Abstract: A rechargeable implantable medical device with an improved external recharging coil electrical connection resistant to corrosion is disclosed. The electrical connection couples the external recharging coil to a recharge feedthrough. The rechargeable implantable medical device can be a medical device such as a neuro stimulator, drug delivery pump, pacemaker, defibrillator, diagnostic recorder, cochlear implant, and the like. The implantable medical device has a housing, electronics carried in the housing configured to perform a medical therapy, a rechargeable power source, and a recharging coil.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 19, 2000
Date of Patent:
January 7, 2003
Assignee:
Medtronic, Inc.
Inventors:
John E. Kast, Charles E. Peters, Jeffrey J. Clayton