Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Implantable medical device with a nonhermetic battery
- Patent Title (中): 具有非密封电池的可植入医疗器械
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Application No.: US11831333Application Date: 2007-07-31
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Publication No.: US07881796B2Publication Date: 2011-02-01
- Inventor: Erik R. Scott , Carl D. Wahlstrand , Robert M. Skime , Craig L. Schmidt
- Applicant: Erik R. Scott , Carl D. Wahlstrand , Robert M. Skime , Craig L. Schmidt
- Applicant Address: US MN Minneapolis
- Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US MN Minneapolis
- Agency: Shumaker & Sieffert, P.A.
- Main IPC: A61N1/08
- IPC: A61N1/08

Abstract:
An implantable medical device (IMD) including a nonhermetic battery is described. The IMD includes components and a power source module that includes the nonhermetic battery. The IMD also includes a barrier to substantially impede movement of substances from the nonhermetic battery to the components. The barrier may include a hermetic feedthrough, a gel, a polymer, or a solid electrolyte within the nonhermetic battery, and a seal member. The barrier may also be a material that encapsulates the nonhermetic battery and a getter within the IMD. In some embodiments, the IMD comprises a modular IMD including an interconnect member. In that case, the barrier may include a material that fills at least a portion of a void defined by the interconnect member. A length and a cross-sectional area of the interconnect member may also act as a barrier.
Public/Granted literature
- US20080021511A1 IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE WITH A NONHERMETIC BATTERY Public/Granted day:2008-01-24
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