Surgery: light – thermal – and electrical application – Light – thermal – and electrical application – Electrical therapeutic systems
Reexamination Certificate
2006-02-21
2006-02-21
Schaetzle, Kennedy (Department: 3766)
Surgery: light, thermal, and electrical application
Light, thermal, and electrical application
Electrical therapeutic systems
C439S909000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07003351
ABSTRACT:
An electrical contact for use in the header assembly of an implantable tissue stimulator includes a metal housing having a base and a sidewall where the opening in the base is adapted to receive the terminal of a medical lead therethrough. An electrical contact support member is welded to the edge of the sidewall and affixed to the support member are a plurality of spring members that are tangent to an imaginary circle whose diameter is slightly less than the outside diameter of the lead terminal contact rings. When the contacts are axially aligned in the device header, the terminal of an electrical lead may be longitudinally inserted into the header to establish electrical contact with device feedthrough wires that are joined to the electrical contacts in the header.
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Sundberg Gregory L.
Tvaska Devon N.
Cardiac Pacemakers Inc.
Nikolai Thomas J.
Nikolai & Mersereau , P.A.
Schaetzle Kennedy
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