US 12,403,321 B2
Case driven design for implantable medical device
Ron A Balczewski, Bloomington, MN (US); William J. Linder, Golden Valley, MN (US); Dan C. Goldman, North Oaks, MN (US); Nicholas J. Stessman, Minneapolis, MN (US); and Aleksandra Kharam, Maple Grove, MN (US)
Assigned to Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc., St Paul (MN)
Filed by Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc., St Paul, MN (US)
Filed on Sep. 15, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/945,394.
Application 17/945,394 is a continuation of application No. 15/930,755, filed on May 13, 2020, granted, now 11,446,509.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/846,908, filed on May 13, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0014331 A1, Jan. 19, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61N 1/375 (2006.01); A61B 5/29 (2021.01); A61N 1/37 (2006.01)
CPC A61N 1/3756 (2013.01) [A61B 5/29 (2021.01); A61N 1/37512 (2017.08); A61N 1/3758 (2013.01); A61N 1/3702 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A medical device comprising:
a case, wherein at least a portion of the case functions as a first sensing electrode;
a second sensing electrode;
a battery positioned within the case and including a positive battery terminal and a negative battery terminal; and
a first capacitor electrically coupled between the case and the negative battery terminal.