Patent ID: 6792312
Filing Date: 2004-09-14
Classification: A61N,H01R

Abstract:
An implantable medical device for use with one or more implantable leads, the implantable medical device comprising:a housing portion for housing electronic circuitry, the housing portion including a feedthrough; a connector assembly fixedly engaged with the housing portion and including one or more connector receptacles adapted to receive the one or more leads; a plurality of connector blocks fixedly positioned within the connector assembly such that each forms a coupling for a one of the one or more leads within a one of the one or more connector receptacles; a plurality of first conductors each including a first portion coupled to a one of the plurality of connector blocks and a second portion extending from the first portion; a plurality of second conductors each including a first portion coupled to the electronic circuitry and a second portion extending from the first portion outward from the housing portion through the feedthrough; a plurality of weld plates; a plurality of first weld joints each formed between a one of the plurality of first conductor second portions and a one of the plurality of weld plates; and a plurality of second weld joints each formed between a one of the plurality of second conductor second portions and a one of the plurality of weld plates.