IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE AND METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING AN IMPLANTABLE HOUSING

Abstract: an implantable medical device, in particular an extravascular cardioverter-defibrillator, comprises: an implantable housing for accommodating a control unit configured to generate and/or process electrical signals; wherein an outer surface of the housing comprises at least one electrode portion for receiving electrical signals to be processed by the control unit and/or for providing electrical signals generated by the control unit, the electrode portion being surrounded along its outer contour by an insulating portion which electrically insulates the electrode portion from a remainder of the housing; wherein both the electrode portion and the remainder of the housing are made of a biocompatible and electrically conductive first material; wherein the insulating portion is made of a biocompatible and electrically insulating second material comprising a titanium oxide compound.

Inventor(s): Thomas DOERR, Ingo WEISS

CPC Classification: A61N1/375 (ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; RADIATION THERAPY; ULTRASOUND THERAPY (measurement of bioelectric currents ; surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body ; anaesthetic apparatus in general ; incandescent lamps ; infrared radiators for heating ))

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