US Patent Issued to Cardiac Pacemakers on April 29 for "IMD enclosure formed using dielectric materials incorporating feedthru(s)" (American, Irish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,285,620, issued on April 29, was assigned to Cardiac Pacemakers Inc. (St Paul).

"IMD enclosure formed using dielectric materials incorporating feedthru(s)" was invented by Jean M. Bobgan (Maple Grove, Minn.), James M. English (Cahir, Ireland), Keith R. Maile (New Brighton, Minn.) and Ron A. Balczewski (Bloomington, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to implantable medical device (IMD) enclosures. In an exemplary embodiment, an IMD comprises: a housing comprising an open end and a header defining a cavity and comprising at least one conduit through a wall of the header, wherein the header is f...