Patent ID: 7103415

Claim:
A method for providing an implantable medical device, comprising the steps of: a) providing a first metal housing member having a first major side wall extending to and meeting with a first surrounding side wall; b) providing a second metal housing member having a second major side wall extending to and meeting with a second surrounding side wall; c) nesting an electrical energy power source and a control circuitry inside one of the first and second housing members, the electrical energy power source for powering the control circuitry; d) connecting the control circuitry to a feedthrough supported in one of the first and second housing members; and e) sealing the other of the first and second housing members to the one of the first and the second housing members in a hermetic manner with a first edge of the first surrounding side wall facing the second major side wall and a second edge of the second surrounding side wall facing the first major side wall, wherein a portion of one of the first and second surrounding sidewalls is in a partially overlapping relationship with the other of the surrounding sidewalls and wherein the one of the first and second edges is hermetically secured to the other of the first and second surrounding sidewalls with the housing having the first and second major sidewalls deflecting in a similar direction.