Insulated electrical connection in an implantable medical device
OwnerAdrian Robert CRYER, Zoran MILIJASEVICinventors
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Abstract
An implantable medical device for implantation in a recipient's body, the implantable medical device including first and second elongate leads electrically connected to first and second device components of the implantable medical device, respectively. The implantable medical device further includes a conductor connector electrically connecting a distal end of the first lead to a distal end of the second lead, and an impervious encasement insulating the conductor connector. The impervious encasement includes a sleeve circumferentially surrounding and spaced from the conductor connector and an insulative material filling the space between the conductor connector and the sleeve.
Claims21
-20. (canceled)
A method of connecting an implantable component having a first lead conductor to an implanted medical device having a second lead conductor, the method comprising:
- electrically connecting the first lead conductor to the second lead conductor;
- positioning a sleeve about the connection of the first lead conductor and the second lead conductor, wherein the sleeve defines an internal lumen;
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- after positioning the sleeve, filling the lumen with a flowable insulative material.
A method comprising:
- connecting a first implantable electric conductor to a second implantable electric conductor;
- disposing at least a portion of the first implantable electric conductor and a portion the second implantable electric conductor in a non-conductive material that is spaced apart from the portion of the first implantable electric conductor and the portion the second implantable electric conductor;
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- substantially surrounding the portion of the first implantable electric conductor and the portion the second implantable electric conductor with a flowable insulative material.
A surgical kit comprising:
- an implantable component having a first lead, wherein a proximal end of the first lead is connected to the implantable component;
- a connector configured to electrically connect a distal end of the first lead to a lead of an implanted medical device during a surgical procedure;
- a sleeve configured to enclose the connector and form a space between the connector and the sleeve;
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- a biocompatible fluent insulative material configured to flow into the sleeve to substantially fill the space between the connector and the sleeve.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.