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Method for making terminal assembly for heart pacemaker
Assignee: PACIFIC COAST TECHNOLOGIES Inc A WA CORP
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Filing: 1984-05-02
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Granted: 1985-04-30
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Expires: 2004-05-02
Abstract
Abstract First and second members spaced from each other are hermetically sealed by fused insulating materials. The insulating materials are partially amorphous and partially crystalline. The insulating materials have substantially identical characteristics. However, a first one of the insulating materials is more crystalline than a second one of the insulating materials. A third insulating material may also be included and may be more crystalline than the first insulating material. The first, second and third crystalline materials may have substantially identical compositions. The second insulating material may have nonwetting characteristics relative to the second member. This causes the second insulating member to have a domed configuration to increase the length of the dielectric leakage path. The third insulating material may be spaced from the second insulating material and may be provided with a flat surface to receive other members in abutting relationship.
Inventors
- 👤 James C. Kyle
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-04 16:08
CPC Classifications
H; H01; H01B; H01B17/00; H01B17/26; H01B17/30; H01B17/303; H01B17/305; A; A61; A61N; A61N1/00; A61N1/18; A61N1/32; A61N1/36; A61N1/372; A61N1/375; A61N1/3752; A61N1/3754
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 11
Claim 1
Independent Claim
199 words
A method of forming insulating material for a terminal, including: forming beads of a first insulating material having a partially crystalline and a partially amorphous composition from oxides of lead, boron and silicon and oxides of zinc and zirconium, where the oxides of lead, boron and silicon provide a flux, forming beads of a second insulating material having a partially crystalline and a partially amorphous composition from the oxides of lead, boron and silicon and oxides of zinc and zirconium where the oxides of lead, boron and silicon provide a flux and the percentage of the flux in the second insulating material is greater than the percentage of the flux in the first material, forming beads of a third insulating material having a partially crystalline and a partially amorphous composition from the oxides of lead, boron and silicon and oxides of zinc and zirconium and an inert material where the oxides of lead, boron and silicon provide a flux, forming separate layers from the respective beads of the first, second and third insulating materials, and applyng heat at a particular temperature for a limited period of time to fuse the beads of the first, second and third insulating materials.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
199 words
A method of forming insulating material for a terminal, including: forming beads of a first insulating material having a partially crystalline and a partially amorphous composition from oxides of lead, boron and silicon and oxides of zinc and zirconium, where the oxides of lead, boron and silicon provide a flux, forming beads of a second insulating material having a partially crystalline and a partially amorphous composition from the oxides of lead, boron and silicon and oxides of zinc and zirconium where the oxides of lead, boron and silicon provide a flux and the percentage of the flux in the second insulating material is greater than the percentage of the flux in the first material, forming beads of a third insulating material having a partially crystalline and a partially amorphous composition from the oxides of lead, boron and silicon and oxides of zinc and zirconium and an inert material where the oxides of lead, boron and silicon provide a flux, forming separate layers from the respective beads of the first, second and third insulating materials, and applyng heat at a particular temperature for a limited period of time to fuse the beads of the first, second and third insulating materials.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
18 words
The combination set forth in claim 1 wherein the inert material in the third insulating material is bentonite.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
67 words
The method set forth in claim 1 wherein a terminal pin is provided, a ferrule is disposed in spaced relationship to the terminal pin, and the beads of the first, second and third insulating materials are disposed between the terminal pin and the ferrule and are fused to one another and to the terminal pin and the ferrule to hermetically seal the terminal pin and the ferrule.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
28 words
The method set forth in claim 3 wherein the terminal pin is made from a noble metal and the ferrule is made from titanium or a titanium alloy.
Claim 6
Independent Claim
150 words
A method of providing a hermetic seal, including the following steps: providing a terminal pin, providing a hollow ferrule, disposing the terminal pin within the ferrule, providing beads of a first insulating material having a partially amorphous and partially crystalline composition, providing beads of a second insulating material having a partially amorphous and partially crystalline composition and having properties compatible with those of the first insulating material and having properties of fusing with the first insulating material and having non-wetting characteristics relative to the ferrule, disposing the beads of the first and second insulating materials in individual layers in the space between the terminal pin and the ferrule, and fusing the first and second insulating materials to each other and to the terminal pin and the ferrule to provide a hermetic seal between the terminal pin and the ferrule and to provide a domed configuration to the second insulating material.
Claim 7
Independent Claim
150 words
A method of providing a hermetic seal, including the following steps: providing a terminal pin, providing a hollow ferrule, disposing the terminal pin within the ferrule, providing beads of a first insulating material having a partially amorphous and partially crystalline composition, providing beads of a second insulating material having a partially amorphous and partially crystalline composition and having properties compatible with those of the first insulating material and having properties of fusing with the first insulating material and having non-wetting characteristics relative to the ferrule, disposing the beads of the first and second insulating materials in individual layers in the space between the terminal pin and the ferrule, and fusing the first and second insulating materials to each other and to the terminal pin and the ferrule to provide a hermetic seal between the terminal pin and the ferrule and to provide a domed configuration to the second insulating material.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
65 words
A method as set forth in claim 5, including the step of: the fusing of the first and second insulating materials occurring at a particular temperature for a limited period of time to maintain the first and second insulating materials in a partially amorphous and partially crystalline state and to provide the second insulating material with a more amorphous state than the first insulating material.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
28 words
The method set forth in claim 6 wherein the terminal pin is made from a noble metal and the ferrule is made from titanium or a titanium alloy.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
28 words
The method set forth in claim 7 wherein each of the first and second insulating materials is formed from the oxides of lead, boron, silicon, zinc and zirconium.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
46 words
The method set forth in claim 8 wherein the oxides of zinc and zirconium in each of the first and second insulating materials cumulatively have a proportion by weight in the material in the range of about five pervent (5%) to about twenty seven percent (27%).
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