Patent ID: 7650188
Filing Date: 2010-01-19
Classification: A61N,H01R

Abstract:
1. A medical device, comprising: a housing having an outer surface and a recessed area of the outer surface; electrical circuitry within the housing; a header mounted to the housing and having a connector port including an internal electrical contact, the connector port adapted to receive a connector terminal of a first medical electrical lead having an electrode, thereby electrically coupling the electrode of the first medical lead to the electrical circuitry of the medical device via contact between the connector terminal and the internal contact of the header connector port; an auxiliary medical electrical lead having a connector end, a supplemental electrode, and a conductor connecting the end to the electrode; and an external electrically conductive surface on the housing mechanically and electrically attached to the connector end of the auxiliary medical electrical lead and thereby electrically couple the supplemental electrode of the auxiliary lead to the electrical circuitry of the medical device via contact between the connector end and the external electrically conductive surface on the housing, the connector end of the auxiliary lead having a clamp structure having chamfered ends, wherein the external electrically conductive surface is only positioned in the recessed area of the outer surface.