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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2013
Filed:
May. 11, 2011
Applicants:
Martin Zimmerling, Patsch, AT;
Gerhard Mark, Axams, AT;
Dominik Hammerer, Innsbruck, AT;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Med-El Elektromedizinische Geraete GmbH, Innsbruck, AT;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/372 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An implantable device includes an implantable housing having an outer surface and providing a hermetically sealed interior volume. A flexible electric lead is mechanically connected to the housing and electrically connected to circuitry within the interior volume. An impact protector overlies at least a portion of the outer surface of the housing and shields the underlying housing surface from the force of a mechanical impact. At least a portion of the impact protector may include an electrode electrically connected to the circuitry within the interior volume.