Patent ID: 6445956
Filing Date: 2002-09-03
Classification: A61F,A61M,A61N

Abstract:
An implantable device designed to be implanted within a body, the implantable device comprising:a body section having an exterior shaped to maintain, when the device is implanted under a layer of tissue, extravascular tissue pressure below intravascular blood pressure in the layer of tissue proximate to the implantable device and lower than 15 mm Hg, the body section including a curved surface adapted to be overlaid by tissue, the surface adapted to be overlaid by tissue being shaped by at least one radius of curvature wherein each of the at least one radius of curvature is greater than approximately 2 cm, the body section further including an opposing surface opposite the surface adapted to be overlaid by tissue, and wherein the body section defines a primary plane between the opposing surface and the surface adapted to be overlaid by tissue; and a transition section contiguous with the body section and connectable to a first end of a cable constructed to carry electrical signals, wherein the transition section curves away from the primary plane in a direction from the surface adapted to be overlaid by tissue toward the opposing surface.