Feedthrough terminal assembly with lead wire bonding pad for human implant applications
OwnerRobert A. Stevenson, Richard L. Brendel +3inventors
InventorsRobert A. Stevenson, Richard L. Brendel, Christine Frysz, Haytham Hussein, Scott Knappen
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Abstract
A terminal assembly for active implantable medical devices includes a structural pad, in the form of a substrate or attached wire bond pad, for convenient attachment of wires from the circuitry inside the implantable medical device.
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A feedthrough terminal assembly for an active implantable medical device, comprising:
- a conductive ferrule conductively coupled to a housing of the active implantable medical device;
- a conductive terminal pin extending through the ferrule in non-conductive relation;
- an insulator disposed between the terminal pin and the ferrule;
- a structural pad disposed adjacent to the insulator;
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- a lead wire conductively coupled to the terminal pin by means of the structural pad.
A feedthrough terminal assembly for an active implantable medical device, comprising:
- a conductive ferrule conductively coupled to a housing of the active implantable medical device;
- a conductive terminal pin extending through the ferrule in non-conductive relation;
- an insulator disposed between the terminal pin and the ferrule;
- a wire bond pad conductively coupled to the terminal pin;
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- a lead wire conductively coupled to the wire bond pad.
A feedthrough terminal assembly for an active implantable medical device, comprising:
- a conductive ferrule conductively coupled to a housing of the active implantable medical device;
- a conductive terminal pin extending through the ferrule in non-conductive relation;
- an insulator disposed between the terminal pin and the ferrule;
- a substrate disposed adjacent to the insulator and including a conductive circuit or surface trace conductively coupled to the terminal pin;
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- a lead wire conductively coupled to the terminal pin by means of the conductive trace.
A feedthrough terminal assembly for an active implantable medical device, comprising:
- a conductive ferrule conductively coupled to a housing of the active implantable medical device;
- a conductive terminal pin extending through the ferrule in non-conductive relation;
- an insulator disposed between the terminal pin and the ferrule;
- a substrate disposed adjacent to the insulator;
- a wire bond pad attached to the substrate so as to be conductively coupled to the terminal pin;
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- a lead wire conductively coupled to the terminal pin by means of the wire bond pad.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.