US Patent Issued to Greatbatch on Dec. 2 for "Miniature active implantable medical device having a high-purity fused silica wafer assembly micro-bonded to a titanium power source housing" (New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,276, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Greatbatch Ltd. (Clarence, N.Y.).

"Miniature active implantable medical device having a high-purity fused silica wafer assembly micro-bonded to a titanium power source housing" was invented by Robert S. Rubino (Williamsville, N.Y.), Adrish Ganguly (Clarence, N.Y.) and Jeffrey Salzmann (Lancaster, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An active implantable medical device (AIMD) has a high-purity fused silica wafer assembly micro-bonded to the housing for the device's electrical energy power source. During the micro-bonding process, electromagnetic radiation passes through the fused silica wafer but ...