Patent ID: 7251123
Filing Date: 2007-07-31
Classification: A61N,H01G

Abstract:
1. An implantable cardiac rhythm management system comprising: one or more leads for coupling to a patient; a monitoring circuit for monitoring the patient; and a therapy circuit, responsive to the monitoring circuit, for providing a therapeutic agent, wherein the therapy circuit includes at least one aluminum electrolytic capacitor comprising: a cylindrical active element that includes a capacitive assembly having one or more separators and one or more foil members, with one or more of the separators having a width and one or more of the foil members having a width that is at most 3.5 millimeters less than the width of one or more of the separators, the cylindrical active element having a top and a bottom portion; a cylindrical case at least partly encasing the active element and having a bottom interior surface adjacent the bottom portion of the active element and an opening adjacent the top portion of the active element;