Multi-conductor lead including a connector with an interlocking insulator
AssigneePacesetter, Inc.
InventorDavid E. Mueller
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Abstract
A multi-conductor lead having a lead body including at least two conductors and at least one electrode at a distal end for delivering an electrical stimulus, the multi-conductor lead also including a connector assembly at a proximal end, the connector assembly including a pair of electrical contacts each connected to one of the two conductors of the multi-conductor lead and a rigid insulator interlocking and electrically separating the pair of electrical contacts.
Claims24
An implantable lead for delivering an electrical stimulus from a pulse generator to tissue, the implantable lead comprising:
- a lead body having at least two conductors extending from a distal end to a proximal end of said lead body;
- at least one electrode located at the distal end of said lead body and connected to at least one of said conductors;
- a connector assembly located at the proximal end of said lead body, said connector assembly including a pair of electrical connectors each attached to one of said at least two conductors of said lead body;
- a rigid insulator disposed between said pair of electrical connectors of said connector assembly in relative position;
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- interlocking mechanism means for interlocking at least one of said pair of electrical connectors to said rigid insulator.
A multi-conductor lead having a lead body including at least two conductors extending from a proximal end to a distal end of said lead body and at least one electrode at the distal end for delivering an electrical stimulus, the multi-conductor lead also including a connector assembly at the proximal end, the connector assembly comprising:
- a pair of electrical contacts each connected to one of the at least two conductors of the multi-conductor lead;
- a rigid insulator electrically separating said pair of electrical contacts;
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- interlocking mechanism means for interlocking at least one of said pair of electrical contacts to said rigid insulator.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.