Patent ID: 7736192

Claim:
An adapter for coupling a plug of an implantable neurostimulator lead extension to a connector port of a neurostimulator device; the plug including first and second connector terminals extending side-by-side; each of the first and second connector terminals of the plug including a terminal pin contact and a contact surface spaced apart from the pin contact along a length of the corresponding connector terminal; the adapter comprising: an elongate body and a plurality elongate conductors extending therein; a connector coupled to the elongate body, the connector including a plurality of contacts, each of the plurality of connector contacts for electrical coupling with a corresponding device contact mounted within the connector port of the device and each of the plurality of connector contacts coupled to a corresponding conductor of the plurality of elongate conductors; and a housing coupled to the elongate body and including a first sidewall, a second sidewall, a first face extending between the first and second sidewalls, a second face opposite the first face and extending between the first and second sidewalls, a third face extending between the first and second sidewalls and between the first and second faces, and a pair of housing ports, each port of the pair of housing ports including an opening and a first housing contact and a second housing contact; wherein both of the pair of port openings face in a same general direction and are located on the first face of the housing; the first housing contact of each of the pair of housing ports comprises a set screw mounted in a set screw block, and the housing further comprises an access port for a first of the set screws located along the third face, and an access port for a second of the set screws located along the second face; and each port opening provides for insertion of the corresponding connector terminal of the extension plug into the corresponding housing port for electrical coupling of the pin contact of each plug connector terminal with the corresponding first housing contact, and electrical coupling of the contact surface of each plug connector terminal with the corresponding second housing contact.