Patent ID: 8275465

Claim:
A method of fabricating a stimulation lead for applying electrical pulses to tissue of a patient, the method comprising: supplying a lead body, wherein the lead body comprises a plurality of wire conductors extending from a proximal end of the lead body to a distal end of the lead body, and the plurality of wire conductors are disposed within insulative material of the lead body; and providing a plurality of terminals and electrodes on the proximal end and the distal end of the lead body respectively, wherein the plurality of terminals and electrodes are electrically coupled through the plurality of wire conductors; wherein the providing comprises: positioning a conductive band about the lead body, wherein the conductive band comprises a first end and a second end, and the first end and the second end are adapted to be clasped together; positioning a wire conductor between an exterior surface of the first end and an interior surface of the second end of the conductive band; closing the first end and the second end of the conductive band about the wire conductor such that the first end and the second end are disposed in an overlapping arrangement; and welding the conductive band to sea the conductive band about the lead body.