Patent ID: 7670363
Filing Date: 2010-03-02
Classification: A61N,H05K

Abstract:
1. In combination with a medical device configured to be implanted in a patient's body and an external monitor/generator for functionally testing the medical device, the medical device including a housing containing electronic circuitry having output and input capability connected to first and second electrodes extending exteriorly from the housing, an apparatus for use with the medical device prior to it being implanted, said apparatus comprising: a dielectric substrate carrying spaced first and second connective surfaces, each of said connective surfaces being configured to electrically contact one of the electrodes of the medical device; at least one connection element comprising at least one O-ring for retaining the first and second electrodes of the medical device in physical and electrical contact with said first and second connective surfaces; a test/protection circuit carried by said substrate electrically connected between said first and second connective surfaces, wherein said test/protection circuit comprises a current loop suitable for inductively receiving a variable magnetic field generated by the external monitor/generator to thereby functionally test the input capability of the electronic circuitry of the medical device; wherein said apparatus is configured to be separated from the medical device before implantation.