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US 2021/0330964 A1Published application
Implantable device migration control
AssigneeCochlear Limited
InventorsGrahame Walling, James G.E. Smith, Julia Mitchell, Krishna Sivaraman, Graeme Vincent
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Abstract
Devices and methods are disclosed for a stimulator unit in a medical device, such as an implantable component of a cochlear implant. In embodiments, the stimulator unit comprises a bottom wall configured to be substantially contacting a temporal bone of a recipient, and a top wall positioned opposite the bottom wall, wherein a cross section of the stimulator unit has an outer profile substantially parallel to the bottom wall and the top wall.
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An implantable housing, comprising:
- a first surface,
- a second surface that is substantially parallel to the first surface;
- a plurality of walls joining the first surface to the second surface, wherein the plurality of walls comprise at least a first wall and a second wall;
- a first aperture located in the first wall, wherein a first feedthrough is disposed in the first aperture;
- and
- a second aperture located in the second wall, wherein a second feedthrough is disposed in the second aperture,
- wherein the second wall is different from the first wall.
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An implantable component, comprising:
- an implantable housing having a trapezoidal shape comprising a first surface, a second surface substantially parallel to the first surface, and a plurality of walls, wherein the plurality of walls joins the first surface to the second surface and include a first wall, a second wall, a third wall, and a fourth wall,
- a first feedthrough disposed in the first wall;
- and
- a second feedthrough disposed in the second wall.
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An apparatus comprising:
- an implantable housing comprising a first surface, a second surface substantially parallel to the first surface, and a plurality of walls joining the first surface to the second surface to form a hermetic disclosure, wherein the plurality of walls include at least a first wall and a second wall,
- a first feedthrough extending through the first wall, wherein the first feedthrough comprises a plurality of pins disposed substantially parallel to the first surface and the second surface;
- a second feedthrough extending through the second wall, wherein the second feedthrough comprises a plurality of pins disposed substantially parallel to the first surface and the second surface;
- a stimulator unit disposed in the implantable housing;
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- an electrode assembly electrically connected to the stimulator unit via both the first feedthrough and the second feedthrough.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.