Patent ID: 8918987

Claim:
A method of manufacturing a stimulation lead comprising: providing a plurality of conductive contacts located at an end of a lead body of the stimulation lead and providing a plurality of conductor wires disposed in a plurality of conductor lumens formed in the lead body, wherein each of the conductor wires is disposed within one of the plurality of conductor lumens and each of the conductor lumens of the plurality of conductor lumens has at least one of the conductor wires of the plurality of conductor wires disposed therein, wherein a portion of the conductor lumens is disposed radially beneath the conductive contacts; connecting at least one of the plurality of conductor wires to each of the conductive contacts; and placing non-conductive material into at least one portion of at least one of the conductor lumens of the lead body that is not occupied by a conductor wire, wherein at least a portion of the non-conductive material is radially disposed beneath the conductive contacts.