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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2012
Heiko Specht, Hanau, DE;
Heiko Specht, Hanau, DE;
Heraeus Precious Metals GmbH & Co. KG, Hanau, DE;
Abstract
One aspect relates to an electrical bushing for use in a housing of an implantable medical device. The electrical bushing includes at least one electrically insulating base body and at least one electrical conducting element. The electrical bushing includes a holding element to hold the electrical bushing in or on the housing. The conducting element is set-up to establish, 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. The at least one conducting element includes at least one cermet. The holding element is made, to at least 80% by weight with respect to the holding element, from a material selected from the group consisting of a metal from any of the subgroups IV, V, VI, VIII, IX, and X of the periodic system.