Patent ID: 7194309

Claim:
A method for packaging a subcutaneous implantable cardioverter/defibrillator comprising the steps of: providing a housing having an inner surface and an outer surface, and a first subcutaneous electrode disposed on the outer surface; placing a frame on the inner surface of the housing; using the frame to hold a power source, a power storage circuit and an electronic package on a substrate within the housing; mounting an electronic component of the electronic package in a cavity of the substrate; applying at least one extra layer of substrate on top of the cavity once the electronic components in the cavity are mounted; interconnecting the power source, the power storage circuit and the electronic package to the frame; fitting a header along a portion of the outer surface of the housing, the header having a connector block embedded therein; connecting the electronic package to a feedthrough, which is in turn connected to the connector block; providing a septum covered hole in the header adapted to receive a lead, the lead coupled to a second subcutaneous electrode; and tightening the lead into the septum covered hole by using a tool; wherein a cardioversion-defibrillation energy is delivered between the first and the second subcutaneous electrodes without a transvenous, intracardiac, or epicardial electrode.