Patent attributes
An implantable system includes a plurality of implantable devices that are detachably coupled to each other. Each implantable device of the system includes: (1) an hermetically-sealed case housing electronic components; (2) feedthru terminals mounted to a wall of the hermetically-sealed case adapted to allow electrical contact from a location outside the hermetically-sealed case with the electronic components housed inside the hermetically-sealed case; (3) a coil external to the hermetically-sealed case attached to the feedthru terminals; (4) a flexible molding bonded to the hermetically-sealed case, and wherein the coil is embedded within or otherwise attached to the flexible molding; and (5) engagement means for engaging the flexible molding with a flexible molding of another implantable device of the implantable system. Such engagement means also aligns the coils of the implantable devices that are thus engaged with the engaging means to allow electromagnetic coupling to occur between the aligned coils. In one embodiment, the engaging means includes a hole formed in the flexible molding of a first implantable device and a knob portion formed in the flexible molding of a second implantable device, wherein the knob portion is sized to fit within the hole, and wherein when the knob portion is placed within the hole, the coil of the first device is coaxially aligned with the coil of the second implantable device.
