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US 12,599,304 · App. 18/349,544 · Granted Apr 14, 2026

Configurable hardware platform for physiological monitoring of a living body

Inventors: Jason Felix (Vashon Island, WA); Joshua Djon Green (Seattle, WA); Corey B. Williamson (Bellingham, WA); Gust H. Bardy (Carnation, WA)
Assignee: Bardy Diagnostics, Inc.
A61B5/0006A61B5/0022A61B5/0031A61B5/02055A61B5/073A61B5/287G16H40/67G16H50/20G16H80/00H04L12/2825H04Q9/02A61B5/021A61B5/0816A61B5/087A61B5/14532A61B5/14552A61B2560/0219A61B2562/0219H04Q2209/886
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Patent No.
US 12,599,304
App. No.
18/349,544
Granted
Apr 14, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

An implantable medical device is disclosed. A housing includes a hollow body forming a first electrode on an outer surface with end caps affixed to opposite ends, one end cap forming a second electrode. A microcontroller circuit is provided and includes a microcontroller operable under program instructions stored within a non-volatile memory device. An analog front end is interfaced to the electrodes to sense electrocardiographic signals. A transceiver circuit is operable to wirelessly communicate with an external data device. The program instructions define instructions to continuously sample the electrocardiographic signals into the non-volatile memory device and to offload the non-volatile memory device to the external data device. A receiving coil and a charging circuit are operable to charge an onboard power source for the microcontroller circuit.

Claims (30)

1 . An implantable medical device (IMD), comprising:

a housing comprising a hollow body forming a first sensing electrode on an outer surface and a first end cap and a second end cap affixed to opposite ends of the hollow body, wherein the first end cap comprises an electrically conductive semi sphere that serves as a second sensing electrode, the first sensing electrode comprising an electrically conductive surface that is an integral part of a portion of the outer surface of the hollow body and that is separated from the first end cap by an electrically insulated further portion of the outer surface of the hollow body; and

an analog front end within the housing and electrically interfaced to the first and the second sensing electrodes and operable to sense electrocardiographic signals via the first and the second sensing electrodes;

a transceiver circuit within the housing and operable to wirelessly communicate with an external device;

a memory within the housing; and

a microcontroller within the housing and operable under program instructions to continuously sample at least some of the electrocardiographic signals, to store the samples into the memory, and to offload the memory to the external device via the transceiver circuit.

2 . The IMD in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the second end cap comprises an electrically insulated semi sphere formed from a medical implantation-safe grade material comprising at least one of an acrylic, glass, ruby crystal, or ceramic.

3 . The IMD in accordance with claim 1 , further comprising a high frequency antenna interfaced to the transceiver circuit within the second end cap.

4 . The IMD in accordance with claim 3 , further comprising:

a filler material within the second end cap and holding the high frequency antenna in place.

5 . The IMD in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the electrocardiographic signals are providing to the microcontroller as an analog signal.

6 . The IMD in accordance with claim 1 , further comprising a set of concave dimples formed along an inside shelf surface of the one end cap.

7 . The IMD in accordance with claim 6 , the first end cap further comprising:

an insulator ring bonded to the electrically conductive semi sphere; and

a metallic weld ring bonded to the insulator ring and to the hollow body.

8 . The IMD in accordance with claim 7 , the metallic weld ring comprising a chamfered edge bonded to the hollow body.

9 . The IMD in accordance with claim 7 , wherein the concave dimples facilitate bonding of the electrically semi sphere to the insulator ring.

10 . The IMD in accordance with claim 7 , wherein the first end cap is filled with a filler comprising one or more of an epoxy and silicon.

11 . The IMD in accordance with claim 10 , wherein the insulator ring comprises one or more of a ruby, glass, and ceramic and at least some of the filler is bonded to the insulator ring.

12 . The IMD in accordance with claim 7 , wherein the electrically conductive semi sphere, the insulator ring, and the metallic weld ring are bonded together using one of pressure fitting, brazing, laser welding, and electron beam welding.

13 . The IMD in accordance with claim 1 , further comprising:

a cavity formed inside the first end cap;

a circumferential groove longitudinally defined within the cavity, wherein a circuit board mounts within the groove.

14 . The IMD in accordance with claim 13 , further comprising:

the circuit board comprising edges plated with a set of electrically conductive coatings.

15 . The IMD in accordance with claim 14 , wherein the electrically conductive coatings comprise a copper coating applied on the edges, a nickel coating applied on top of the copper coating, a palladium coating applied on top of nickel coating, and a gold coating applied on top of the palladium coating.

16 . The IMD in accordance with claim 14 , wherein the circuit board comprises copper traces and the electrically conductive semi sphere comprises titanium and the electrically conductive coatings inhibit a galvanic reaction between the copper traces and the titanium.

17 . The IMD in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the electrically insulated further portion of the outer surface is formed due a polymer-based coating applied to the further portion of the outer surface.

18 . The IMD in accordance with claim 17 , wherein the polymer-based coating is at least one of a Parylene C coating and a silicone polymer-based coating.

19 . The IMD in accordance with claim 18 , wherein the silicone polymer-based coating is applied over the Parylene C coating on the further portion of the outer surface.

Continuity (9)
Continuation 16929390 · Jul 15, 2020
Continuation In Part 16926381 · Jul 10, 2020
Continuation In Part 16919626 · Jul 2, 2020
Provisional Application 62962773 · Jan 17, 2020
Provisional Application 62874086 · Jul 15, 2019
Provisional Application 62873740 · Jul 12, 2019
Provisional Application 62873754 · Jul 12, 2019
Provisional Application 62870506 · Jul 3, 2019
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