Patent ID: 11872392
Assignee: MEDTRONIC, INC.
Field: Machine tools (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC A  B  C  H  Y | IPC A  B  C  H

Claim 7:
8. An implantable medical device comprising;
a hermetically sealed housing defining a sealed housing interior;
a power source and electronics in electrical communication and disposed within the sealed housing interior; and
a lead connector projecting into the sealed housing interior and having an outer surface, and an inner surface defining a lead aperture, the lead connector comprising one or more electrically conducting contact rings spaced apart by electrically insulating rings and joined together with a diffusion bond, a metallization layer disposed on the electrically insulating ring at the diffusion bond, the metallization layer having a thickness in a range from 10 nanometers to less than 1 micrometer, the one or more electrically conducting contact rings in electrical communication with the electronics, and the diffusion bond providing a hermetic seal between the lead connector outer surface and the lead connector inner surface.