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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 12, 2016
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Kyocera Corporation, Kyoto, JP;
Kengo Morioka, San Diego, CA (US);
Keiichi Fujii, San Jose, CA (US);
Arne Knudsen, San Diego, CA (US);
Shingo Satou, Kirishima, JP;
Hidekazu Otomaru, Kiyomizu, JP;
Hiroshi Makino, Kirishima, JP;
Andrew Thom, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Markus Reiterer, Plymouth, MN (US);
Gordon Munns, Stacy, MN (US);
Thomas Miltich, Otsego, MN (US);
Joyce Yamamoto, Maple Grove, MN (US);
MEDTRONIC, INC., Minneapolis, MN (US);
KYOCERA CORPORATION, Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
A hermetic feedthrough for an implantable medical device includes a sheet having a hole defined therethrough, wherein the sheet comprises a first material that is an electrically insulative ceramic comprising alumina. The feedthrough further includes a second material substantially filling the hole so as to form a conduit, the second material having platinum and an additive that includes alumina. The second material does not include SiO, MgO, or CaO. The first and second materials have a co-fired bond therebetween, the co-fired bond hermetically sealing the hole.