Patent ID: 8489195

Claim:
An implantable medical device comprising: an implantable unit configured to be implanted proximate bone of a recipient, the unit having first sides having respective faces that face directions approximately normal to a surface of the bone after implantation of the unit proximate bone; and a fixation bracket connected to the unit configured to fix the implantable medical device to the bone at a location remote from the implantable unit, wherein the bracket includes a fixating portion, a first portion and a second portion, the fixating portion being configured to be affixed to the bone at the remote location, a first end of the first portion extending from at least one of the first sides of the unit and a first end of the second portion extending from another of the first sides of the unit, second ends of the first and second portions being at least indirectly coupled to the fixating portion, and the bracket is sufficiently rigid to push the implantable unit in a direction of a force applied to the bracket.