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Antenna for an implantable medical device

  • US 6,708,065 B2
  • Filed: 03/02/2001
  • Issued: 03/16/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/02/2001
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A cardiac rhythm management device, comprising:

  • a housing for containing electronic circuitry;

    rhythm control circuitry within the housing electrically connected to one or more electrodes adapted for disposition within or near the heart by one or more therapy leads;

    a helically coiled antenna embedded within a header of the device coiled around a bore into which an end of a therapy lead is inserted; and

    , circuitry within the housing connected to the antenna for transmitting and receiving a modulated radio-frequency carrier at a specified carrier frequency.

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