One aspect relates to an electrical bushing for use in a housing of an implantable medical device. The electrical bushing includes at least one electrically insulating base body and at least one electrical conducting element. The conducting element is set up to establish, through the base body, at l
One aspect relates to an electrical bushing for use in a housing of an implantable medical device. The electrical bushing includes at least one electrically insulating base body and at least one electrical conducting element. The conducting element is set up to establish, through the base body, at least one electrically conductive connection between an internal space of the housing and an external space. The conducting element is hermetically sealed with respect to the base body. The at least one conducting element includes at least one cermet. The electrical bushing includes an electrical filter structure. The at least one conducting element forms at least one electrically conducting surface of the filter structure.
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1. An electrical bushing for use in a housing of an implantable medical device, whereby the electrical bushing comprises at least one electrically insulating base body and at least one electrical conducting element; whereby the conducting element establishes, though the base body, at least one elect
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An electrical bushing for use in a housing of an implantable medical device, whereby the electrical bushing comprises at least one electrically insulating base body and at least one electrical conducting element; whereby the conducting element establishes, though the base body, at least one electrically conductive connection between an internal space of the housing and an external space;whereby the conducting element is hermetically sealed with respect to the base body; andcharacterized in that the electrical bushing comprises an electrical filter structure, whereby the at least one conducting element provides at least one electrically conductive surface of the filter structure and such that the conducting element and the electrically conductive surface of the filter structure both comprise at least one cermet such that they are connected through a firmly bonded, electrically conductive connection and are part of the same structure and such that there is no connective material or gaps therebetween. 2. The electrical bushing according to claim 1, whereby the filter structure comprises a capacitor or an electromechanical resonator and the at least one electrically conductive surface of the filter structure provides at least one electrode surface of the capacitor or of the electromechanical resonator. 3. The electrical bushing according to claim 2, whereby a section of the electrically insulating base body provides a dielectric layer of the capacitor or a piezoelectric body of the electromechanical resonator. 4. The electrical bushing according to claim 2, whereby the at least one electrically conductive surface of the filter structure provides multiple electrode surfaces of the capacitor that extend plane parallel to each other, whereby the conducting element further comprises at least one connecting section that extends from one of the electrode surfaces to at least one other of the electrode surfaces in order to connect them electrically. 5. The electrical bushing according to claim 1, whereby the filter structure comprises a frequency-selective component and the at least one electrically conductive surface of the filter structure provides at least one contact surface to which the component is connected, whereby the frequency-selective component is provided as capacitor, as inductor, as electromechanical resonator, as SAW filter, as BAW filter, as crystal oscillator or as an integrated filter circuit. 6. The electrical bushing according to claim 5, whereby the frequency-selective component comprises at least one connector that is physically connected to the contact surface through a solder connection or through a press-fit. 7. The electrical bushing according to claim 1, whereby the at least one electrically conductive surface extends parallel or perpendicular to a direction of longitudinal extension of the base body and the at least one electrically conductive surface is essentially planar, convex, circular cylinder-shaped or extends along a section of a circular cylinder or sphere. 8. The electrical bushing according to claim 1, whereby the bushing comprises multiple conducting elements which each provide a conductive surface of the filter structure. 9. The electrical bushing according to claim 1, whereby at least one of the filter structure and the at least one electrically conductive surface is arranged at a surface of the bushing that is provided to border on the internal space or on the external space. 10. The electrical bushing according to claim 1, whereby the filter structure provides a band-stop filter or a low-pass filter and the filter structure comprises a capacitive feedthrough filter, a parallel dissipation capacitor, a serial filter inductor, an LC anti-resonant circuit that is arranged in series with the electrically conductive connection between the internal space and the external space, an LC resonant circuit that is connected as dissipation filter to the electrically conductive connection between the internal space and the external space, a continuity filter in a T arrangement of two serial inductors and a parallel capacitor in between, a continuity filter in a it arrangement of two parallel capacitors and a serial inductor in between, an electromechanical dissipation filter or an electromechanical serial filter. 11. The electrical bushing according to claim 1, whereby the base body and the at least one conducting element are connected in a firmly bonded sintered connection. 12. The electrical bushing according to claim 1, whereby at least one of the filter structure and the at least one electrically conductive surface is arranged within the bushing. 13. The electrical bushing according to claim 1, whereby the filter structure comprises a first connecting section connecting a first group of electrode surfaces to each other and to the internal space of the housing and a second connecting section connecting a second group of electrode surfaces to each other and to the external space of the housing. 14. An implantable medical device comprising: a housing; andan electrical bushing used in the housing;whereby the electrical bushing comprises at least one electrically insulating base body and at least one electrical conducting element;whereby the conducting element establishes, though the base body, at least one electrically conductive connection between an internal space of the housing and an external space;whereby the conducting element is hermetically sealed with respect to the base body; andcharacterized in that the electrical bushing comprises an electrical filter structure, whereby the at least one conducting element provides at least one electrically conductive surface of the filter structure and such that the conducting element and the electrically conductive surface of the filter structure comprise at least one cermet such that they are connected through a firmly bonded, electrically conductive connection and in that there is no solder, braze or conductive thermal material and no gaps between the electrical filter structure and the conducting element. 15. The implantable medical device according to claim 14, whereby device comprises a cardiac pacemaker or defibrillator.
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