Stoßschutz für hermetisch dichtes Implantat

Implantierbare Anordnung, umfassendeinen Basisteil und einen Deckelteil, der den Basisteil bedeckt, wobei der Deckelteil und der Basisteil ein inneres, hermetisch abgedichtetes Volumen definieren, eine Schutzstruktur, die den Deckelteil umschließt, wobei die Schutzstruktur so ausgelegt ist, dass sie das innere Volumen gegen mechanische Einwirkungen schützt, ferner eine Polymerschicht umfasst, die den Basisteil, den Deckelteil und die Schutzschicht einkapselt.

The abstract as published by the patent office, from US20240399158A1. It describes the invention; it is not a statement of what is protected.

• Packaging

  Packaging and hermeticity · Connectors and feedthroughs

• Power

  Wireless power

• Stimulation

  Stimulation

What the filing appears to be about, read by published rules from its title, abstract and classification codes (A61N1/36038, A61N1/375, A61N1/37512, A61N1/37514, A61N1/3754). The claims define what a patent protects, and they are not read here.

Packaging

Body fluid destroys unprotected electronics. An implant meant to last has to stay sealed for years while passing every channel through its wall. The problem behind it: a seal that lasts as long as the patient needs it, at a size that leaves room for the channels.

Power

A wire through the skin is a standing infection risk, and a battery sets how long a device runs and how large it is. The problem behind it: enough power through the skin without heating it, and without a connector that breaks the skin.

Stimulation

Restoring sensation, sight or movement needs information going in, and a therapy that adapts needs to sense and stimulate at once. The problem behind it: evoking a precise, stable effect without damaging tissue or electrodes, and without blinding the recording.

Why the layer matters to the field, not a judgement of this filing. A patent family shows that protection was sought. It does not show that the technology was built, is used in a product, or works in people. The whole stack

One invention, published 6 times in 5 offices. Each publication opens in Espacenet.

• GermanyDE102022103439A117 Aug 2023
• International (PCT)a route to several countries, not a countryWO2023152397A117 Aug 2023
• ChinaCN118973661A15 Nov 2024
• United StatesUS20240399158A15 Dec 2024
• European Patent Officea route to several countries, not a countryEP4479130A125 Dec 2024EP4479130B127 Aug 2025 · grant

1. 14 Feb 2022First filingEarliest priority, at Germany. The family is counted in this year.
2. 14 Feb 2023ApplicationsFiled at International (PCT), China, European Patent Office.
3. 17 Aug 2023First publicationDE102022103439A1, Germany.
4. 15 Apr 2024Office recordGermany, on DE102022103439A1: application withdrawn or ip right abandoned.
5. 13 Aug 2024ApplicationFiled at United States.
6. 20 Jan 2025Owner recordedUnited States, on US20240399158A1: assignment; owner named: CORTEC GMBH, GERMANY.
7. 27 Aug 2025Grant publishedEP4479130B1, European Patent Office.
8. 30 Jun 2026Office recordEuropean Patent Office, on EP4479130A1: lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo] (AT, BG, CZ, DK, EE, ES, FI, GR, HR, IS, IT, LT, LV, NL, NO, PL, PT, RS, SE, SK, SM).

Dates as the offices published them. Office records are in the offices' own words and are a selection: refusals, lapses and withdrawals, and records that name an owner. Each concerns one member of the family, not the family as a whole, and another member in the same office may stand. Whether a patent is in force today is not assessed.

Organisation

CorTec · 27 families identified

• Bibliographic data, family members and office records: European Patent Office, Open Patent Services (the DOCDB and INPADOC databases), read 7 Oct 2026.
• The record itself, with its claims and description: US20240399158A1 in Espacenet
• Counted as a BCI patent family: classified A61N1/36 (electrical stimulation therapy); filed by 柯泰克股份有限公司, an organisation already in the graph; a hardware layer of the stack, filed by a company that builds interfaces; cites a family already accepted. How families are found and judged