Patent ID: 8326425
Filing Date: 2012-12-04
Classification: A61N

Abstract:
1. An implantable device comprising: a header; a housing; one or more electrical connectors connected to the header and located externally relative to the housing; and a feedthrough assembly mounted to the housing, the feedthrough assembly including a nonconductive base having one or more holes therethrough, the feedthrough assembly further including one or more feedthrough pins, each feedthrough pin extending through one of the one or more holes, each feedthrough pin including an integral structure including a pin body and an upper contact surface, wherein the upper contact surface is located externally of the housing for connecting to one or more of the electrical connectors, wherein the one or more feedthrough pins includes a nailhead shape with the upper contact surface having a larger connection surface area than a cross-sectional area of the pin body, wherein the pin body includes a lower pin body portion located internally and having a same diameter as a diameter as the rest of the pin body and smaller cross-sectional area than the upper contact surface.