Patent ID: 7337002

Claim:
An implantable, medical-tissue-stimulating device comprising: (a) an electronic pulse generator contained in a first, hermetically-sealed, body-fluid-impervious, housing member, the first housing member including an internally-threaded, female socket formed of an electrically-conductive material, the female socket containing a concentrically-disposed, conductive, terminal pin; (b) a battery power supply contained in a second, hermetically-sealed, body-fluid-impervious, housing member, the second housing member including an externally-threaded, outwardly-projecting, tubular, electrically-conductive terminal member containing an insulating sleeve surrounding a concentrically-disposed, female contact; and (c) the internally-threaded, female, socket adapted to receive the externally-threaded terminal member therein, whereby rotation of the first housing member relative to the second housing member, through approximately ninety degrees, urges the first and second housing members together in a coplanar relationship with the terminal pin mating with the concentrically-disposed female contact.