Method and apparatus for a small power source for an implantable device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-8938293-B2
Application number	US-201414170807-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 3, 2014
Priority date	Dec 31, 2002
Publication date	Jan 20, 2015
Grant date	Jan 20, 2015

Abstract

An example includes apparatus including a non-thin-film battery, that can include an implantable housing, electronics disposed in the implantable housing, and a battery disposed in the implantable housing, the battery comprising: a plurality of cells electrically connected to one another, with at least one cell including a stack including at least one substantially planar anode having a thickness greater than 1 micrometer and at least one substantially planar cathode having a thickness greater than 1 micrometer, and a cell housing enclosing the stack of substantially planar anodes and cathodes and displacing less than approximately 0.024 cubic centimeters, wherein the plurality of cells are interconnected in at least one of series and parallel, and terminals interconnecting the battery and the electronics.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An apparatus comprising:
an implantable housing having an exterior shaped using modeled fluid dynamics;
electronics disposed in the implantable housing;
a battery disposed in the implantable housing, the battery comprising:
at least two cells electrically connected to one another in series, the battery housing having a contoured exterior that approximately conforms to the exterior shape of the implantable housing; and
terminals interconnecting the bat…

Assignees

• Cardiac Pacemakers Inc

Inventors

• Root Michael J
• Youker Nick A
• Maile Keith R

Classifications

• H05K13/0023

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H01M6/08

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H01M2/1055

  Electricity · mapped topic

• A61B5/02 Primary

  Human Necessities · mapped topic

• H01M10/0422

  Electricity · mapped topic