USE OF GRAPHITE TO SPREAD HEAT INSIDE DEVICE

An implantable controller for an implantable medical device includes a metallic housing defining an enclosure. Processing circuitry is disposed within the enclosure and configured to control operation of the implantable medical device. A first aluminum encasement is disposed within the enclosure. A...

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Hauptverfasser:	FICK, Thomas J, ZAMIRI, Amir, RAGHUPATHY, Ramesh, RADTKE, Thomas W, KUHNLEY, Brian D, MEYER, Lisa A, DYALSINGH, Harold M, SWANSON, Jeffrey A
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROMTHE BODY ELECTRIC SOLID STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR ELECTRICITY HUMAN NECESSITIES HYGIENE MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES
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Zusammenfassung:	An implantable controller for an implantable medical device includes a metallic housing defining an enclosure. Processing circuitry is disposed within the enclosure and configured to control operation of the implantable medical device. A first aluminum encasement is disposed within the enclosure. A first piece of graphite is disposed within the aluminum encasement. A pressure sensitive adhesive is disposed between an internal surface of the metallic housing and the aluminum encasement.