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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2008
David Brown, Lynwood, WA (US);
Christopher Genau, Seattle, WA (US);
Kent W. Leyde, Sammamish, WA (US);
Shan Gaw, Seattle, WA (US);
Jeffrey Stewart, Tacoma, WA (US);
David Brown, Lynwood, WA (US);
Christopher Genau, Seattle, WA (US);
Kent W. Leyde, Sammamish, WA (US);
Shan Gaw, Seattle, WA (US);
Jeffrey Stewart, Tacoma, WA (US);
CYBERONICS, INC., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
An implantable medical device having a concave ceramic housing component; a concave metal housing component attached to the ceramic housing component to form a hermetically sealed enclosure; and an electronic trans-housing magnetic flux component disposed within the enclosure. Another aspect of the invention provides an implantable medical device having a ceramic housing component; a metal housing component; a circumferential sealing member attached to a periphery of the ceramic housing component and to a periphery of the metal housing component to form a hermetically sealed enclosure; and an electronic trans-housing magnetic flux component disposed within the enclosure. Still another aspect of the invention provides an implantable medical device with a first metal housing component; a second metal housing component, the second metal housing component forming an opening; a ceramic housing component disposed in the opening, the first metal housing component, the second metal housing component and the ceramic housing component cooperating to form a hermetically sealed enclosure; and an electronic trans-housing magnetic flux component disposed within the enclosure.