Inductor capacitor EMI filter for human implant applications
First Claim
1. A feedthrough terminal assembly for an active implantable medical device, comprising:
- a conductive ferrule conductively coupled to a housing of the active implantable medical device;
a feedthrough capacitor having first and second sets of electrode plates, the second set of electrode plates being conductively coupled to the ferrule;
an inductor closely associated with the capacitor in non-conductive relation; and
a conductive terminal pin extending through the capacitor and the inductor, the terminal pin extending through the inductor in non-conductive relation and conductively coupled to the first set of electrode plates.
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Abstract
A feedthrough terminal assembly for an active implantable medical device includes a conductive ferrule conductively coupled to a housing of the medical device, a feedthrough capacitor conductively coupled to the ferrule, an inductor closely associated with the capacitor in non-conductive relation, and a conductive terminal pin extending through the capacitor and the inductor. The terminal pin extends through the inductor in non-conductive relation and is conductively coupled to active electrode plates of the capacitor. In one preferred form, the terminal pin is wound about the inductor. Additionally, the inductor may be maintained in close association with the capacitor without forming a direct physical attachment therebetween.
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231 Claims
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1. A feedthrough terminal assembly for an active implantable medical device, comprising:
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a conductive ferrule conductively coupled to a housing of the active implantable medical device;
a feedthrough capacitor having first and second sets of electrode plates, the second set of electrode plates being conductively coupled to the ferrule;
an inductor closely associated with the capacitor in non-conductive relation; and
a conductive terminal pin extending through the capacitor and the inductor, the terminal pin extending through the inductor in non-conductive relation and conductively coupled to the first set of electrode plates. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59)
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60. A feedthrough terminal assembly for an active implantable medical device, comprising:
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a conductive ferrule conductively coupled to a housing of the active implantable medical device;
a feedthrough capacitor having first and second sets of electrode plates, the second set of electrode plates being conductively coupled to the ferrule;
a first inductor closely associated with the capacitor in non-conductive relation;
a second inductor closely associated with the capacitor in non-conductive relation, the second inductor being disposed opposite the first conductor relative to the capacitor; and
a conductive terminal pin extending through the capacitor and the inductors, the terminal pin extending through the inductors in non-conductive relation and conductively coupled to the first set of electrode plates. - View Dependent Claims (61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100)
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101. A feedthrough terminal assembly for an active implantable medical device, comprising:
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a conductive ferrule conductively coupled to a housing of the active implantable medical device;
a first feedthrough capacitor having first and second sets of electrode plates, the second set of electrode plates being conductively coupled to the ferrule;
a second feedthrough capacitor having first and second sets of electrode plates, the second set of electrode plates being conductively coupled to the ferrule;
an inductor disposed between and closely associated with the capacitors in non-conductive relation; and
a conductive terminal pin extending through the capacitors and the inductor, the terminal pin extending through the inductor in non-conductive relation and conductively coupled to the first sets of electrode plates of both capacitors. - View Dependent Claims (102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143)
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144. A feedhthrough terminal assembly for an active implantable medical device, comprising;
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a conductive ferrule conductively coupled to a housing of the active implantable medical device;
an externally grounded feedthrough capacitor having first and second sets of electrode plates, the second set of electrode plates being conductively coupled to the ferrule;
an internally grounded feedthrough capacitor having first and second sets of electrode plates, the second set of electrode plates of the internally grounded capacitor being conductively coupled to the second set of electrode plates of the first capacitor;
an inductor disposed between and closely associated with the capacitors in non-conductive relation; and
a conductive terminal pin extending through the capacitors and the inductor, the terminal pin extending through the inductor in non-conductive relation and conductively coupled to the first sets of electrode plates of both capacitors. - View Dependent Claims (145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 169, 170, 171, 172)
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173. A feedthrough terminal assembly, comprising:
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a conductive ferrule;
a feedthrough capacitor having first and second sets of electrode plates, the second set of electrode plates being conductively coupled to the ferrule;
an inductor closely associated with the capacitor in non-conductive relation; and
a conductive terminal pin extending through the capacitor and conductively coupled to the first set of electrode plates, and extending through the inductor in non-conductive relation thereto. - View Dependent Claims (174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 184, 185, 186, 187, 188, 189)
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190. A feedthrough terminal assembly for an active implantable medical device, comprising:
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a conductive ferrule conductively coupled to a housing of the active implantable medical device;
a feedthrough capacitor having first and second sets of electrode plates, the second set of electrode plates being conductively coupled to the ferrule;
an inductor associated with the capacitor in non-conductive relation;
means for maintaining the inductor in close association with the capacitor without forming a direct physical attachment therebetween; and
a conductive terminal pin extending through the capacitor and the inductor, the terminal pin extending through the inductor in non-conductive relation and conductively coupled to the first set of electrode plates. - View Dependent Claims (191, 192, 193, 194, 195, 196, 197, 198, 199, 200, 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 211, 212, 213, 214, 215, 216, 217, 218, 219, 220, 221, 222, 223, 224, 225, 226, 227, 228, 229, 230, 231)
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