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| 20080208277 | INTERNAL HERMETIC LEAD CONNECTOR FOR IMPLANTABLE DEVICE - An implantable active medical device is disclosed and includes a hermetically sealed housing defining a sealed housing interior, the hermetically sealed housing having a first surface and an opposing second surface. A power source and electronics are in electrical communication and disposed within the sealed housing interior. A lead connector projects through the sealed housing interior from the first surface to the second surface. The lead connector has a first open end, a second open end, an outer surface, and an inner surface defining a lead aperture. The lead connector includes one or more electrically conducting contact rings spaced apart by electrically insulating rings. The one or more electrically conducting contact rings are in electrical communication with the electronics. The lead connector provides a hermetic seal between the lead connector outer surface and the lead connector inner surface. | 08-28-2008 |
| 20080208278 | METHODS OF MANUFACTURING A HERMETIC LEAD CONNECTOR - A method of manufacturing a hermetic lead connector includes fixing an electrically insulating ring between an electrically conducting contact ring and an electrically conducting spacer ring to form a hermetic ring subassembly, and fixing a plurality of the hermetic ring subassemblies in axial alignment to form a hermetic lead connector. The hermetic lead connector includes an open end, an outer surface, and an inner surface defining a lead aperture. The hermetic lead connector provides a hermetic seal between the outer surface and the inner surface. | 08-28-2008 |
| 20080208279 | INTERNAL HERMETIC LEAD CONNECTOR FOR IMPLANTABLE DEVICE - An implantable active medical device is disclosed and includes a hermetically sealed housing defining a sealed housing interior, a power source and electronics in electrical communication and disposed within the sealed housing interior, and a lead connector projecting into the sealed housing interior. The lead connector includes a closed end, an open end, an outer surface, and an inner surface defining a lead aperture. The lead connector includes one or more electrically conducting contact rings spaced apart by electrically insulating rings. The one or more electrically conducting contact rings are in electrical communication with the electronics and the lead connector provides a hermetic seal between the lead connector outer surface and the lead connector inner surface. | 08-28-2008 |
| 20100063555 | ELECTRICAL CONTACT FOR IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE - A one-piece electrical contact ring for use in a lead receptacle of an implantable medical device includes (i) a tubular body defining a cavity extending through the body and (ii) a plurality of resiliently deflectable elements extending from the tubular body into the cavity. The deflectable elements have a lead contacting portion configured to contact the lead when received by the cavity. The lead contacting portions of the deflectable elements in a relaxed state are located in a plane that intersects the tubular body and are configured to deflect along the plane towards the tubular body as the lead is inserted in the contact ring. The contact ring may further include a plurality of stops, each configured to (i) engage a stop portion of the elements when the elements are sufficiently outwardly deflected and (ii) inhibit further outward deflection of the elements when the stops engage the stop portions. | 03-11-2010 |
| 20110165785 | MODULAR LEAD INTERCONNECTOR - An end interconnector for one or both ends of a lead body of an electrical lead for an implantable medical device. The interconnector has an insulative body having a receptacle at its first end for each of a plurality of wire filars from the lead body, and a receiver at its second end for each of a plurality of connection wires extending from the medical device, such as an electrode tip. The interconnector provides electrical connection between the plurality of wire filars and the plurality of connection wires. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110184479 | LEAD CONNECTOR WITH GLASS INSULATORS - A medical device lead connector includes two or more electrically conducting contact rings spaced apart by electrically insulating glass material. The electrically insulating glass material fixes the two or more electrically conducting contact rings in axial alignment. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110184480 | LEAD CONNECTOR WITH GLASS BRAZE - A medical device lead connector includes two or more electrically conducting contact rings spaced apart by electrically insulating ceramic ring. An electrically insulating glass material fixes the two or more electrically conducting contact rings to the insulating ceramic ring in axial alignment. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110270330 | DIFFUSION BONDED LEAD CONNECTOR - A medical device lead connector includes electrically conducting contact rings spaced apart by an electrically insulating ring and in axial alignment. The electrically conducting contact ring and the insulating ring having an interface bond on an atomic level. | 11-03-2011 |
