An implantable pulse generator including a header, a can, and a filtered feedthrough assembly. The header including lead connector blocks. The can coupled to the header and including a wall and an electronic substrate housed within the wall. The filtered feedthrough assembly including a flange mounted to the can and having a feedthrough port, a plurality of feedthrough wires extending through the feedthrough port, and an insulator brazed to the feedthrough port of the flange. The filtered feedthrough assembly further including a capacitor having the plurality of feedthrough wires extending there through, an insulating washer positioned between and abutting the insulator and the capacitor at least in the area of the braze joint such that the capacitor and the braze joint are non-conductive, and an electrically conductive material adhered to the capacitor and the flange for grounding of the capacitor.

A flexible resonant trap circuit is provided that includes a transmission line arranged to include a helical winding that has a first helical winding segment and a second helical winding segment; and a capacitor coupled between the first and second helical winding segments.

An implantable pulse generator including a header, a can, and a filtered feedthrough assembly. The header including lead connector blocks. The can coupled to the header and including a wall and an electronic substrate housed within the wall. The filtered feedthrough assembly including a flange mounted to the can and having a feedthrough port, a plurality of feedthrough wires extending through the feedthrough port, and an insulator brazed to the feedthrough port of the flange. The filtered feedthrough assembly further including a capacitor having the plurality of feedthrough wires extending there through, an insulating washer positioned between and abutting the insulator and the capacitor at least in the area of the braze joint such that the capacitor and the braze joint are non-conductive, and an electrically conductive material adhered to the capacitor and the flange for grounding of the capacitor.

An EMI/energy dissipating filter for an active implantable medical device (AIMD) comprises a first gold braze sealing an insulator to the ferrule of a glass-to-metal seal (GTMS) and a lead wire that is sealed in a passageway through the insulator by a second gold braze. A circuit board is disposed adjacent to the insulator. A two-terminal chip capacitor disposed adjacent to the circuit board has an active end metallization connected to its active electrode plates and a ground end metallization connected to its ground electrode plates. A ground electrical path extends from the ground end metallization of the chip capacitor, through a circuit board ground plate disposed on or within the circuit board, and to the ferrule. An active electrical path extends from the active end metallization of the chip capacitor to the lead wire of the GTMS.

A feedthrough terminal assembly for active implantable medical devices includes an electrically conductive pad for a convenient attachment of wires from either the circuitry inside the implantable medical device or wires external to the device. The electrically conductive pad enables direct thermal or ultrasonic bonding of a circuit board or lead wire to the terminal pin.

An EMI/energy dissipating filter for an active implantable medical device (AIMD) is described. The filter comprises a first gold braze hermetically sealing the insulator to a ferrule that is configured to be mounted in an opening in a housing for the AIMD. A lead wire is hermetically sealed in a passageway through the insulator by a second gold braze. A circuit board substrate is disposed adjacent the insulator. A two-terminal chip capacitor disposed adjacent to the circuit board has an active end metallization that is electrically connected to the active electrode plates and a ground end metallization that is electrically connected to the at least one ground electrode plates of the chip capacitor. There is a ground path electrically extending between the ground end metallization of the chip capacitor and the ferrule. The ground path comprises at least a first electrical connection material connected directly to the first gold braze, and at least an internal ground plate disposed within the circuit board substrate with the internal ground plate being electrically connected to both the first electrical connection material and the ground end metallization of the chip capacitor. An active path electrically extends between the active end metallization of the chip capacitor and the lead wire.

The present invention is directed to an EMI feedthrough filter terminal assembly. The EMI feedthrough filter terminal assembly comprises: a feedthrough filter capacitor having a plurality of first electrode layers and a plurality of second electrode layers, a first passageway therethrough having a first termination surface conductively coupling the plurality of first electrode layers, a second termination surface conductively coupling the plurality of second electrode layers; a feedthrough ferrule conductively coupled to the feedthrough filter capacitor via the second termination surface; at least one conductive terminal pin extending through the passageway in conductive relation with the plurality of first electrode layers; an insulator fixed to the feedthrough ferrule for conductively isolating the conductive terminal pin from the feedthrough ferrule; and a laminated insulative layer between the insulator and the feedthrough filter capacitor.

An implantable pulse generator including a header, a can, and a filtered feedthrough assembly. The header including lead connector blocks. The can coupled to the header and including a wall and an electronic substrate housed within the wall. The filtered feedthrough assembly including a flange mounted to the can and having a feedthrough port, a plurality of feedthrough wires extending through the feedthrough port, and an insulator brazed to the feedthrough port of the flange. The filtered feedthrough assembly further including a capacitor having the plurality of feedthrough wires extending there through, an insulating washer positioned between and abutting the insulator and the capacitor at least in the area of the braze joint such that the capacitor and the braze joint are non-conductive, and an electrically conductive material adhered to the capacitor and the flange for grounding of the capacitor.

An inductive-capacitive filter includes a first insulating-conductive strip wound around a winding axis, where the first insulating-conductive strip includes a first conductive strip joined with a first insulating strip. An inductive-capacitive filter assembly includes a first and a second insulating-conductive strip concentrically wound around a winding axis, the first insulating-conductive strip including a first conductive strip joined with a first insulating strip, and the second insulating-conductive strip including a second conductive strip joined with a second insulating strip.

Discrete cofired feedthrough filters are provided for medical implanted device applications. A plurality of discrete vertical feedthrough filter elements are respectively associated with a plurality of signal wires or pins otherwise supported by an insulating feedthrough and a ferrule. The resulting discrete device comprises a single-element device which is cheaper to make, and which reduces cross-talk between adjacent signal wires/pins while otherwise accommodating changes in feedthrough pitch without having to redesign the filter.