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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 28, 2017
Applicant:
Heraeus Deutschland Gmbh & Co. KG, Hanau, DE;
Inventors:
Jeremy Glynn, Buffalo, MN (US);
Steven Harein, Mahtomedi, MN (US);
Assignee:
Heraeus Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG, Hanau, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/00 (2006.01); A61N 1/375 (2006.01); B22F 7/06 (2006.01); B22F 7/04 (2006.01); B22F 3/22 (2006.01); B22F 3/105 (2006.01); B33Y 80/00 (2015.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/375 (2013.01); B22F 7/04 (2013.01); B22F 7/062 (2013.01); B22F 3/1055 (2013.01); B22F 3/225 (2013.01); B22F 2007/042 (2013.01); B33Y 80/00 (2014.12);
Abstract
One aspect is a method of fabricating a housing for an implantable medical device, including forming a first housing portion of metal using an additive manufacturing process such that features are integrated into the first portion. A second housing portion of metal is also formed. The first and second housing portions are joining thereby sealing an internal space of the housing within first and second portions and fully containing the features such that they are hermetically sealed relative to an external space outside the housing.