US Patent Issued to Cochlear on June 9 for "Implantable medical device with circular feedthrough area" (French Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,649,065, issued on June 9, was assigned to Cochlear Ltd. (Macquarie University, Australia).

"Implantable medical device with circular feedthrough area" was invented by Herve Ibanez (Vallauris, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An implantable medical device includes a sealed flat housing enclosing an electronic circuitry; a recess area formed on a side surface of the housing; at least one feedthrough area protruding from the recess area; at least one feedthrough area protruding from the recess area; and a plurality of feedthrough conductors cumulated on said feedthrough area, each feedthrough conductor comprising a proximal end part co...