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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 26, 2014
Boston Scientific Neuromodulation Corporation, Valencia, CA (US);
Michael X. Govea, Glendale, CA (US);
William George Orinski, Reno, NV (US);
Boston Scientific Neuromodulation Corporation, Valencia, CA (US);
Abstract
A lead anchor includes an anchor body having a pin lumen and spaced-apart lead lumens extending along an entire length of the anchor body. The pin lumen receives an anchoring pin with a diameter that is larger than a diameter of the pin lumen. The pin lumen has flexible walls that exert a radially-outward-directed force away from the anchoring pin when the anchoring pin is received by the pin lumen. The lead lumens each have flexible walls and receive a different lead body of at least one lead. The radially-outward-directed force exerted by the walls of the pin lumen when the anchoring pin is received by the pin lumen causes corresponding radially-inward-directed forces along the flexible walls of the lead lumens that retain portions of the lead bodies within the anchor body when the portions of the lead bodies are received by the lead lumens.