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Triple port and quadruple port in-line header designs

  • US 5,899,930 A
  • Filed: 09/29/1997
  • Issued: 05/04/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/29/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A header assembly of an implantable device capable of electrically and mechanically coupling at least two electrical sensing and/or pacing leads and adapted for both sealably engaging a casing of the implantable device and electrically coupling an electronic circuit and power supply contained within the casing, which generates an electrical pulse for stimulating tissue of a patient, said header assembly comprising:

  • (a) a housing coupled to the casing of the implantable device, said housing having at least two ports extending from a side surface of said housing toward but short of an opposite side surface, wherein each port is adapted for sealably receiving a terminal end of a lead, each said port having first and second spaced apart apertures intersecting the port;

    (b) an electrically conductive terminal block positioned within each aperture, each said terminal block having a means for securing the terminal end of the lead to a respective terminal block; and

    (c) a jumper wire positioned within a channel formed in the housing which interconnects preselected apertures, at least a portion of said channel being accessible from an external surface of said housing, said jumper wire being electrically coupled to corresponding terminal blocks contained within the preselected apertures.

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