Patent ID: 9037260
Filing Date: 2015-05-19
Classification: A61N,B23K,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An implantable lead comprising: a lead body having a proximal end and a distal end; a cable conductor extending within the lead body; a coil electrode having one or more filars, the coil electrode extending along a portion of the distal end of the lead body, the one or more filars wound in a helical pattern; an inner fitting axially aligned with the coil electrode, at least a portion of the inner fitting comprising external threading, the inner fitting having a slot extending longitudinally along the inner fitting, the slot receiving at least a portion of the cable conductor; and an outer tubular fitting having a lumen with internal threading, each of the coil electrode and the inner fitting at least partially received within the lumen, both of the external threading and the one or more filars threadedly engaged with the internal threading, the cable conductor pinched in the slot to mechanically connect the cable conductor to the inner fitting, the pinching of the cable conductor supported by reception of the inner fitting within the lumen of the outer tubular fitting.