Title:
MEDICAL LEAD CONNECTOR
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2003020368
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
An electrical connector has a compressible portion that expands to accept an inserted lead and then contracts around the lead to provide both an electrical and a spring-like mechanical connection to the lead. The connector may have a fluted pin that collapses around the lead body when a set screw of the connector port is tightened. Alternatively, a middle segment of a pin may have indentations or slots that collapse around an inserted lead body. The connector can be attached to the lead body after the lead body is implanted in the body of the patient. In lead systems in which the lead body is implanted using a guide catheter, attaching the connector to the lead body after implantation makes removal of the guide catheter much less difficult.
Inventors:
WILLIAMS TERRELL M
SOMMER JOHN L
SOMMER JOHN L
Application Number:
PCT/US2002/028037
Publication Date:
January 08, 2004
Filing Date:
September 04, 2002
Export Citation:
Assignee:
MEDTRONIC INC (US)
International Classes:
A61N1/378; A61N1/05; (IPC1-7): A61N1/375; A61N1/05
Foreign References:
| EP0102156A2 | 1984-03-07 | |||
| US3040292A | 1962-06-19 | |||
| US1342819A | 1920-06-08 | |||
| US5007864A | 1991-04-16 |
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