Patent ID: 8565884
Filing Date: 2013-10-22
Classification: A61N,B29C,B29K,B29L

Abstract:
1. A method of making an implantable medical device, the method comprising: providing at least a portion of a first mold cavity configured to form at least a first molded construct of an implantable medical device, the mold cavity having a receiving feature configured to hold or to receive a component during an overmolding process; introducing into the first mold cavity a moldable plastic material capable of taking the shape of the mold cavity, thereby forming a first molded construct of the device to a corresponding shape of the respective portion of the first mold cavity; positioning a component in the respective portion of the first mold cavity before the introduction of moldable plastic material, or on the first molded construct following introduction of the moldable plastic material, so that at least one segment of the component is securely disposed at a surface of the formed first molded construct; providing at least a portion of a second mold cavity configured to form at least a portion of an implantable medical device; placing the formed first molded construct with the positioned component into the respective portion of the second mold cavity; and introducing into the second mold cavity a moldable plastic material capable of taking the shape of the second mold cavity, thereby forming a second molded construct of the device to a corresponding shape of the second mold cavity, the first and second molded constructs being moldably fused together at an interface therebetween, wherein the component is disposed at the interface of the first molded construct and the second molded construct, wherein at least a portion of the component is disposed in an elongate path along the interface and wherein the second molded construct overlies the first construct and the portion of the component disposed along the elongate path so as to surround that portion of the component and to hermetically seal it.