Implantable optical sensor and method for manufacture
AssigneeMedtronic, Inc.
InventorsAndrew J. Ries, Jeffrey O. York, Stephen R. Belcher, Jeffrey M. Jelen
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Abstract
An implantable medical device is manufactured with a hermetically sealed housing and a modular assembly enclosed within the housing. The modular assembly includes a circuit board, an electronic component mounted on a top surface of the circuit board, and a wall formed having an outer surface and an inner surface separated by a top edge and a bottom edge, the wall bottom edge positioned against the circuit board such that the wall encircles the electronic component coupled to the circuit board. The wall top edge is coupled to the housing a ferrule in one embodiment.
Claims29
An implantable medical device, comprising:
- a hermetically sealed housing;
- and
- a modular assembly enclosed within the housing, the modular assembly comprising
- a circuit board;
- an electronic component mounted on a top surface of the circuit board;
- and
- a wall formed having an outer surface and an inner surface separated by a top edge and a bottom edge, the wall bottom edge positioned against the circuit board and the wall top edge coupled to the housing, the wall encircling the electronic component coupled to the circuit board.
A method for manufacturing an implantable medical device, comprising:
- forming a modular assembly comprising
- mounting an electronic device on a top surface of a circuit board;
- and
- coupling a wall to the top surface of the circuit board, the wall having an outer surface and an inner surface separated by a top edge and a bottom edge, the wall positioned to encircle the electronic device;
- and
- coupling the modular assembly to a hermetically-sealed housing of the implantable medical device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.