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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 03, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2008
Christine G. Kronich, Saint Paul, MN (US);
John L. Sommer, Coon Rapids, MN (US);
William K. Wenger, St. Paul, MN (US);
Michael D. Eggen, Lake Elmo, MN (US);
Gerald Jordan Montgomery, Blaine, MN (US);
Joseph A. Dupay, Andover, MN (US);
Christine G. Kronich, Saint Paul, MN (US);
John L. Sommer, Coon Rapids, MN (US);
William K. Wenger, St. Paul, MN (US);
Michael D. Eggen, Lake Elmo, MN (US);
Gerald Jordan Montgomery, Blaine, MN (US);
Joseph A. DuPay, Andover, MN (US);
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
A lead implant system includes a lead coupling device, which is configured to couple a lead during an implant procedure, in communication with a medical device and an implantable medical device, which is contained within a package that includes an electrical interface for electrical coupling with an electrical contact of the implantable medical device. The electrical interface facilitates coupling of the packaged medical device to an electrical contact of another medical device, which is located outside the package. If the electrical contact of the packaged device is mounted within a bore of the device, then the connector structure allows for passage of a sterilizing gas into the connector bore, and past the connector contact, within the bore.