Electrical bushing with cermet-containing connecting element for an active implantable medical device

US9126053B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• HERAEUS PRECIOUS METALS GMBH & CO. KG · DE

Inventors

• Mark Kempf · Eagan, US
• Andreas Reisinger · Malterdingen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 30, 2012
• Grant date: Sep 8, 2015
• Expiry date: Dec 20, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61N1/3754
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

One aspect relates to an electrical bushing for use in a housing of an active implantable medical device. The electrical bushing includes an electrically insulating base body and an electrical conducting element. The conducting element is set up to establish, through the base body, an electrically conducting connection between an internal space of the housing and an external space. The conducting element is hermetically sealed with respect to the base body, and the conducting element includes a cermet.