Patent ID: 9095728
Filing Date: 2015-08-04
Classification: A61N,H01R,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A one-piece electrical contact ring for electrically coupling a medical lead with electronics of an implantable medical device, comprising: a tubular body defining a cavity extending through the body, the cavity configured to receive the lead, wherein the tubular body has a central axis running through the cavity and the central axis is orthogonal to a plane that intersects the tubular body; and a plurality of resiliently deflectable elements extending from the tubular body into the cavity, each of the plurality of deflectable elements having a lead contacting portion configured to contact the lead when the lead is received by the cavity, wherein the lead contacting portion of each of the plurality of deflectable elements are located in the plane and each of the plurality of deflectable elements, along its entire length, in a relaxed state extends from the tubular body to the lead contacting portion, along the plane that intersects the tubular body and are configured to deflect along the plane towards the tubular body as the lead is inserted in the contact ring.