US Patent Issued to Medtronic on Aug. 5 for "Battery assembly for medical device" (Minnesota Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,381,228, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Medtronic Inc. (Minneapolis).

"Battery assembly for medical device" was invented by Joseph J. Viavattine (Vadnais Heights, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In some example, a battery assembly for an implantable medical device includes a first anode plate comprising a first anode current collector and a first active material on the first anode current collector; a second anode plate comprising a second anode current collector and a second active material on the second anode current collector; and a cathode plate between the first anode plate and the second anode plate, wherein the cathode plat...