Patent ID: 8676320
Filing Date: 2014-03-18
Classification: A61B,A61N,H01R

Abstract:
1. A system, comprising: an implantable medical lead including a device having a lead connector configured to receive the lead, wherein the connector has first and second radially spaced apart internal contacts, wherein the first internal contact is configured to engage and electrically couple the first contact of the lead when the lead is received by the connector, and wherein the second internal contact is configured to engage and electrically couple the second contact of the lead when the lead is received by the connector; wherein the lead is axially moveable in the connector such that the distance the lead extends from a face of the connector is adjustable, and wherein the first and second contacts of the lead and the first and second contacts of the connector, respectively, are electrically couplable at a plurality of axial positions as the lead is moved axially within the connector.