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Spinal cord stimulation paddle lead and method of making the same

  • US 8,332,048 B2
  • Filed: 09/21/2011
  • Issued: 12/11/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/28/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method, comprising:

  • providing a lead body having a plurality of conductive wires, wherein the plurality of conductive wires are helically wound at a wire spacing pitch;

    providing a stimulation paddle, the stimulation paddle comprising a metal layer between insulative layers, wherein a plurality of electrically isolated metal traces are patterned in the metal layer, each metal trace comprises a contact and an electrode exposed through one or several insulative layers, and the contacts of the metal traces are disposed together on the stimulation paddle and spaced according to the wire spacing pitch;

    placing the lead body in contact with the stimulation paddle such that an exposed segment of the lead body abuts the contacts of the metal traces; and

    transmitting energy onto each contact so that the respective contact becomes welded to an abutting conductive wire of the medical lead thereby electrically coupling the abutting conductive wire to a respective electrode of the stimulation paddle.

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