Implantable medical housing
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Description
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a 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: D337820
Type: Grant
Filed: Sep 26, 1991
Date of Patent: Jul 27, 1993
Assignee: Medtronic, Inc. (Minneapolis, MN)
Inventors: William J. Hooper (Lake Elmo, MN), James M. Sikorski (Moundsview, MN), John E. Nicholson (Blaine, MN)
Primary Examiner: Stella Reid
Assistant Examiner: Ian Simmons
Attorneys: Harold R. Patton, Gregory P. Gadson
Application Number: 7/766,143
Type: Grant
Filed: Sep 26, 1991
Date of Patent: Jul 27, 1993
Assignee: Medtronic, Inc. (Minneapolis, MN)
Inventors: William J. Hooper (Lake Elmo, MN), James M. Sikorski (Moundsview, MN), John E. Nicholson (Blaine, MN)
Primary Examiner: Stella Reid
Assistant Examiner: Ian Simmons
Attorneys: Harold R. Patton, Gregory P. Gadson
Application Number: 7/766,143
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