Apparatus and method for attaching a header to a housing of an implantable device

US8585445B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Mark G. Deehr · Woodinville, US
• Michael J. Kloosterboer · Minneapolis, US
• Blair Erbstoeszer · Kirkland, US
• David A. Chizek · Brooklyn Park, US
• Mee S. Burckhardt · Redmond, US
• Noel Doherty · Kilkenny, IE
• John M. Edgell · Plymouth, US
• Lawrence D. Swanson · Lino Lakes, US
• John E. Hansen · Ham Lake, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 11, 2011
• Grant date: Nov 19, 2013
• Expiry date: Aug 11, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T29/49204
• WIPO field: Mechanical elements
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

An apparatus includes an implantable housing, a header including a cavity, a post extending from a surface of the housing into the cavity, the post including an expanded head portion, and a retaining member mounted within the header and engaged with the post with a bottom surface of the retaining member abutting an internal surface of the header.