Implantable medical device
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1. An implantable medical device comprising:
- a housing formed of a first material;
a first electronic component provided within the housing; and
a second material provided in contact with at least a portion of the housing;
wherein at least one of the housing and the first electronic component has a magnetic permeability in a magnetic field that differs from the magnetic permeability of water; and
wherein the second material is provided in an amount effective to reduce MRI image distortion caused by the implantable medical device.
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An implantable medical device includes a housing formed of a first material and a first electronic component provided within the housing. The implantable medical device also includes a second material provided in contact with at least a portion of the housing. At least one of the housing and the first electronic component has a magnetic permeability in a magnetic field that differs from the magnetic permeability of water. The second material is provided in an amount effective to reduce MRI image distortion caused by the implantable medical device.
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1. An implantable medical device comprising:
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a housing formed of a first material;
a first electronic component provided within the housing; and
a second material provided in contact with at least a portion of the housing;
wherein at least one of the housing and the first electronic component has a magnetic permeability in a magnetic field that differs from the magnetic permeability of water; and
wherein the second material is provided in an amount effective to reduce MRI image distortion caused by the implantable medical device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. An implantable medical device comprising:
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a housing;
a plurality of electronic components provided within the housing, wherein the housing and electronic components comprise materials that characteristically produce image distortion in magnetic resonance imaging scans; and
a material provided in contact with at least a portion of the housing for reducing the image distortion. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. An implantable medical device comprising:
a housing having a shimming material provided in contact with an inner surface of the housing to reduce the amount of image distortion caused by the implantable medical device when the device is subjected to MRI scans. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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