Implantable medical device with a nonhermetic battery
First Claim
1. A method of manufacturing an implantable medical device, the method comprising:
- forming a control module including components;
forming a control module housing to house the components;
forming a power source module including a nonhermetic battery and power management circuitry;
forming a power source module housing to house the nonhermetic battery and the power management circuitry, wherein the nonhermetic battery is not enclosed in a hermetic housing within the power source module; and
forming an interconnect member to couple the control module and the power source module, the interconnect member including an electrical conductor that extends through the interconnect member to deliver power from the nonhermetic battery to the components.
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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.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of manufacturing an implantable medical device, the method comprising:
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forming a control module including components; forming a control module housing to house the components; forming a power source module including a nonhermetic battery and power management circuitry; forming a power source module housing to house the nonhermetic battery and the power management circuitry, wherein the nonhermetic battery is not enclosed in a hermetic housing within the power source module; and forming an interconnect member to couple the control module and the power source module, the interconnect member including an electrical conductor that extends through the interconnect member to deliver power from the nonhermetic battery to the components. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method of manufacturing an implantable medical device, the method comprising:
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forming a control module including components; forming a control module housing to house the components; forming a power source module including a nonhermetic battery and power management circuitry; forming a power source module housing to house the nonhermetic battery and the power management circuitry, the nonhermetic battery is not enclosed in a hermetic housing within the power source module; forming an interconnect member to couple the control module housing and the power source module housing; and forming a barrier between the components and the nonhermetic battery that is separate from any housing and that substantially impedes movement of substances from the nonhermetic battery through the interconnect member to the components. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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