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US 2006/0224208 A1Published application
Medical electronics electrical implantable medical devices
AssigneeBal Seal Engineering, Inc.
InventorJacques Naviaux
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Abstract
An implantable medical device includes an impulse generator having a header and a contact assembly which includes at least one molded plastic housing having two halves joined together with the halves defining a bore therethrough. A canted coil spring is disposed within the housing halves along a bore circumference and includes a weld plate which extends to an exterior of the housing halves. A weld plate overlays the housing halves exterior which is joined to both the spring lead and devices wires.
Claims10
An implantable medical device comprising:
- an impulse generator having a header;
- and
- at least one contact assembly disposed within said header and including:
- at least one molded plastic housing including two halves joined together, the joined halves defining a bore therethrough;
- a canted coil spring disposed within the housing halves along a bore circumference;
- an exterior weld plate overlaying and aligning the housing halves and joined to the spring;
- and
- at least one device wire joined to said weld plate.
5 more elements
An implantable medical device comprising:
- an impulse generator having a header;
- and
- at least two parallel contact assemblies disposed within said header each assembly including:
- a plurality of molded plastic housings each having including two halves joined together, the joined halves define a bore therethrough;
- a canted coil spring disposed within each of the housing halves along a bore circumference;
- an exterior weld plate overlaying and aligning pairs of the housing halves and joined to the spring;
- and
- at least one device wire joined to each weld plate.
5 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.