ONE PIECE HEADER ASSEMBLY FOR AN IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE
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1. A header for an implantable medical device, the assembly comprising:
- a) the implantable medical device comprising;
i) a first housing portion comprising a first major face wall supporting a first sidewall partially surrounding the first face wall except at a first open end;
ii) a second housing portion comprising a second major face wall supporting a second sidewall partially surrounding the second face wall except at a second open end;
iii) wherein the first and second housing portions are matable with the first and second open ends being in alignment with each other to provide a housing opening;
iv) control circuitry and at least one electrical energy storage device contained inside the housing with the first casing portion mated to the second casing portion; and
v) a lid for closing the housing opening;
b) the header comprising;
i) a body;
ii) the body supporting a terminal; and
iii) at least one feedthrough wire having a distal end connected to the terminal and a proximal end extending from the body; and
c) the lid having an upper surface to which the body is secured and an opening through which the feedthrough wire extends, the feedthrough wire being electrically insulated from the housing and the lid by a seal;
d) a first passageway extending into the body leading to the terminal, wherein a lead of a conductor is movable into the first passageway to connect the terminal with the conductor terminating at an organ intended to be assisted by the medical device; and
e) wherein the lid supporting the body is connected to the first housing portion mated to the second housing portion to close the medical device by closing the housing opening formed by the aligned first and second open ends of the housing portions with the proximal end of the feedthrough wire connected to the control circuitry contained therein.
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Abstract
The present invention is directed to a header assembly attachable to a medical device for the purpose of connecting its output terminals to at least one lead, the lead terminating at a target organ or portion of the body intending to be assisted. A number of leads are connectable to the header, including single and coaxial leads. The header assembly may be molded directly to the medical device or preformed and then attached to the device casing, either by mechanical fastener and/or chemical adhesive.
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1. A header for an implantable medical device, the assembly comprising:
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a) the implantable medical device comprising;
i) a first housing portion comprising a first major face wall supporting a first sidewall partially surrounding the first face wall except at a first open end;
ii) a second housing portion comprising a second major face wall supporting a second sidewall partially surrounding the second face wall except at a second open end;
iii) wherein the first and second housing portions are matable with the first and second open ends being in alignment with each other to provide a housing opening;
iv) control circuitry and at least one electrical energy storage device contained inside the housing with the first casing portion mated to the second casing portion; and
v) a lid for closing the housing opening;
b) the header comprising;
i) a body;
ii) the body supporting a terminal; and
iii) at least one feedthrough wire having a distal end connected to the terminal and a proximal end extending from the body; and
c) the lid having an upper surface to which the body is secured and an opening through which the feedthrough wire extends, the feedthrough wire being electrically insulated from the housing and the lid by a seal;
d) a first passageway extending into the body leading to the terminal, wherein a lead of a conductor is movable into the first passageway to connect the terminal with the conductor terminating at an organ intended to be assisted by the medical device; and
e) wherein the lid supporting the body is connected to the first housing portion mated to the second housing portion to close the medical device by closing the housing opening formed by the aligned first and second open ends of the housing portions with the proximal end of the feedthrough wire connected to the control circuitry contained therein. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for connecting an implantable medical device to a conductor terminating at a body organ intended to be assisted by the medical device, comprising the steps of:
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a) providing the medical device having a housing comprising at least a first and a second wall portions mateable together to provide the housing;
b) positioning control circuitry, at least one electrical energy storage device and at least one feedthrough wire nested in the first wall portion, the feedthrough wire extending from the control circuitry through the first wall portion of the housing to a distal end of the feedthrough wire located outside the first wall portion, wherein the first wall portion is not mated to the second wall portion;
c) molding a body of polymeric material supporting a terminal connectable to a lead of the conductor, wherein the body further includes a first passageway extending into the body leading to the terminal and a second passageway extending into the body in communication with the terminal and the first passageway;
d) positioning the body on the first wall portion of the housing with the distal end of the feedthrough wire extending through the first passageway to contact the terminal;
e) accessing the terminal through the second passageway to electrically connect the feedthrough wire to the terminal;
f) mating the second wall portion to the first wall portion to complete the housing for the medical device; and
g) connecting the lead of the conductor to the terminal.
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11. A method for connecting an implantable medical device to a conductor terminating at a body organ intended to be assisted by the medical device, comprising the steps of:
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a) providing the medical device having a housing comprising at least a first and a second wall portions which are mateable together to provide the housing;
b) positioning control circuitry, at least one electrical energy storage device and a first and a second feedthrough wires nested in the first wall portion, the feedthrough wires extending from the control circuitry through the first wall portion of the housing to first and second distal ends of the feedthrough wires located outside the first wall portion, wherein the first wall portion is not mated to the second wall portion;
c) molding a body of polymeric material having a bore communicating from outside the body to first and second terminals, wherein the terminals include first and second lead openings aligned in a co-axial relationship, and wherein the body further includes a first passageway extending into the body leading to the first terminal and a second passageway extending into the body in communication with the first terminal and the first passageway, and wherein the body further includes a third passageway extending into the body leading to the second terminal and a fourth passageway extending into the body in communication with the second terminal and the third passageway;
d) positioning the body on the first wall portion of the housing with the distal ends of the first and second feedthrough wires extending through the respective first and third passageways to contact the first and second terminals;
e) accessing the first terminal through the second passageway to electrically connect the distal end of the first feedthrough wire to the first terminal, and accessing the second terminal through the fourth passageway to electrically connect the distal end of second feedthrough wire to the second terminal;
f) mating the second wall portion to the first wall portion to complete the housing for the medical device; and
g) moving the lead of the conductor into the bore of the body with the lead received in the first and second lead openings aligned in the co-axial relationship. - View Dependent Claims (12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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13. The method of claim 111 including providing the housing for the medical device comprising mating first and second clam shell housing portions closed by a lid.
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