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Implantable medical device having feedthru assembly with header side bunched conductor array and can side linear conductor array

  • US 8,649,869 B2
  • Filed: 03/05/2012
  • Issued: 02/11/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/05/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An implantable pulse generator comprising:

  • a header including lead connector blocks;

    a can coupled to the header and including a wall and an electronic substrate housed within the wall, the electronic substrate including an electrical connection region;

    a grouped array feedthru mounted in the wall and comprising;

    a feedthru housing having a header side and a can side;

    an electrically insulative core disposed within the feedthru housing; and

    a grouped array of feedthru wires extending through the electrically insulative core, each feedthru wire having a first end and a second end opposite the first end, the first end electrically coupled to a lead connector block of the lead connector blocks; and

    an inline array feedthru board adjacent the can side and comprising;

    a grouped array of first electrical contact holes receiving therein the second ends; and

    an inline array of conductor wires projecting from a side of the board opposite the feedthru, each first electrical contact hole in electrical communication with a respective conductor wire, and each conductor wire in electrical contact with at least a portion of the electrical connection region.

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