Patent ID: 7765011
Filing Date: 2010-07-27
Classification: A61N,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method for making a medical electrical lead electrode assembly, the method comprising: forming a slit in a mesh panel; placing the mesh panel in a mold; molding an insulative material over the mesh panel in the mold in order to form an insulative carrier that includes a first side, a second side and an opening that extends from the first side to the second side and corresponds in position to the slit formed in the mesh panel, the mold including features for forming the opening in the carrier; inserting at least one tab of a conductive component through the opening in the carrier and the slit in the mesh panel, the tab extending away from an electrode portion of the component such that, after the tab is inserted, the electrode portion is disposed on the first side of the carrier and the tab is disposed on the second side of the carrier; electrically coupling an elongate flexible conductor to the tab of the conductive component; and forming an insulative layer over the tab and the conductor on the second side of the carrier.