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Method and apparatus for a small power source for an implantable device

US8311627B2 · kind B2 · utility

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11References

20Claims

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Assignee

Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc. · US

Inventors

Michael J. Root · Verona, US
Nick A. Youker · River Falls, US
Keith R. Maile · New Brighton, US

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 13, 2010
Grant date	Nov 13, 2012
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 13, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T29/4911
WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

One example includes a battery that includes a stack of at least one substantially planar anode and at least one substantially planar cathode, wherein the stack defines a contoured exterior, and a battery housing enclosing the stack, the battery housing defining a battery housing exterior, wherein the contoured exterior of the stack is shaped to conform to a contoured interior of the battery housing that approximately conforms to the battery housing exterior, the battery produced by the process of modeling, using fluid dynamics, an exterior of a biocompatible housing and shaping the battery housing to conform to at least some of the exterior of the biocompatible housing.

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