Implantable medical device
First Claim
1. An implantable medical device comprising:
- a housing having a coating selectively provided on only a portion of the housing; and
a plurality of electronic components provided within an interior space defined by the housing, wherein a first of the electronic components is a charging or telemetry coil and a second of the electronic components is a circuit board;
wherein the coating is provided on the housing in a first region near a component of the circuit board and is not provided on the housing in a second region near the charging or telemetry coil;
wherein the coating has a magnetic permeability and is provided in an amount configured to reduce MRI image distortion caused by the component of the circuit board.
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Abstract
An implantable medical device includes a housing having a coating selectively provided on only a portion of the housing and a plurality of electronic components provided within an interior space defined by the housing. A first of the electronic components is a charging or telemetry coil and a second of the electronic components is a circuit board. The coating is provided on the housing in a first region near a component of the circuit board and is not provided on the housing in a second region near the charging or telemetry coil. The coating has a magnetic permeability suitable to and is provided in an amount effective to reduce MRI image distortion caused by the component of the circuit board.
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24 Claims
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1. An implantable medical device comprising:
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a housing having a coating selectively provided on only a portion of the housing; and a plurality of electronic components provided within an interior space defined by the housing, wherein a first of the electronic components is a charging or telemetry coil and a second of the electronic components is a circuit board; wherein the coating is provided on the housing in a first region near a component of the circuit board and is not provided on the housing in a second region near the charging or telemetry coil; wherein the coating has a magnetic permeability and is provided in an amount configured to reduce MRI image distortion caused by the component of the circuit board. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. An implantable medical device comprising:
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a housing; a plurality of electronic components provided within the housing; a coating provided on only a portion of a surface of the housing, wherein the surface includes a first region that has the coating provided thereon and a second region that does not have the coating provided thereon; wherein the first region is near at least one electronic component of the plurality of electronic components, and the coating is provided in an amount configured to reduce MRI image distortion caused by the at least one electronic component. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method of producing a housing for an implantable medical device comprising:
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disposing a coating material on only a portion of a surface of a housing; and disposing an electronic component in the housing such that the electronic component is aligned with the portion of the surface of the housing having the coating material provided thereon, wherein the coating material is provided in an amount configured to reduce MRI image distortion caused by the electronic component. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24)
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