Patents by Inventor Thomas Sontheimer

Thomas Sontheimer 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).

  • Patent number: 11957920
    Abstract: A connection pin of a feedthrough of an implantable medical electronic device has a primarily cylindrical pin body and at least one flattened end section. The flattened end section has at least one planar connecting surface formed on it, especially for connection by material bonding of a band-shaped conductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: BIOTRONIK SE & Co. KG
    Inventors: Teresa Mueller, Thomas Sontheimer, Stefan Eck
  • Publication number: 20220233870
    Abstract: A connection pin of a feedthrough of an implantable medical electronic device has a primarily cylindrical pin body and at least one flattened end section. The flattened end section has at least one planar connecting surface formed on it, especially for connection by material bonding of a band-shaped conductor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2022
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Applicant: BIOTRONIK SE & Co. KG
    Inventors: Teresa Mueller, Thomas Sontheimer, Stefan Eck
  • Patent number: 11129995
    Abstract: A metal outer casing part of an implantable medical electronic device contains at least one inner cavity and/or non-conductive inclusion or portion with multiple small cavities and/or non-conductive inclusions which is closed off in a hermetically sealed manner at least towards the housing outer side by a closed metal layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: BIOTRONIK SE & Co. KG
    Inventors: Daniel Kronmueller, Thomas Sontheimer
  • Publication number: 20190099603
    Abstract: A metal outer casing part of an implantable medical electronic device contains at least one inner cavity and/or non-conductive inclusion or portion with multiple small cavities and/or non-conductive inclusions which is closed off in a hermetically sealed manner at least towards the housing outer side by a closed metal layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2018
    Publication date: April 4, 2019
    Inventors: DANIEL KRONMUELLER, THOMAS SONTHEIMER
  • Publication number: 20190038904
    Abstract: A connection pin of a feedthrough of an implantable medical electronic device has a primarily cylindrical pin body and at least one flattened end section. The flattened end section has at least one planar connecting surface formed on it, especially for connection by material bonding of a band-shaped conductor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2018
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Inventors: TERESA MUELLER, THOMAS SONTHEIMER, STEFAN ECK
  • Publication number: 20170203105
    Abstract: A feedthrough of a medical electronic device, which in particular is implantable, including a housing and at least one electrical or electronic component received in the housing, wherein the feedthrough has a feedthrough flange for closing an opening in the housing and for receiving a multiplicity of connection elements in an insulating body surrounding the connection elements, which connection elements serve for the connection of a component or at least one component, externally of the housing, wherein the insulating body is formed from multi-layer ceramic, in particular from HTCC, with sintered-in pre-configured conductor elements, and comprising a device-specific contact-making means of selected conductor elements, which together with the contacted pre-configured conductor elements forms the connection elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2016
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Inventors: Thomas Sontheimer, Kathrin Zecho, Josef Teske
  • Publication number: 20170113032
    Abstract: A feedthrough of a medical electronic device, in particular an implantable medical electronic device, comprising a housing and at least one electric or electronic component received in the housing, wherein the feedthrough has a feedthrough flange for closing an opening of the housing and for supporting at least one connection element, which serves for the connection of the or at least one component externally of the housing, in an insulating element surrounding the connection element, and a grounding pin in mechanical and electrical contact with the feedthrough flange is provided in order to realize a ground connection of the device, wherein the grounding pin is fixed exclusively by form fit and force fit in the feedthrough flange or the insulating element, whilst contacting the feedthrough flange.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2016
    Publication date: April 27, 2017
    Inventor: Thomas Sontheimer
  • Publication number: 20160271402
    Abstract: An implantable electromedical device, including a device housing in which electronic and electrical function units are housed, a device head having at least one electrode or one line terminal, and a feedthrough arranged between the device housing and device head for at least one electrical conductor element connecting the electrodes or the line terminal to a function unit, wherein the feedthrough includes a one-piece plastic main body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2016
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Inventors: Thomas Sontheimer, Josef Teske, Michael Arnold