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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 18, 2011
Yaling Fan, Savage, MN (US);
Douglas N. Hess, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Megan M. Kruse, Shoreview, MN (US);
Nathan Lee Olson, Shoreview, MN (US);
Kathryn R. Parsons, Fridley, MN (US);
VU D. Tran, Blaine, MN (US);
Gareth Morgan, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Yaling Fan, Savage, MN (US);
Douglas N. Hess, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Megan M. Kruse, Shoreview, MN (US);
Nathan Lee Olson, Shoreview, MN (US);
Kathryn R. Parsons, Fridley, MN (US);
Vu D. Tran, Blaine, MN (US);
Gareth Morgan, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
An implantable medical electrical lead includes a plurality of conductors that extend continuously, without any intermediary junctions, between a plurality of electrodes and a corresponding plurality of contact members of an in-line connector terminal. A junction between each conductor and the corresponding contact member is preferably formed by first fitting a conductive sleeve, which is coupled to a proximal portion of the conductor, into an eyelet feature of the contact member, which is mounted on a strut member, and then welding the sleeve to the contact member at a pre-formed slot of the contact member, which extends along an external recessed surface thereof. The assembly of the connector terminal preferably completes the construction of the lead, wherein the proximal portion of each conductor is positioned in a helical path, which extends between an elongate body of the lead and the connector terminal, and along which a grip zone is formed.