Patent US5470345 - Implantable medical device with multi-layered ceramic enclosure - Google PatentsSearch Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »Sign inPatentsAn implantable medical device has a novel ceramic enclosure with joinable multi-layered clamshells. In the preferred embodiment one half of the enclosure carries the hybrid circuitry and feedthroughs of, for example, a pacemaker, while, the other half carries a battery. The advantages over the prior...http://www.google.com/patents/US5470345?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US5470345 - Implantable medical device with multi-layered ceramic enclosureAdvanced Patent SearchTry the new Google Patents, with machine-classified Google Scholar results, and Japanese and South Korean patents.Publication numberUS5470345 APublication typeGrantApplication numberUS 08/260,866Publication dateNov 28, 1995Filing dateJun 16, 1994Priority dateJun 16, 1994Fee statusPaidPublication number08260866, 260866, US 5470345 A, US 5470345A, US-A-5470345, US5470345 A, US5470345AInventorsBeth A. Hassler, Adrianus P. DondersOriginal AssigneeMedtronic, Inc.Export CitationBiBTeX, EndNote, RefManPatent Citations (5), Referenced by (209), Classifications (14), Legal Events (4) External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, EspacenetImplantable medical device with multi-layered ceramic enclosure
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Patent US5470345 - Implantable medical device with multi-layered ceramic enclosure - Google PatentsSearch Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »Sign inPatentsAn implantable medical device has a novel ceramic enclosure with joinable multi-layered clamshells. In the preferred embodiment one half of the enclosure carries the hybrid circuitry and feedthroughs of, for example, a pacemaker, while, the other half carries a battery. The advantages over the prior...http://www.google.com/patents/US5470345?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US5470345 - Implantable medical device with multi-layered ceramic enclosureAdvanced Patent SearchTry the new Google Patents, with machine-classified Google Scholar results, and Japanese and South Korean patents.Publication numberUS5470345 APublication typeGrantApplication numberUS 08/260,866Publication dateNov 28, 1995Filing dateJun 16, 1994Priority dateJun 16, 1994Fee statusPaidPublication number08260866, 260866, US 5470345 A, US 5470345A, US-A-5470345, US5470345 A, US5470345AInventorsBeth A. Hassler, Adrianus P. DondersOriginal AssigneeMedtronic, Inc.Export CitationBiBTeX, EndNote, RefManPatent Citations (5), Referenced by (209), Classifications (14), Legal Events (4) External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, EspacenetImplantable medical device with multi-layered ceramic enclosure
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