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US 8,914,094 B2Granted
Crimp terminations for conductors in implantable medical lead and method of making same
AssigneePacesetter, Inc.
InventorsKeith Victorine, Steven R. Conger, Greg Kampa, Dorab N. Sethna, Daniel Ephraim, Sean Matthew Desmond
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Abstract
A method of manufacturing an implantable medical lead is disclosed herein. The method may include: providing a lead body including a proximal end, a distal end, and an electrode near the distal end; provide a conductor extending between the proximal and distal ends; providing a crimp including a ribbon-like member and extending the ribbon-like member around the conductor; and mechanically and electrically connecting the ribbon-like member to the electrode.
Claims7
An implantable medical lead comprising:
- a longitudinally extending body having a distal end and a proximal end;
- an electrode on the body near the distal end;
- a lead connector end operably coupled to the proximal end of the body;
- a tubular braid arrangement having an electrical conductor braided with an electrical nonconductor;
- a crimp slug comprising a cylindrical side surface, a planar surface at one end, a semi-sloped surface at an opposite end, a pair or recess defined at opposite sides of the cylindrical side surface, and an additional recess defined at the semi-sloped surface;
- wherein the pair of recess are configured to be engaged by a crimping tool and the additional recess is configured to receive the electrical conductor;
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- wherein the crimp slug is electrically and mechanically coupled to the electrode.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.