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US 2014/0180372 A1Published application
Pre-loaded vibration isolator for implantable device
AssigneeCardiac Pacemakers, Inc.
InventorsJohn H. Tangren, Jean M. Bobgan
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Abstract
This document describes an apparatus or an implantable medical device including an implantably biocompatible case. The apparatus can include a component that can be sealed within the case. The apparatus can include a vibration isolator and an at least a portion of the vibration isolator can be situated between and compressively preloaded to bias against the case and the component.
Claims20
An apparatus, comprising:
- an implantable biocompatible case having a first case half and a second case half;
- a component, sealed within the case, the component including a circuit board coupled to an interior surface of the second case half, and
- a vibration isolator including silicone, at least a portion of which is situated between and compressively preloaded to bias against the first case half and the component.
A method, comprising:
- providing a component sized to be disposed in an implantable biocompatible case, the implantable biocompatible case having a first case half and a second case half;
- coupling at least a portion of the component to an interior surface of the first case half in the biocompatible case, the component and the implantable biocompatible case defining a void between them;
- and
- providing a vibration isolator including silicone, wherein a portion of the vibration isolator fits into the void subject to a compressive preload pressure while exerting a bias against each of the second case half and the component.
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An apparatus, comprising:
- a vibration isolator shaped to be disposed in a biocompatible device case having a first case half and a second case half, the vibration isolator to be compressed between the first case half and a component while the biocompatible device case, the component, and the vibration isolator are assembled together and the component and the vibration isolator are biocompatibly sealed within the biocompatible case, at least a portion of the component coupled to the second case half, and the vibration isolator shaped to exert a preload pressure against each of the first case half and the component.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.