Interconnection of conductor to feedthrough
US9724524B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 2, 2011 |
| Grant date | Aug 8, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 24, 2032 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T29/49149
- WIPO fieldMachine tools
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A method of interconnecting a conductor and a hermetic feedthrough of an implantable medical device includes welding a lead to a pad on a feedthrough. The feedthrough includes a ceramic insulator and a via hermetically bonded to the insulator. The via includes platinum. The pad is bonded to the insulator and electrically connected to the via, includes platinum, and has a thickness of at least 50 μm. The lead includes at least one of niobium, platinum, titanium, tantalum, palladium, gold, nickel, tungsten, and oxides and alloys thereof.
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