Method of making ultrasonically welded, staked of swaged components in an implantable medical device
First Claim
1. A method of securing at least one component within a pre-formed module including a pre-formed header module and a connector module attached to a hermetically sealed enclosure of an implantable medical device, wherein said hermetically sealed enclosure is formed with a plurality of electrical feedthrough, each feedthrough having a feedthrough pin extending through an enclosure wall for attachment with a like plurality of connector components located within a like plurality of component recesses, including making an electrical connection which comprises the steps of:
- forming a ribbon connector of a plurality of conductive ribbons and a radiopaque marker joined by bridges, each ribbon having first and second ribbon connector contacts;
attaching each of said first ribbon connector contacts to a terminal of a feedthrough pin;
attaching each of said second ribbon connector contact to one of said connector components; and
severing said bridges to electrically isolate each of said ribbons and said radiopaque marker.
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Abstract
The present invention generally relates to implantable medical devices and more particularly to various means for ultrasonically welding, swaging or staking various components in an implantable medical device, most preferably by employing appropriately configured covers or lids. Covers or lids are attached to header or connector modules mounted on an hermetically enclosed and sealed enclosure, where the connector or header module and enclosure comprise an implantable medical device. The covers or lids preferably trap or otherwise secure any of a number of various connector or header module components within the header or connector modules. Examples of such trapped or secured components include grommets, set screw connector blocks, seals, feedthrough wires, multi-beam contacts, electrical contacts, antennas, radio-opaque markers, connector ribbons and the like.
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1. A method of securing at least one component within a pre-formed module including a pre-formed header module and a connector module attached to a hermetically sealed enclosure of an implantable medical device, wherein said hermetically sealed enclosure is formed with a plurality of electrical feedthrough, each feedthrough having a feedthrough pin extending through an enclosure wall for attachment with a like plurality of connector components located within a like plurality of component recesses, including making an electrical connection which comprises the steps of:
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forming a ribbon connector of a plurality of conductive ribbons and a radiopaque marker joined by bridges, each ribbon having first and second ribbon connector contacts;
attaching each of said first ribbon connector contacts to a terminal of a feedthrough pin;
attaching each of said second ribbon connector contact to one of said connector components; and
severing said bridges to electrically isolate each of said ribbons and said radiopaque marker. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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