Patent ID: 9172192
Filing Date: 2015-10-27
Classification: A61N,H01R,H05K,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An implantable medical device, comprising: a housing; circuitry within the housing; a feedthrough electrically connected to the circuitry and providing pins externally of the housing; and a header mounted to the housing, the header defining at least one lead passageway in a longitudinal direction and comprising a plurality of electrical contacts, each of the electrical contacts defining an opening that is lateral to the longitudinal direction of the lead passageway and including a longitudinal extension that is present within one axial channel of a set of axial channels of the header that are separated from the lead passageway, with each pin of the feedthrough extending through one feedthrough channel of a set of feedthrough channels of the header that intersect with corresponding axial channels to contact a corresponding extension of the electrical contacts.