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Modular implantable medical device and manufacturing method therefor

  • US 7,376,465 B2
  • Filed: 04/17/2003
  • Issued: 05/20/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/30/2002
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An implantable medical device comprising:

  • at least two functional subsystems each comprising at least one component and each formed as a non-hermetically sealed module having a module encapsulation that completely covers said at least one component, at least one of said subsystems and the module thereof being available in multiple, different versions;

    each module comprising an interface portion having a configuration allowing that module to mate with a corresponding interface portion of any of the multiple versions of another of said modules, said modules being mechanically connected to each other at said interface portions when mated;

    the respective module encapsulations of said modules, when mechanically connected to each other, forming respective portions of an outer enclosure of a complete medical device formed by said modules; and

    mechanical connections that permanently mechanically connect said respective module encapsulations with one another to hermetically seal said outer enclosure.

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