Medical device having resistance welded connections

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8295930
APP PUB NO 20110077709A1
SERIAL NO

12570411

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A medical device is electrically connected to a biological tissue for transmission of an electrical signal between the medical device and the biological tissue. The medical device includes a housing assembly and a control circuit assembly that controls the electrical signal. The control circuit assembly is enclosed within the housing assembly, and the control circuit assembly includes an electrically conductive terminal. The device further includes an electrical component at least partially enclosed within the housing assembly. The electrical component has a connecting member that electrically connects the electrical component to the control circuit assembly. The connecting member is resistance welded and bonded directly to the electrically conductive terminal of the control circuit assembly.

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MEDTRONIC INC710 MEDTRONIC PARKWAY MINNEAPOLIS MN 55432

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Engmark, David B Bethel, US 15 1091
Horié, Mathieu K Vaud, FR 1 0
Jin, Hui Shoreview, US 310 3237
Johnson, David M Ham Lake, US 97 2268
Levina, Iryna Blaine, US 9 136
Morelli, Doug Forest Lake, US 2 0
Piguet, Dominique Epalinges, CH 7 159

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