US 12,121,734 B2
Biocompatible housing
Dana D. Tompkins, Frederick, CO (US); Christopher D. Gongora, Lyons, CO (US); Achim Kitschmann, Basel (CH); Jennifer Losasso-Tompkins, Frederick, CO (US); and Claude Clément, Geneva (CH)
Assigned to WYSS CENTER FOR BIO AND NEURO ENGINEERING, Geneva (CH)
Filed by Wyss Center for Bio and Neuro Engineering, Genèva (CH)
Filed on Oct. 18, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/503,882.
Application 17/503,882 is a division of application No. 16/669,163, filed on Oct. 30, 2019, granted, now 11,147,978.
Prior Publication US 2022/0105349 A1, Apr. 7, 2022
Int. Cl. A61N 1/375 (2006.01)
CPC A61N 1/3754 (2013.01) 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A biocompatible housing for an implantable medical device, the biocompatible housing comprising:
a recess with at least one wire exit port;
said recess having at least one feedthrough assembly mounted therein, a protective cap being mounted to the at least one feedthrough assembly, the protective cap having a top and a bottom, a gap being under the top, and a mounting ridge surrounding a perimeter of the gap, the mounting ridge having a bottom mounting surface sealed to a receiving surface base on the at least one feedthrough assembly, the mounting ridge matching a shape and size of the receiving surface base;
wherein a wire of the feedthrough assembly passes out the wire exit port; and
said recess further comprises a top cover hermetically sealed over it.