A61N 1/375 (2006.01); A61N 1/378 (2006.01); H02J 50/10 (2016.01)
CPC A61N 1/375 (2013.01) [A61N 1/3787 (2013.01); H02J 50/10 (2016.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A medical device comprising:
circuitry configured to at least one of sense a physiological parameter of a patient or deliver a therapy to the patient; and
a housing configured to house the circuitry, wherein the housing comprises:
a plurality of structural members; and
an attachment mechanism that joins the plurality of structural members, wherein the attachment mechanism is configured to suppress induced currents in the housing when the medical device is exposed to a time-varying magnetic field.