Novel assembly methods for medical electrical leads

A method for making a medical electrical lead electrode assembly, the method comprising:

• providing a plurality of conductive components mounted to an insulative carrier, each conductive component being secured to the carrier with an inward facing surface of an electrode portion of each component being disposed against a surface of a first side of the carrier, and a tab of each component extending along a surface of a second side of the carrier, the second side of the carrier being opposite the first side of the carrier, and the inward facing surface of the electrode portion of each conductive component being opposite an outward facing contact surface of the electrode portion of the corresponding conductive component;
• electrically coupling each conductor of a plurality of elongate flexible conductors to the tab of the corresponding component of the plurality of conductive components;
• placing the insulative carrier with the mounted plurality of conductive components and the plurality of coupled conductors in a mold;
• and
• molding an insulative layer over the second side of the carrier, over each tab of the plurality of conductive components and over each electrically coupled conductor.