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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2011
Ken Mcgiboney, Frisco, TX (US);
Galen L. Smith, Allen, TX (US);
Michael Gaines, Little Elm, TX (US);
Jerome Boogaard, Forest Grove, OR (US);
Ken McGiboney, Frisco, TX (US);
Galen L. Smith, Allen, TX (US);
Michael Gaines, Little Elm, TX (US);
Jerome Boogaard, Forest Grove, OR (US);
Advanced Neuromodulation Systems, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a method of fabricating an implantable pulse generator, comprises: providing a lead body including a plurality of conductors; providing a feedthrough component comprising a plurality of feedthrough pins; hermetically enclosing pulse generating circuitry and switching circuitry within a housing, the feedthrough component being welded to the housing; laser machining each of the plurality of feedthrough pins to comprise a slot along a surface of the respective feedthrough pin; placing a respective conductor from the lead body in the respective slot of each of the plurality of feedthrough pins; and performing welding operations to connect the plurality of conductors of the lead body with the plurality of feedthrough pins of the feedthrough component.