| US 7,570,996 B2 | ||
| Complex-shaped ceramic capacitors for implantable cardioverter defibrillators and method of manufacture | ||
| Ann M. Crespi, Mobile, Ala. (US); John D. Norton, New Brighton, Minn. (US); and Frank A. Duva, Carlsbad, Calif. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, Minn. (US) | ||
| Filed on Feb. 07, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/348,681. | ||
| Application 11/348681 is a division of application No. 10/426680, filed on Apr. 30, 2003, abandoned. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0126265 A1, Jun. 15, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. A61N 1/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 607—9 | 15 Claims |
| 1. An implantable cardioverter defibrillator having at least one capacitor manufactured by a process including the following
method steps:
a. providing at least one print pattern for a capacitor to a first layer of cast tape formed by a casting and screen printing
process;
b. applying a first layer of electrode material onto portions of the print pattern;
c. reversing the print pattern having said electrode material by 180°;
d. applying a second layer of cast tape having a print pattern over the first layer of electrode material; and
e. creating a stack by applying alternating layers of cast tape and electrode material by repeating steps b., c., and d.,
above so that the rotation and applying steps creates adjacent terminals on the same side of the capacitor.
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