Implantable medical housing

- Medtronic, Inc.
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Description

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an implantable medical housing showing our new design, viewing from the front and right side thereof;

FIG. 2 is an elevational view of the left side thereof;

FIG. 3 is an elevational view of the front side thereof;

FIG. 4 is an elevational view of the right side thereof;

FIG. 5 is a plan view of the top side thereof;

FIG. 6 is an elevational view of the back side thereof; and,

FIG. 7 is a plan view of the bottom side thereof.

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Patent History
Patent number: D338731
Type: Grant
Filed: Sep 26, 1991
Date of Patent: Aug 24, 1993
Assignee: Medtronic, Inc. (Minneapolis, MN)
Inventors: James K. Byland (St. Paul, MN), Thomas I. Ceballos (Spring Lake Park, MN)
Primary Examiner: Stella Reid
Assistant Examiner: Ian Simmons
Attorneys: Harold R. Patton, Gregory P. Gadson, Daniel W. Latham
Application Number: 7/766,702
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: Cardialogical (39) (D24/167); Prosthesis Or Implant (D24/155)