Patent ID: 9265962
Filing Date: 2016-02-23
CPC Classification: A61B,A61N,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A method for providing a leadless implantable medical device (LIMD) configured to be implanted within a local chamber of the heart, said method comprising: forming a housing from a battery and an end cap, the battery having a battery case with a distal end and a terminal end, the end cap having a mating end and a proximal end, the proximal end of the end cap forming an LIMD proximal end and the distal end of the battery case forming an LIMD distal end; mechanically securing the terminal end of the battery case to the mating end of the end cap with a non-conductive coupler, while maintaining the battery case and end cap electrically separated from one another; joining a first electrode to the proximal end of the end cap, the first electrode oriented to project from the LIMD proximal end and configured to engage tissue at a first activation site; and attaching a second electrode that is electrically connected to the battery case, in a manner that the battery case forms part of a circuit that connects the second electrode to tissue at a second activation site.