Patent ID: 6026567
Filing Date: 2000-02-22
Classification: A61N,Y10T

Abstract:
A method of connecting a core having a central axis and an external surface to a stranded conductor and to a component of a medical electrical lead, said component having a central axis and provided with an internal lumen having an internal surface, wherein one of said core and said component is provided with raised edges with depressions therebetween located on the inner surface of said lumen or on the outer surface of said core, said raised edges extending transverse to the central axis of said one of said core and said component having said raised edges, said core sized relative to said internal lumen such that said stranded conductor must be compressed in order to be located alongside and extending across said raised edges when said core is located in said internal lumen, comprising:arranging said stranded conductor extending across said raised edges; andadvancing said core and said stranded conductor into said lumen of said component such that said threaded surface engages said stranded conductor and retains said stranded conductor alongside said threaded surface as said core is advanced into said lumen and thereby compressing the conductor between said core and said component.