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Implantable medical device

  • US 20080039898A1
  • Filed: 05/28/2004
  • Published: 02/14/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/28/2004
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. An implantable medical device comprising:

  • an electrically conductive housing;

    electric circuitry that operates said implantable medical device and radio frequency circuitry for transmitting and/or receiving radio frequency signals, said electric circuitry and said radio frequency circuitry being interconnected and arranged within said electrically conductive housing;

    an electrically insulating header portion adjacent said electrically conductive housing;

    an electrically conductive structure on a surface of, and/or within, said electrically insulating header portion;

    an antenna feed operatively interconnected between said radio frequency circuitry and said electrically conductive structure;

    said electrically conductive structure being galvanically connected to said electrically conductive housing; and

    said electrically conductive structure and said electrically conductive housing operating in combination as a transmitting and/or receiving antenna for said radio frequency signals.

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