Body implantable stimulator with novel connector and method
First Claim
1. In a body implantable stimulator of the type having signal generator means, including output means extending therefrom, having lead means, including contact means carried thereby, and having connector means electrically and mechanically interconnecting said lead means and signal generating means, the improvement wherein said connector means comprises preformed means including terminal means for interconnecting said output means and said contact means, said terminal means having first and second bore means and said preformed connector means comprising aperture means associated with each of said bore means, said aperture means accepting and guiding said contact means and output means into different ones of said first and second bore means, and further comprising mechanical fastener means for securing said preformed connector means to said signal generator means.
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Abstract
A body implantable stimulator having a signal generator and lead electrically and mechanically interconnected by a preformed connector. The connector carries terminals to establish electrical communication between the signal generator and the lead, passageways being provided in the connector body to accept and guide the signal generator output connections and lead into contact with the terminals. In a preferred embodiment, the terminals are provided with intersecting bores such that an output connection and lead contact each other within a terminal. The preformed connector may be mechanically fastened to the signal generator.
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24 Claims
- 1. In a body implantable stimulator of the type having signal generator means, including output means extending therefrom, having lead means, including contact means carried thereby, and having connector means electrically and mechanically interconnecting said lead means and signal generating means, the improvement wherein said connector means comprises preformed means including terminal means for interconnecting said output means and said contact means, said terminal means having first and second bore means and said preformed connector means comprising aperture means associated with each of said bore means, said aperture means accepting and guiding said contact means and output means into different ones of said first and second bore means, and further comprising mechanical fastener means for securing said preformed connector means to said signal generator means.
- 14. A body implantable stimulator of the type having a signal generator means, including output means carried thereby, and having connector means, including terminal means, carried by said signal generator means for electrically interconnecting said output means and said contact means, the improvement wherein said terminal means comprises bore means, said connector means comprising preformed means including first means for accepting and guiding said output means into said terminal means bore means.
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24. The method of mechanically and electrically interconnecting a body implantable signal generator and a lead, the generator having output connections and the lead having a pin contact, comprising the steps of:
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providing a terminal for each output connection and pin contact to be interconnected, said terminals having an output connection bore and a pin contact bore; forming a connector body around said terminals including a passageway through said connector body to said output connection and pin contact terminal bores; positioning said connector body on said signal generator while guiding said output connections through said passageways and into said pin contact terminal bores.
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