Patent ID: 7837085

Claim:
A hermetic sealing system for a sealed medical device, the system comprising: a feedthrough pin forming a unit piece comprising at least a first flange and a second flange, and wherein the entire feedthrough pin, including the first and second flanges, is formed of a biocompatible metal; a housing enclosing the sealed medical device, wherein said housing has at least one opening; and an insulator placed within said opening of the housing, the insulator having an interior surface and an exterior surface opposite the interior surface, wherein at least a portion of the insulator is compressed between the first and second flanges, wherein the feedthrough pin is surrounded by the insulator hermetically sealing the opening of the housing of the sealed medical device and wherein the first flange is disposed over at least a portion the interior surface of the insulator and the second flange is disposed over at least a portion of the exterior surface of the insulator.