Patent ID: 9101755
Filing Date: 2015-08-11
Classification: A61N,H01R,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A contact assembly of an electrical stimulation lead, the contact assembly comprising: a cylindrical contact assembly body formed from an electrically-nonconductive, molded material, the contact assembly body having a first end, a second end, a longitudinal length, a circumference, and an outer side surface, wherein the first end of the contact assembly body is configured and arranged for coupling to an end of a lead body of an electrical stimulation lead; a plurality of side ports defined along the outer side surface of the contact assembly body, wherein each side port of the plurality of side ports is longitudinally and circumferentially offset from the remaining side ports of the plurality of side ports along the longitudinal length of the contact assembly; a plurality of conductor lumens defined along the contact assembly body, wherein each of the conductor lumens extends from the first end of the contact assembly body and terminates with a different one of the side ports of the plurality of side ports such that each of the plurality of conductor lumens has a different length than every other of the conductor lumens; and a stylet lumen defined along the contact assembly body, the stylet lumen having a closed end, wherein the stylet lumen extends longitudinally from the first end of contact assembly body and terminates at the closed end.