Patent ID: 9393431
Filing Date: 2016-07-19
CPC Classification: A61N,B23K,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A method of constructing a medical device, comprising: providing a can that houses medical circuitry; providing electrical connectors within the can and electrically connected to the medical circuitry; providing a connector enclosure comprising a body having a base and at least one metallic wall and defining a cavity and a metallic panel welded to the at least one metallic wall of the metallic body and covering the cavity, the body including an opening to the cavity; providing lead connectors within the cavity and in alignment with the opening, the lead connectors being positioned between the body and the metallic panel; providing electrical conductors that are electrically connected to the lead connectors within the cavity and that are electrically isolated from the metallic connector enclosure while being exposed outside of the metallic connector enclosure; placing a portion of the can in contact with an edge of the connector enclosure such that the electrical connectors within the can and the electrical conductors exposed outside the connector enclosure are in contact and are contained by a housing created by the contact of the can and the connector enclosure; and creating a bond at the contact of the portion of the can and the edge of the connector enclosure.