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US 2016/0250482 A1Published application
Connector blocks for a header of an implantable device
AssigneeCardiac Pacemakers, Inc.
InventorsMoira B. Sweeney, Michael J. Kane, James Fouhy
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Abstract
An apparatus includes an implantable housing, a header mounted to the implantable housing and including a connector block cavity, and a connector block located within the connector block cavity, the connector block including a plastic housing portion, a coil spring, and a metallic termination member connected to the coil spring and exposed outside the plastic housing portion.
Claims18
1-17. (canceled)
A method comprising:
- placing a plastic connector block housing portion into a connector block cavity of a header;
- placing a coil spring into the connector block housing portion;
- and
- connecting a metallic termination member to the coil spring and positioning the metallic termination member to be exposed outside the plastic housing portion.
1 more element
A method comprising:
- placing a plastic connector block housing portion into a connector block cavity of a header of an implantable housing, the header including a plastic header core having a connector block cavity;
- placing a coil spring into the connector block housing portion, the connector block including a plastic housing portion holding a spring and a metallic termination member connected to the spring and exposed outside the plastic housing portion, wherein the metallic termination member is configured to electrically couple to a feedthrough that extends from the implantable housing to the header, wherein the plastic connector block housing portion includes an outer surface with the metallic termination member lying flush against the outer surface;
- and
- overmolding the header core with an epoxy to encapsulate the connector block and the header core.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.