Shield for conductors of an implantable device

In combination, an implantable shield, and an implantable device having one or more conductors extending in a particular direction from said device and from a particular location on said device, said one or more conductors being disposed over a particular width at said device, said shield comprising cover means for providing protective cover for said one or more conductors, means for fixedly mounting said shield to said implantable device, said cover means having a proximate end and a distal end, said proximate end held in fixed relationship with respect to said means for mounting at or near said means for mounting and said cover means extending along said direction to its distal end, said cover means being at least as wide, at or near its proximate end, as said width and wherein said cover means is fixedly spaced apart, at said proximate end, from said location and wherein said cover means is flexible at its distal end, with respect to said means for fixedly mounting.

In combination, a protective, implantable shield, an implantable device, said shield fixedly attached to said implantable device, said implantable device having one or more conductors extending longitudinally in a particular direction from said implantable device and wherein said one or more conductors extend from said implantable device at a particular location, and wherein said shield comprises a flexible cover extending longitudinally along said direction and adapted to provide protection for said one or more conductors against movement, and wherein said shield comprises means for at least partially encircling said one or more conductors at the location at which they extend from said implantable device.

The combination of 15, wherein said implantable device has a plurality of faces, and wherein said cover is substantially planar and is substantially co-planar with one face of said implantable device.

In combination, an implantable cover and an implantable device having one or more conductors extending therefrom, said cover comprised of a biocompatible elastomer and fixedly mounted at one end with respect to said conductors and said cover being flexible at its other end, said cover disposed to provide protective cover for said one or more conductors against pressure transmitted toward said one or more conductors.

In combination, cover means for providing a protective cover and an implantable device having one or more conductors extending therefrom at a particular location on said device and in a particular direction from said device, said cover means fixedly mounted with respect to said implantable device at or near said location, said cover means disposed so as to extend in said direction and wherein said cover means is further disposed to cover said conductors and protect them against pressure and dislodgment and wherein said cover means comprises at least two planar layers, one, a biocompatible, non-biodegradable fabric and the other, an elastomer.