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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 2014
Filed:
May. 05, 2008
Nathan T. Lee, Golden Valley, MN (US);
Eugene Kuschnir, Forest Lake, MN (US);
Jaimie A. Mattson, Ham Lake, MN (US);
David A. Bates, Plymouth, MN (US);
Nathan T. Lee, Golden Valley, MN (US);
Eugene Kuschnir, Forest Lake, MN (US);
Jaimie A. Mattson, Ham Lake, MN (US);
David A. Bates, Plymouth, MN (US);
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
A connector assembly for an implantable medical device with hardware components placed in established physical locations within the polymer of the connector, and a method of making the assembly. One embodiment includes a method that involves forming a first shot, coupling at least one hardware component to the first shot to form a subassembly, placing the subassembly between a set of opposing areas of a mold, moving at least one of the areas of the set of opposed areas of the mold to constrain the subassembly within the mold, and introducing a second shot over at least a portion of the subassembly to form the connector.