US 12,133,989 B2
Medical device housing
Cathlene Buchanan, Shoreline, WA (US); Chris Egbert, Redmond, WA (US); Barry D. Curtin, Seattle, WA (US); David Wesche, Woodinville, WA (US); and Ken Dickenson, Bellevue, WA (US)
Assigned to Physio-Control, Inc., Redmond, WA (US)
Filed by Physio-Control, Inc., Redmond, WA (US)
Filed on Jan. 29, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/162,695.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/922,243, filed on Jan. 31, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0236831 A1, Aug. 5, 2021
Int. Cl. A61N 1/39 (2006.01)
CPC A61N 1/3904 (2017.08) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A housing for an external defibrillator that is waterproof and shockproof, the housing comprising:
a first portion comprising an interior wall and a support extending from the interior wall, the first portion of the housing configured to contain an electronic component of the external defibrillator disposed therein;
a flange coupled to the first portion of the housing, the flange nested at least partially within the first portion of the housing and supported by the support, wherein the flange and the interior wall form a trench that extends along the interior wall;
an adhesive disposed in the trench, the adhesive bonding the flange to the interior wall; and
a second portion configured to be coupled to the flange to substantially enclose the electronic component within an interior of the housing when the second portion of the housing is coupled to the flange.