Detachable seal for medical implants
AssigneeDyconex AG
InventorsEckardt Bihler, Marc Hauer
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Abstract
A medical implant includes a first component having a surface and a plurality of electrical contacts and a second component having a surface and a plurality of electrical contacts. Each contact of the first component contacts an assigned contact of the second component in an electrically conducting manner. A seal is disposed between the two surfaces for sealing the contacts. The seal and the two surfaces are formed of a thermoplastic material. The seal is fused to the two surfaces for sealing the contacts and the seal is meltable so as to separate the two components from one another. A method for producing a medical implant is also provided.
Claims15
A medical implant, comprising:
- a first component including a first surface and a plurality of electrical contacts disposed on said first surface;
- a second component including a second surface and a plurality of electrical contacts;
- each of said contacts of said first component electrically conductingly contacting a respective contact of said second component;
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- a seal disposed between said first surface of said first component and said second surface of said second component for sealing said contacts, said first surface being a surface of said first component immediately adjacent to said seal, and said second surface being a surface of said second component immediately adjacent to said seal;
- said seal and said first and second surfaces of said first and second components being formed of a thermoplastic material, said seal being melted to said first and second surfaces of said first and second components for sealing said contacts, and said seal being meltable for separating said first and second components from one another.
A method for producing a medical implant, the method comprising:
- providing a first component and a second component of the medical implant, the first component including a first surface and a plurality of electrical contacts disposed on the first surface, the second component including a second surface and a plurality of electrical contacts, and the first and second surfaces being formed of a thermoplastic material;
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- pressing the first and second components against one another, and melting a seal formed of the thermoplastic material and disposed between and immediately adjacent to the first and second surfaces of the first and second components, causing the seal to bond with the first and second surfaces of the first and second components, and causing each contact of the first component to electrically conductingly contact a respective contact of the second component.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.