Patent ID: 8160705

Claim:
A terminal assembly for an active implantable medical device (AIMD), comprising: a) a housing for the AIMD, the housing having an outboard body fluid side and an inboard side; b) a hermetic feedthrough terminal comprising a ferrule hermetically sealed to the housing and supporting an insulative material sealing between at least one conductive leadwire and an inner surface of the ferrule; c) at least one capacitor mounted to the feedthrough terminal and comprising spaced apart active and ground electrode plates encased in a dielectric material, wherein the at least one leadwire extends from the feedthrough terminal and is electrically connected to the active electrode plates of the capacitor with the ground electrode plates being electrically connected to the ferrule and the AIMD housing; d) an electrically conductive pin extending through the AIMD housing in non-conductive relation thereto, wherein the conductive pin extends from a proximal pin portion that is electrically connected to an electronic circuit board or substrate disposed within the housing remote from the feedthrough terminal to a distal portion that extends through the insulative material of the feedthrough terminal in non-conductive relation to the body fluid side and wherein the conductive pin is not electrically connected to either the active or ground electrode plates of the capacitor; and e) a conductive shield comprising a substantially continuous covering that is coaxially disposed around an outer perimeter of the conductive pin in non-conductive relationship therewith, but that conductively extends along the length of the conductive pin from a proximal shield end adjacent to the circuit board or substrate to a distal shield end electrically connected to the ground electrode plates, the ferrule and the AIMD housing.