Housing
OwnerMarcus Warwick, Stuart Green +1inventors
InventorsMarcus Warwick, Stuart Green, David Hawks
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Abstract
A first housing 2 includes a first part 4 and a second part 6, both of which comprise PEEK-OPTIMA (Trade Mark) polymer. The two parts 4, 6 are arranged to cooperate so that they can be laser welded and define a hermetically sealed housing 2 which may house electronic (and/or other) components and maintain them in a dry, sealed environment. The housing and contained electronic components may define an implantable device, for example a heart pacemaker, for long term implantation in a human body.
Claims20
A method of joining a first part to a second part, wherein the first part includes a first interface which is arranged to be joined to a second interface defined by the second part, wherein the first interface of the first part includes a first side and a second side, the method comprising:
- directing radiation from a first position which is closer to the first side of the first interface to a position which is closer to the second side of the first interface, the radiation being directed to heat predominantly an area of the first interface of the first part which is closer to the second side of the first interface than it is to the first side of the first interface.
A housing, wherein said first part includes a first guide surface which faces outwardly and abuts a second guide surface which faces inwardly wherein a gap is defined outwardly of said first guide surface in which joined interfaces of the first and second parts are contained, at least in part.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.