Patent ID: 7567842
Filing Date: 2009-07-28
Classification: A61N,H01R

Abstract:
1. A tubular housing for electrically connecting an implantable medical device to an implantable electrical stimulation lead, the tubular housing comprising: a tubular outer segment comprising a first material; a tubular middle segment disposed inside the outer segment in contact with the outer segment and comprising a second material; and a tubular inner segment disposed inside the middle segment in contact with the middle segment and comprising a third material, a circumferential groove in the inner segment exposing a portion of the middle segment to an axial hole through the tubular housing, the groove adapted to receive a coiled spring, the groove enabling transmission of stimulation pulses from the exposed portion of the middle segment, through the coiled spring, to the stimulation lead inserted through the axial hole for stimulation of tissue in a patient.