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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2013
Filed:
May. 17, 2010
Kevin R. Seifert, Forest Lake, MN (US);
Gregory A. Boser, Richfield, MN (US);
Jonathan A. Hughes, Blaine, MN (US);
Michael R. Dollimer, Lakeville, MN (US);
Kevin R. Seifert, Forest Lake, MN (US);
Gregory A. Boser, Richfield, MN (US);
Jonathan A. Hughes, Blaine, MN (US);
Michael R. Dollimer, Lakeville, MN (US);
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
An inner surface of a coupling component sidewall forms first and second portions of a cavity of the coupling component. A conductive coupling between an electrode and a conductor of a medical electrical lead may be formed by inserting a segment of the conductor into the first portion of the cavity, crimping the sidewall of the coupling component around the inserted segment, inserting a segment of the electrode into the second portion of the cavity, and welding an edge of the sidewall to the inserted electrode segment. The edge of the sidewall may define a slot, extending between first and second portions of the cavity, or a hole extending through the sidewall. The electrode may be part of an electrode assembly, mounted around an inner insulation layer of the lead, and the conductor may be part of a conductor assembly extending between inner and outer insulation layers of the lead.