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Connector module having internal weld plates

  • US 6,792,312 B2
  • Filed: 09/06/2001
  • Issued: 09/14/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/06/2001
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An implantable medical device for use with one or more implantable leads, the implantable medical device comprising:

  • a housing portion for housing electronic circuitry, the housing portion including a feedthrough;

    a connector assembly fixedly engaged with the housing portion and including one or more connector receptacles adapted to receive the one or more leads;

    a plurality of connector blocks fixedly positioned within the connector assembly such that each forms a coupling for a one of the one or more leads within a one of the one or more connector receptacles;

    a plurality of first conductors each including a first portion coupled to a one of the plurality of connector blocks and a second portion extending from the first portion;

    a plurality of second conductors each including a first portion coupled to the electronic circuitry and a second portion extending from the first portion outward from the housing portion through the feedthrough;

    a plurality of weld plates;

    a plurality of first weld joints each formed between a one of the plurality of first conductor second portions and a one of the plurality of weld plates; and

    a plurality of second weld joints each formed between a one of the plurality of second conductor second portions and a one of the plurality of weld plates.

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