US 11,998,739 B2
Monolithic component for an implantable medical device
Milind Chandrakant Raje, Macquarie University (AU); Martin Joseph Svehla, Macquarie University (AU); and Charles Roger Leigh, Macquarie University (AU)
Assigned to Cochlear Limited, Macquarie University (AU)
Filed by Cochlear Limited, Macquarie University (AU)
Filed on Dec. 10, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/117,753.
Application 17/117,753 is a continuation of application No. 15/648,094, filed on Jul. 12, 2017, abandoned.
Prior Publication US 2021/0093861 A1, Apr. 1, 2021
Int. Cl. A61N 1/05 (2006.01); A61F 2/18 (2006.01); A61N 1/36 (2006.01); A61N 1/375 (2006.01); H04R 25/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61N 1/3603 (2017.08) [A61F 2/18 (2013.01); A61N 1/0541 (2013.01); A61N 1/36038 (2017.08); A61N 1/375 (2013.01); A61F 2002/183 (2013.01); H04R 25/606 (2013.01); H04R 2460/13 (2013.01)] 25 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An implantable medical device, comprising:
a monolithic implantable component, comprising:
a substrate comprising a telemetry coil region, an electrical interface region, and an elongate anatomy interface region;
a coil disposed within the substrate at the telemetry coil region;
one or more connectors formed on the electrical interface region, wherein the telemetry coil region extends from a first side of the electrical interface region in a first direction along an axis; and
a plurality of electrodes formed on the elongate anatomy interface region, wherein the plurality of electrodes is formed in a linear array, wherein the elongate anatomy interface region is configured as to be inserted into a cochlea of a recipient for positioning of the plurality of electrodes for stimulation of the recipient's auditory nerves from within the cochlea, and wherein the elongate anatomy interface region extends from a second side, opposite the first side, of the electrical interface region in a second direction, opposite the first direction, along the axis such that the telemetry coil region, the electrical interface region, and the elongate anatomy interface region are offset from one another along the axis; and
an electronics module external to the substrate, wherein the electronics module comprises a conductor configured to electrically connect to the one or more connectors of the monolithic implantable component.