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Connector arrangement for a lead for an implantable stimulation device

  • US 4,840,580 A
  • Filed: 05/27/1988
  • Issued: 06/20/1989
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/05/1987
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. In an implantable stimulation device having an electrode lead with a proximal end and a terminal portion of said device having a socket in which said proximal end of said lead is received, the improvement being a connector arrangement comprising:

  • means for fixing said proximal end of said lead in said socket to make a rigid mechanical and electrical connection, said means for fixing having a longitudinal axis; and

    means in said terminal portion of said device for receiving said means for fixing such that the longitudinal axis thereof is tangential relative to said proximal end of said lead and substantially normal to the direction of insertion of said lead into said socket.

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