Filtered feedthrough assembly for implantable medical device

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 5735884
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08317512

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A feedthrough configuration for a hermetically sealed implantable medical device which includes a metal case having an aperture and a feedthrough in the aperture which includes an electrically conductive pin, an insulating material supporting the pin, a block spaced from the case and in electrical continuity with the pin and a device for electrical protection connected to the block and to the case. The device for electrical protection preferably includes two zener diodes, a first diode connected at the block and a second diode connected to the case with an electrical conductor connecting the two diodes in a back-to-back configuration.

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MEDTRONIC INC710 MEDTRONIC PARKWAY MINNEAPOLIS MN 55432

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Sawchuk, Robert T Phoenix, AZ 33 720
Seifried, Lynn M Minneapolis, MN 18 2048
Thompson, David L Fridley, MN 176 22610

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