US Patent Issued to Medtronic on Sept. 8 for "Feedthrough insulator cap for medical device battery" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,272, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Medtronic Inc. (Minneapolis).

"Feedthrough insulator cap for medical device battery" was invented by Jeffrey J. Louwagie (Minnetonka, Minn.), Richard W. Swenson (Edina, Minn.), Joel Hoepner (Plymouth, Minn.) and David J. DeSmet (Maple Grove, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery configured to support a relatively high rate of energy discharge relative to its capacity for energy intensive therapy delivery. The battery includes a feedthrough insulator cap disposed within the interior of the battery on at least a portion of a ferrule, at least a portion of an insulator, and at least a por...