Abstract: Anchoring assemblies that increase the surface area and/or amount of anchored tissue include a barb anchor, translatably disposed within the opening of an anchor housing, the barb anchor comprising a barb arm, the barb arm including a linear configuration wherein the barb arm is aligned with an axis of the opening and a deflected configuration wherein at least a portion the barb arm is deflected away from a central axis of the opening of the anchor housing.

Abstract: Anchoring assemblies that increase the surface area and/or amount of anchored tissue include a barb anchor, translatably disposed within the opening of an anchor housing, the barb anchor comprising a barb arm, the barb arm including a linear configuration wherein the barb arm is aligned with an axis of the opening and a deflected configuration wherein at least a portion the barb arm is deflected away from a central axis of the opening of the anchor housing.

Abstract: Anchoring assemblies that increase the surface area and/or amount of anchored tissue include a barb anchor, translatably disposed within the opening of an anchor housing, the barb anchor comprising a barb arm, the barb arm including a linear configuration wherein the barb arm is aligned with an axis of the opening and a deflected configuration wherein at least a portion the barb arm is deflected away from a central axis of the opening of the anchor housing.

Abstract: Devices and circuits for reducing sizes of medical devices are disclosed. In one example, an implantable medical device (IMD) may include a housing, multiple electrodes outside of the housing, an energy storage device within the housing, and a circuit within the housing and connected to the energy storage device and the two or more electrodes. In some cases, the circuit may include two or more island sections, with each island section connected to at least one other island section by a ribbon section. Each island section may have two opposing major surfaces. A first island section and a second island section may be stacked within the housing such that one of the two major surfaces of the first island section faces one of the two opposing major surfaces of the second island section.

Abstract: Devices and circuits for reducing sizes of medical devices are disclosed. In one example, an implantable medical device (IMD) may include a housing, multiple electrodes outside of the housing, an energy storage device within the housing, and a circuit within the housing and connected to the energy storage device and the two or more electrodes. In some cases, the circuit may include two or more island sections, with each island section connected to at least one other island section by a ribbon section. Each island section may have two opposing major surfaces. A first island section and a second island section may be stacked within the housing such that one of the two major surfaces of the first island section faces one of the two opposing major surfaces of the second island section.

Abstract: The present invention relates generally to the materials and methods for improving the wettability of an implantable medical device. More specifically, the invention relates to devices and methods for coating at least a portion of a medical device to improve wettability and reduce electrical impedance. Given the challenges of maintaining consistent and predictable electrical characteristics as implantable medical devices become smaller in size, there remains a continual need to improve wettability in an effort to improve medical outcomes.

Abstract: An improved test socket for use in testing integrated circuits. The test socket includes a housing having one or more slots formed therein. Contacts can be received within respective slots and maintained therein with rear ends of the contacts in engagement with traces on a load board. Mounting is accomplished by means of a pair of elastomers, and the elastomers maintain each contact such that, when the front end of a contact is engaged by the lead or pad of the device to be tested and urged into its corresponding slot, an arcuate surface at a rear end of each contact rolls across its corresponding trace with virtually no translational or rotational sliding.

Abstract: A contact for use in a test set which can be mounted to a load board of a tester apparatus. The contact, which serves to electrically connect at least one lead of a device being tested with a corresponding metallic trace on the load board, has a first end defining multiple contact points. As the contact is rotated about an axis generally perpendicular to a plane defined by the contact, successive contact points are sequentially engaged by a lead of the device being tested.

Abstract: An improved test socket for use in testing integrated circuits. The test socket includes a housing having one or more slots formed therein. Contacts can be received within respective slots and maintained therein with rear ends of the contacts in engagement with traces on a load board. Mounting is accomplished by means of a pair of elastomers, and the elastomers maintain each contact such that, when the front end of a contact is engaged by the lead or pad of the device to be tested and urged into its corresponding slot, an arcuate surface at a rear end of each contact rolls across its corresponding trace with virtually no translational or rotational sliding.

Abstract: An improved test socket for use in testing integrated circuits. The test socket includes a housing having one or more slots formed therein. Contacts can be received within respective slots and maintained therein with rear ends of the contacts in engagement with traces on a load board. Mounting is accomplished by means of a pair of elastomers, and the elastomers maintain each contact such that, when the front end of a contact is engaged by the lead or pad of the device to be tested and urged into its corresponding slot, an arcuate surface at a rear end of each contact rolls across its corresponding trace with virtually no translational or rotational sliding.

Abstract: A contact test set for use in testing integrated circuits. The set includes a housing having oppositely-facing surfaces and one or more slots extending through the housing between the surfaces. A first surface, during use of the test set, is approached by an integrated circuit to be tested, and a second surface is proximate the load board at a test site. A contact is received in a slot, each contact having a first end engagable by a lead of the integrated circuit device. A second end of each contact is in engagement with a corresponding terminal. Each contact is movable between a first orientation, unengaged by a corresponding lead of an IC and a second orientation in which the IC is engaged by the corresponding lead of an IC and urged into its slot. An elastomer biases the contact to its first orientation. The contact, when moved between its first and second orientations, does not slide across a terminal of the load board.

Abstract: A contact test set for use in testing integrated circuits. The set includes a housing having oppositely-facing surfaces and one or more slots extending through the housing between the surfaces. A first surface, during use of the test set, is approached by an integrated circuit to be tested, and a second surface is proximate the load board at a test site. A contact is received in a slot, each contact having a first end engagable by a lead of the integrated circuit device. A second end of each contact is in engagement with a corresponding terminal. Each contact is movable between a first orientation, unengaged by a corresponding lead of an IC and a second orientation in which the IC is engaged by the corresponding lead of an IC and urged into its slot. An elastomer biases the contact to its first orientation. The contact, when moved between its first and second orientations, does not slide across a terminal of the load board.

Abstract: A grounding assembly for testing which can be readily changed is provided by an insert which is retained within an opening in a test socket. Flexible projections from the socket fit within grooves in the insert to provide the retention means. The insert is positioned within an opening in the socket adjacent to an opening containing a device under test (DUT). The insert is also between the DUT and a test board, and has contacts arranged such they connect ground contacts on the DUT to opposing contacts on the test board. The insert can provide different numbers, arrangements, and types of contacts as well as different materials for both the contact and contact body by merely changing the insert.

Abstract: A contact test set for use in testing integrated circuits. The set includes a housing having oppositely-facing surfaces and one or more slots extending through the housing between the surfaces. A first surface, during use of the test set, is approached by an integrated circuit to be tested, and a second surface is proximate the load board at a test site. A contact is received in a slot, each contact having a first end engagable by a lead of the integrated circuit device. A second end of each contact is in engagement with a corresponding terminal. Each contact is movable between a first orientation, unengaged by a corresponding lead of an IC and a second orientation in which the IC is engaged by the corresponding lead of an IC and urged into its slot. An elastomer biases the contact to its first orientation. The contact, when moved between its first and second orientations, does not slide across a terminal of the load board.

Abstract: A grounding assembly for testing which can be readily changed is provided by an insert which is retained within an opening in a test socket. Flexible projections from the socket fit within grooves in the insert to provide the retention means. The insert is positioned within an opening in the socket adjacent to an opening containing a device under test (DUT). The insert is also between the DUT and a test board, and has contacts arranged such they connect ground contacts on the DUT to opposing contacts on the test board. The insert can provide different numbers, arrangements, and types of contacts as well as different materials for both the contact and contact body by merely changing the insert.