Apparatus and method for detecting lead adequacy and quality

A package for enclosing a lead set, the lead set optimized to induce Wedensky phenomena by sub-threshold transcutaneous stimulation for acute, short term use external to a body with a medical device that senses or delivers electromagnetic energy, the lead set comprising a connector, a plurality of leads and a plurality of lead terminations each lead termination being associated with one of the plurality of leads, the package comprising:

• a fixture for supporting the lead terminations and the connector in a fixed geometric configuration relative to one another such that the fixture is engagable to a package interface operably coupled to a testing apparatus such that the lead set is in electromagnetic communication with the package interface via the connector and the lead terminations and the lead terminations are each releasably connected to an electromagnetically isolated lead pad interposed between the lead termination and the package interface, thereby facilitating the testing of the lead set for conformance with known desired electromagnetic characteristics;
• in which the electromagnetically isolated lead pads are fixated in space relative to one another in a remanufactured fixture and the connector is releasably fixated in space relative to the electromagnetically isolated lead pads in the premanufactured fixture;
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• in which the fixture is altered by the removal of the leads such that the known electromagnetic transmission characteristics of the electromagnetically isolated lead pads are altered in a way that is identifiable by the testing apparatus thereby enabling the testing apparatus to deny reuse of the lead set.