Patent ID: 8046909

Claim:
A process for fabricating a medical lead for stimulation of tissue of a patient, the process comprising: providing an electrode assembly comprising a plurality of electrodes electrically coupled to a first plurality of conductors; providing a lead body comprising a second plurality of conductors; providing a splicing tube having a plurality of angularly spaced longitudinal grooves; placing proximal ends of the first plurality of conductors within the plurality of angularly spaced grooves defined on an exterior surface of the splicing tube; placing distal ends of the second plurality of conductors within the plurality of angularly spaced grooves and adjacent to the proximal ends of the first plurality of conductors such that a portion of the distal ends overlap a portion of the proximal ends; positioning conductive filler material adjacent to the overlapped portions of the distal and proximal ends; electrically coupling the proximal ends of the first plurality of electrodes to respective distal ends of the second plurality of electrodes; molding insulative material about at least the electrode assembly and the splicing tube; and fusing the splicing tube with the insulative material from the molding and the lead body.