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Method and apparatus for a small power source for an implantable device

  • US 8,311,627 B2
  • Filed: 12/13/2010
  • Issued: 11/13/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/15/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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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:

  • 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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