A feedthrough terminal assembly for an active implantable medical device
(AIMD) includes a plurality of leadwires extending from electronic
circuitry of the AIMD, and a lossy ferrite inductor through which the
leadwires extend in non-conductive relation for increasing the impedance
of the leadwires at selected RF frequencies and reducing magnetic flux
core saturation of the lossy ferrite inductor through phase cancellation
of signals carried by the leadwires. A process is also provided for
filtering electromagnetic interference (EMI) in an implanted leadwire
extending from an AIMD into body fluids or tissue, wherein the leadwire
is subjected to occasional high-power electromagnetic fields such as
those produced by medical diagnostic equipment including magnetic
resonance imaging.