Patent ID: 8147275
Filing Date: 2012-04-03
Classification: A61N,H01R

Abstract:
1. An interface adapter for an implantable medical electrical lead, the interface adapter facilitating temporary electrical connection between an external medical device and a connector terminal of the medical electrical lead, the interface adapter including a longitudinal axis, a receptacle extending along the longitudinal axis and being sized to receive insertion of the lead connector terminal therein, a sidewall surrounding the receptacle, and a contact opening being formed through the sidewall to the receptacle, the contact opening being positioned along the longitudinal axis of the interface adapter so as to expose, through the sidewall, a connector contact of the lead connector terminal, when the lead connector terminal is inserted within the receptacle, for electrical connection with a contact surface of a contact member of an electrical connection cable for the external medical device; and wherein the sidewall of the interface adapter comprises: a canted external edge adjacent to the contact opening; and wherein the canted external edge has a surface area that extends at an angle with respect to the longitudinal axis of the interface adapter, to provide an interface that holds the contact member in a tilted orientation, at substantially the same angle, in order to bias the contact surface of the contact member through the contact opening and into electrical contact with the exposed connector contact of the lead connector terminal, when the lead connector terminal is inserted within the receptacle of the interface adapter, the angle being greater than approximately 5 degrees and less than 90 degrees.