Patent ID: 9202705
Filing Date: 2015-12-01
Classification: A61B,A61M,H01L

Abstract:
1. A method of forming an integrated circuit (IC) module with a lead frame micro-needle for a medical device, comprising: forming a lead frame blank including a micro-needle integrally formed therein, the micro-needle disposed inward of an outer perimeter of the lead frame blank; bending the micro-needle beyond an initial lower side of the lead frame blank; joining the initial lower side of the lead frame blank with a protection layer such that the bent micro-needle is embedded in the protection layer, wherein the protection layer is removably attached to the initial lower side and the bent micro-needle of the lead frame blank; affixing an IC component to an upper side of the lead frame blank; and encapsulating the IC component and at least an upper surface of a core of the lead frame blank with a molding compound forming a packaging of the IC module, wherein removal of the protection layer exposes the bent micro-needle projecting away from the packaging.