Patents by Inventor Melvyn Clarke

Melvyn Clarke has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Implantable medical device feedthroughs and housings
    Patent number: 9381590
    Abstract: Embodiments are generally directed to a feedthrough for an implantable medical device. The feedthrough comprises an insulator having one or more conductors extending therethrough that is hermetically connected (joined) to a housing of the implantable medical device. More specifically, the housing includes an aperture and the insulator is configured be positioned in the aperture. Braze material is configured to be positioned in one or more indentations in at least one of the housing or the insulator such that the braze material is disposed in the indentations between the insulator and the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: Cochlear Limited
    Inventors: Anthony Powell, Graham Ball, Melvyn Clarke, Charles Roger Aaron Leigh, Grahame Walling, Kenny Crichton
  • Implantable Medical Device Feedthroughs and Housings
    Publication number: 20140371835
    Abstract: Embodiments are generally directed to a feedthrough for an implantable medical device. The feedthrough comprises an insulator having one or more conductors extending therethrough that is hermetically connected (joined) to a housing of the implantable medical device. More specifically, the housing includes an aperture and the insulator is configured be positioned in the aperture. Braze material is configured to be positioned in one or more indentations in at least one of the housing or the insulator such that the braze material is disposed in the indentations between the insulator and the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2013
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Inventors: Anthony Powell, Graham Ball, Melvyn Clarke, Charles Roger Aaron Leigh, Grahame Walling, Kenny Crichton