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Lead lumen sealing device

  • US 5,720,631 A
  • Filed: 05/02/1997
  • Issued: 02/24/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/07/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A medical device for use with an implantable lead comprising:

  • a connector cavity having an entrance end and a proximal end and adapted to receive a lead connector pin of said lead, said pin having an open end; and

    an electrically nonconducting elastomeric gasket located within said connector cavity and adapted to contact and seal the open end of the lead connector pin against fluid intrusion when the lead connector pin is residing within said connector cavity wherein said connector cavity has a lead connector pin electrical contact zone located between said entrance end and said proximal end, and wherein said gasket is located between said lead connector pin electrical contact zone and said proximal end without extending into said electrical contact zone when said lead is residing within said connector cavity.

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