Heraeus Deutschland Gmbh & Co Kg

Heraeus Precious Metals Gmbh & Co. Kg

Glynn, Jeremy

Calander, Leroy

Richter, Dan

Jeremy Glynn

Steven Harein

Andreas Reisinger

Dan Richter

LeRoy Calander

Heiko Specht

Goran Pavlovic

Jami A Hafiz

One aspect provides a housing for an implantable medical device, the housing including a metal substrate having an external surface, and a polymer coating disposed on the external surface of the metal housing, the polymer coating comprising at least one layer of polymer material.

Implantable medical device housing having polymer coating

One aspect is a housing for an implantable medical device, including first housing portion of metal, an intermediate portion of metal and having first and second sides opposite one another and having integrated features, and a second housing portion of metal. The first housing portion is sealed to the first side of the intermediate portion and the second housing portion is sealed to the second side of the intermediate portion thereby forming an housing internal space within first and second housing portions and containing the intermediate portion and its features, such that the features are hermetically sealed within the housing relative to an external space that is outside the housing.

Implantable medical device housing having integrated features

One aspect is a method of fabricating a housing for an implantable medical device, including forming a first housing portion of metal using an additive manufacturing process such that features are integrated into the first portion. A second housing portion of metal is also formed. The first and second housing portions are joining thereby sealing an internal space of the housing within first and second portions and fully containing the features such that they are hermetically sealed relative to an external space outside the housing.

Method of fabricating a housing for an implantable medical device having integrated features

On aspect is a housing for an implantable medical device, including a first portion of metal and having integrated features and a second portion also of metal. The first and second portions are sealed together thereby forming the housing with an internal space that is within first and second portions and that fully contains the features such that they are hermetically sealed relative to an external space outside the housing.

A lead connector for an implantable medical device includes a cylindrical connector body having a proximal end and a distal end. A distal frame forms the distal end and a remainder of the connecter body is a mold material. A plurality of shafts extending through the distal frame from a rear face to a front face, the rear face abutting the mold material forming the remainder of the connector body. A plurality of ring contacts are in the connector body. A plurality of wires are coupled to a ring contact and extend through the mold material and through a corresponding one of the shafts. The mold material forming the remainder of the connector body extends partially into each shaft and about the corresponding conductive wire to form a plug.

Lead connector with distal frame

An electrical bushing for use in a housing of an implantable medical device is proposed. The electrical bushing includes at least one electrically insulating base body and at least one electrical conducting element. The conducting element establishes, through the base body, at least one electrically conductive connection between an internal space of the housing and an external space. The conducting element is hermetically sealed with respect to the base body, at least in part. The at least one conducting element includes at least one cermet. The cermet of the conducting element and the base body include one or more of the same ceramic compound.

Ceramic bushing for an implantable medical device

One aspect relates method of forming an electrical bushing for an implantable medical device, including generating at least one base body green compact for at least one base body from an insulating composition of materials. At least one cermet-containing conducting element green compact is formed for at least one conducting element. At least one conducting element green compact is introduced into the base body green compact. The insulation element green compact is connected to the at least one base body green compact in order to obtain at least one base body having at least one conducting element. A connecting layer is applied onto the at least one conducting element.

Method of forming a cermet-containing bushing for an implantable medical device having a connecting layer

A method of manufacturing a lead connector for an implantable medical device including connecting proximal ends of a plurality of conductive wires to an inner surface of a corresponding ring contact, placing a distal frame over distal ends of each of conducive wire of the plurality of conductive wires, the distal ends passing through corresponding shafts in the distal frame from a rear face of the distal frame and extending beyond a front face of the distal frame, arranging the distal frame along with the conductive wires and corresponding ring contacts within a mold cavity, filling the mold cavity with a mold material, the mold material abutting the rear face of the distal frame, and removing a resulting lead connector from the mold cavity.

Lead connector with distal frame and method of manufacture

An electrical bushing for use in a housing of an implantable medical device is proposed. The electrical bushing includes at least one electrically insulating base body and at least one electrical conducting element. The conducting element establishes, through the base body, at least one electrically conductive connection between an internal space of the housing and an external space. The conducting element is hermetically sealed with respect to the base body, at least in part. The at least one conducting element includes at least one cermet. The electrical bushing includes at least one head part. The head part includes at least one plug connector element that enables electrical connection of at least one plug element from the external space to the plug connector element.

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Jeremy Glynn