Patent ID: 7402083
Filing Date: 2008-07-22
Classification: A61N,H01R,Y10S

Abstract:
1. An electrical connection assembly for a medical device, the assembly comprising: a module including a base for mounting to a housing of the medical device, a cap engagable with the base, and an area for receiving a medical electrical lead connector, the lead connector including a plurality of connector elements; a plurality of rigid conductive sidewalls each mounted in a fixed position to the module base, each sidewall defining a portion of a perimeter of the area for receiving the lead connector; a plurality of feedthrough wires each coupled to a corresponding sidewall of the plurality of rigid conductive sidewalls and each extending from the assembly for electrical coupling with circuitry contained within the housing of the medical device; and a plurality of resilient members attached to the module cap, each member applying a spring force against a corresponding connector element of the plurality of connector elements, when the lead connector is received within the area, when each connector element of the plurality of connector elements is positioned adjacent to a corresponding conductive sidewall of the plurality of conductive sidewalls, and when the module cap is engaged with the module base; wherein the applied spring force of each resilient member causes electrical coupling between the corresponding connector element and the corresponding conductive sidewall.