Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc.

Kevin P Rodby

John M Edgell

Lawrence David Swanson

Nick A Youker

Scott Dahl

David A Chizek

A vented set screw is used to secure a connection between an implantable medical device and an implantable lead. The vented set screw includes one or more venting channels that allow liquid and/or gas to flow out of the implantable medical device when the implantable lead is being inserted into the implantable medical device and secured during an implantation procedure. This prevents pressure from building up at the connection, thereby ensuring proper performance of sensing and/or therapy delivery functions of the implantable medical device.

Vented set screw for implantable medical device

An implantable medical device includes a housing, a header mounted to the housing, the header including a header body having a bore with an electrical contact located within the bore, wherein the electrical contact includes a plurality of contact points, wherein at least two of the contact points are longitudinally offset from each other along the bore.

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Shoreview, MN, United States of America

Kevin P Rodby