Patent ID: 6884122
Filing Date: 2005-04-26
Classification: A61N,H01R,Y10S

Abstract:
1. An electrical connector in combination with an implantable medical device (IMD), for establishing permanent electrical communication between internal components of the IMD wherein said internal components couple to deployable medical electrical leads, comprising: a molded housing of insulating material adapted to sealingly couple to a surface of the IMD, said housing comprising a plurality of contact pad-receiving interlocking structures; a metallic insert having each of a plurality of wire contact pads sealingly secured to one of the plurality of contact pad-receiving interlocking structures of the molded housing wherein said insert includes a manually removable tab attached to the plurality of wire contact pads of the stamped insert so the removable tab and wire contact pads are in common electrical communication, and wherein the wire contact pads are sized to receive an end portion of an electrical wire; and means formed in said molded housing adapted for guiding the end portion of the electrical wire to each wire contact pad.