Ring connector for implantable medical devices

Details Ring connector for implantable medical devices Ring connector for implantable medical devices

2005-07-27

2008-12-16

Schaetzle, Kennedy J (Department: 3766)

Surgery: light, thermal, and electrical application

Light, thermal, and electrical application

Electrical therapeutic systems

C439S909000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07467013

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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“U.S. Appl. No. 10/374,037, Amendment and Response filed Jul. 27, 2005 to Non-Final Office Action mailed Jun. 29, 2005”, 6 pgs.
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