Patent ID: 8548601
Filing Date: 2013-10-01
Classification: A61N

Abstract:
1. A lead connection system comprising: a connector housing having a first end and an opposing second end, the connector housing configured and arranged to receive a proximal end of each of a plurality of leads, each of the plurality of leads having a plurality of terminals disposed along the proximal end, and each of the plurality of leads configured and arranged to receive a stylet insertable into the proximal end of the lead and extendable therefrom; a plurality of lead retainers disposed in the connector housing, each of the plurality of lead retainers configured and arranged to removably attach the proximal end of one of the received plurality of leads to the connector housing with the lead extending from the first end of the connector housing, the plurality of lead retainers comprising at least one linearly-slidable drawer; a plurality of connector contacts configured and arranged for making electrical contact with one or more of the terminals of one or more of the plurality of received leads; and a single connector cable having a proximal end and a distal end, the distal end electrically coupled to the plurality of connector contacts and the proximal end configured and arranged for insertion into a trial stimulator, the cable connector electrically coupled, via the connector contacts, to at least one terminal of each of the received plurality of leads; wherein the plurality of lead retainers comprises a first linearly-slidable drawer; wherein the plurality of leads comprises a first lead; wherein the first linearly-slidable drawer is configured and arranged to receive the first lead and removably attach the proximal end of the first lead to the connector housing; wherein when the first lead is received by the first linearly-slidable drawer, and when the stylet is inserted into the proximal end of the first lead and extended therefrom, the first lead extends from the first end of the connector housing and a portion of the stylet extends from the second end of the connector housing.