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US 12,381,228 · App. 17/116,305 · Granted Aug 5, 2025

Battery assembly for medical device

Inventor: Joseph J. Viavattine (Vadnais Heights, MN)
Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
H01M4/66H01M50/209H01M2220/30
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Patent No.
US 12,381,228
App. No.
17/116,305
Granted
Aug 5, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

In some example, a battery assembly for an implantable medical device includes a first anode plate comprising a first anode current collector and a first active material on the first anode current collector; a second anode plate comprising a second anode current collector and a second active material on the second anode current collector; and a cathode plate between the first anode plate and the second anode plate, wherein the cathode plate comprises a cathode current collector, the cathode current collector having an exposed portion, wherein the first active material is recessed relative to the exposed portion of the cathode plate such that a first nearest perimeter of the first active material is further from the exposed portion of the cathode current collector compared to a second nearest perimeter of the second active material.

Claims (16)

1. An assembly comprising:

an anode plate comprising an anode current collector and a first active material on the anode current collector, the anode current collector having a tab portion; and

a cathode plate adjacent the anode plate, the cathode plate comprising a cathode current collector and a second active material,

wherein at least one edge of the second active material defines a recessed portion, the recessed portion being recessed relative to the tab portion of the anode current collector.

2. The assembly of claim 1 , wherein the recessed portion of the second active material is recessed relative to an edge of the tab portion of the anode current collector.

3. The assembly of claim 1 , wherein the tab portion comprises an exposed portion of the anode current collector.

4. The assembly of claim 3 , wherein the exposed portion of the anode current collector is a base of the tab portion of the anode current collector.

5. The assembly of claim 1 , wherein the anode plate comprises a first anode plate, the anode current collector comprises a first anode current collector, and the tab portion comprises a first tab portion, the assembly further comprising a second anode plate comprising a second anode current collector and the first active material on the second anode current collector, the second anode current collector having a second tab portion, wherein the cathode plate is between the first anode plate and the second anode plate, and wherein the recessed portion of the second active material is recessed relative to the second tab portion of the second anode current collector.

6. The assembly of claim 5 , wherein the recessed portion of the second active material of the cathode plate comprises a recessed perimeter, and the recessed perimeter is equidistant from a first exposed portion of the first anode current collector and a second exposed portion of the second anode current collector.

7. The assembly of claim 1 , further comprising an implantable medical device comprising an outer housing and processing circuitry, wherein the anode plate and the cathode plate are within the outer housing, wherein the processing circuitry is configured to control delivery of electrical therapy from the implantable medical device to a patient using the power generated using the anode plate, and the cathode plate.

8. A battery assembly comprising:

an anode plate comprising an anode current collector including an anode tab portion, and a first active material on the anode current collector; and

a cathode plate comprising a cathode current collector including a cathode tab portion, and a second active material on the cathode current collector, wherein at least one of:

the first active material is recessed relative to an exposed portion of the cathode tab portion and relative to an edge of the anode current collector, or

the second active material is recessed relative to the anode tab portion and relative to an edge of the cathode current collector.

9. The battery assembly of claim 8 , wherein the first active material is recessed relative to an exposed portion of the cathode tab portion, and the second active material is recessed relative to the anode tab portion.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 9, 2020
From: VIAVATTINE, JOSEPH J.
To: MEDTRONIC, INC.
Reel/Frame 054594/0145 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62955725 · Dec 31, 2019
Related Publication 20210202952A1 · Jul 1, 2021
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