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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 06, 2003
John L. Sommer, Coon Rapids, MN (US);
Douglas S. Hine, Forest Lake, MN (US);
Douglas N. Hess, Maple Grove, MN (US);
John L. Sommer, Coon Rapids, MN (US);
Douglas S. Hine, Forest Lake, MN (US);
Douglas N. Hess, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
A connector sleeve includes a lumen adapted to receive a medical lead connector wherein a retention element engages a retention edge formed at a distal end of a connector element included on the lead connector. The connector sleeve further includes a contact element adapted to electrically engage the lead connector element within the lumen and an external conductive surface electrically coupled to the contact element and adapted for electrical engagement within the connector bore of an implantable medical device.