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Date of Patent:
Jul. 05, 2016

Filed:

Jun. 14, 2013
Applicants:

Anthony Powell, Bondi Junction, AU;

Graham Ball, Greenwich, AU;

Melvyn Clarke, Balgowlah, AU;

Charles Roger Aaron Leigh, Epping, AU;

Grahame Walling, Newport, AU;

Kenny Crichton, Chatswood, AU;

Inventors:

Anthony Powell, Bondi Junction, AU;

Graham Ball, Greenwich, AU;

Melvyn Clarke, Balgowlah, AU;

Charles Roger Aaron Leigh, Epping, AU;

Grahame Walling, Newport, AU;

Kenny Crichton, Chatswood, AU;

Assignee:

Cochlear Limited, Macquarie University, NSW, AU;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 1/00 (2006.01); B23K 1/19 (2006.01); A61N 1/375 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 1/0008 (2013.01); A61N 1/3754 (2013.01); B23K 2203/18 (2013.01);
Abstract

Embodiments are generally directed to a feedthrough for an implantable medical device. The feedthrough comprises an insulator having one or more conductors extending therethrough that is hermetically connected (joined) to a housing of the implantable medical device. More specifically, the housing includes an aperture and the insulator is configured be positioned in the aperture. Braze material is configured to be positioned in one or more indentations in at least one of the housing or the insulator such that the braze material is disposed in the indentations between the insulator and the housing.


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