Patent ID: 7702398
Filing Date: 2010-04-20
Classification: A61N,H01R

Abstract:
1. An electrode for an implantable medical device, the electrode comprising: a) an electrical contact having an electrical contact sidewall extending from an electrical contact upper face to an electrical contact lower face, wherein the electrical contact has a radial bore extending from the electrical contact sidewall part way across a diameter thereof between its upper and lower faces; b) at least one electrical conductor extending from a proximal end connectable to the medical device to a distal portion having a helical shape forming a lumen; c) a mandrel comprising a sidewall extending along a longitudinal axis thereof from a distal mandrel portion to a proximal mandrel portion comprising a tapered nose that extends downwardly and inwardly along the longitudinal axis to a proximal end thereof, wherein the mandrel is received in the lumen at the distal portion of the at least one electrical conductor received in the bore of the electrical contact and wherein the tapered nose of the proximal mandrel portion is received in the lumen of the at least one electrical conductor, but not in the bore of the electrical contact.