Abstract: EMI shields for use in implantable medical devices that include inner and outer metal layers separated by a dielectric layer. When assembled as medical devices, the outer metal layer of an illustrative EMI shield is placed into electrical contact with a conductive inner surface of an associated canister for an implantable medical device.
Abstract: Methods of medically treating a patient by the use of anti-bradycardia pacing using a totally subcutaneous, non-transvenous system. Some examples include the application of pacing pulses to a patient at a pacing rate that is above a predetermined level. One example of a totally subcutaneous, non-transvenous system includes a capacitor subsystem for storing the anti-bradycardia pacing energy for delivery to the patient's heart; and a battery subsystem electrically coupled to the capacitor subsystem for providing the anti-bradycardia pacing energy to the capacitor subsystem.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 27, 2006
Date of Patent:
July 6, 2010
Assignee:
Cameron Health, Inc.
Inventors:
Gust H. Bardy, Riccardo Cappato, William J. Rissmann