Patent ID: 9623256
Date: 2017-04-18
CPC Classifications: A61N,H05K,Y10T

Claim:
1. A method for constructing and testing a circuit board for an implantable medical device, comprising: coupling electronic components to a circuit board, wherein the circuit board comprises an implantable medical device portion and an extender portion, wherein the extender portion comprises a plurality of traces and a connector with a plurality of contacts, wherein each trace is coupled to a node in the implantable medical device portion and to a contact of the connector; testing the electronic components via the connector; and singulating the implantable medical device portion from the extender portion thereby forming a severed edge comprising the traces as severed, wherein the severed edge of the implantable medical device portion comprises at least one first portion comprising at least some of the severed traces, and at least one second portion not comprising the severed traces, wherein the at least one first portion is recessed with respect to the at least one second portion along the severed edge.