METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR A SMALL POWER SOURCE FOR AN IMPLANTABLE DEVICE
First Claim
1. A battery comprising a stack of at least one substantially planar anode and at least one substantially planar cathode, wherein the stack defines a contoured exterior, and a battery housing enclosing the stack, the battery housing defining a battery housing exterior, wherein the contoured exterior of the stack is shaped to conform to a contoured interior of the battery housing that approximately conforms to the battery housing exterior, the battery produced by the process of:
- modeling, using endovascular fluid dynamics, an exterior of a biocompatible housing;
shaping the battery housing to conform to at least some of the exterior of the biocompatible housing modeled using the endovascular fluid dynamics; and
shaping the stack to conform to an interior of the battery housing.
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Abstract
One example includes a battery that includes a stack of at least one substantially planar anode and at least one substantially planar cathode, wherein the stack defines a contoured exterior, and a battery housing enclosing the stack, the battery housing defining a battery housing exterior, wherein the contoured exterior of the stack is shaped to conform to a contoured interior of the battery housing that approximately conforms to the battery housing exterior, the battery produced by the process of modeling, using fluid dynamics, an exterior of a biocompatible housing and shaping the battery housing to conform to at least some of the exterior of the biocompatible housing.
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20 Claims
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1. A battery comprising a stack of at least one substantially planar anode and at least one substantially planar cathode, wherein the stack defines a contoured exterior, and a battery housing enclosing the stack, the battery housing defining a battery housing exterior, wherein the contoured exterior of the stack is shaped to conform to a contoured interior of the battery housing that approximately conforms to the battery housing exterior, the battery produced by the process of:
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modeling, using endovascular fluid dynamics, an exterior of a biocompatible housing; shaping the battery housing to conform to at least some of the exterior of the biocompatible housing modeled using the endovascular fluid dynamics; and shaping the stack to conform to an interior of the battery housing. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for construction a biocompatible device, comprising:
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shaping an exterior of a housing of the biocompatible device, including modeling the exterior to provide reduced hydrodynamic drag in conditions measured at an implant site; stacking at least one non-thin-film anode that is planar with at least one non-thin-film cathode that is planar into a stack; and disposing the stack into a battery housing, the battery housing providing a form shaped to fit an interior of the housing of the biocompatible device. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. An apparatus, comprising:
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a non-thin-film battery comprising a stack of at least one substantially planar anode and at least one substantially planar cathode, wherein the stack defines a contoured exterior; and a battery housing enclosing the stack, the battery housing defining a battery housing exterior, wherein the contoured exterior of the stack is shaped to conform to a contoured interior of the battery housing that approximately conforms to the battery housing exterior, wherein the battery housing is shaped to conform to at least some of the exterior of a biocompatible housing modeled using endovascular fluid dynamics. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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