Patent ID: 8504163
Filing Date: 2013-08-06
Classification: A61M,A61N

Abstract:
1. A system comprising: a stimulator including a housing having opposing top and bottom surfaces and configured to be at least partially disposed within a burr hole in a cranium of a patient, electronic circuitry contained within said housing and configured to generate an electrical stimulus, a first number of electrical contacts and a first registration element disposed on said bottom surface of said housing, and a hollow lumen extending through said housing and terminating in said opposing surfaces, wherein said lumen has a longitudinal axis, and said opposing surfaces of said housing are respectively located at opposite ends of said longitudinal axis; a stimulating member having a lead and a number of electrodes disposed on said lead for applying said electrical stimulus to a stimulation site within said patient; a connector member coupled to a proximal portion of said stimulating member, said connector member having opposing top and bottom surfaces, a hollow lumen, a second number of electrical contacts and a second registration element disposed on said top surface of said connector member, wherein said first and second registration elements correspond to each other to align said first and second numbers of electrical contacts with each other; and a coupling member configured to extend through said lumens of said stimulator and said connector member and apply opposing forces to said housing and said connector member to secure said stimulating member to said housing, such that said electrical contacts of said stimulator are electrically coupled to said electrical contacts of said connector member.