Patent ID: 6519133
Filing Date: 2003-02-11
Classification: A61N

Abstract:
Unipolar or multipolar electrical filter feedthrough device for insertion in an aperture in a housing of an implantable electronic therapeutic device, the feedthrough device comprising:a feedthrough body to be installed in the aperture, with at least one mutually electrically separately arranged contact elements, and a fixing means for the connection with a wall of the housing, and filter means connected, in an electrically conductive manner, on the one hand, each with one of the said contact elements and, on the other hand, with the housing carrying a reference potential, wherein the fixing means is a flange comprising a flexible metal collar having lamellas and a free end, extending towards the inside of the housing with the filter means arranged outside the feedthrough body on the free end, and wherein the filter means are connected with the feedthrough body to stick out into the housing inside in a freely suspended manner.