Implantable device having an integrated ceramic bushing

US9040819B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• HERAEUS PRECIOUS METALS GMBH & CO. KG · DE

Inventors

• Mark Kempf · Eagan, US
• Goran Pavlovic · Schaafheim, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 30, 2012
• Grant date: May 26, 2015
• Expiry date: Jul 19, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04R2225/67
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

One aspect relates to a housing for an active implantable medical device, whereby the housing, at least parts thereof, includes an electrically insulating ceramic material, and has at least one electrically conductive conducting element, whereby the at least one conducting element is set up to establish at least one electrically conductive connection between an internal space of the housing and an external space.One aspect provides the at least one conducting element to include at least one cermet, whereby the housing and the at least one conducting element are connected in a firmly bonded manner.