Patent ID: 7806836

Claim:
A system for introducing an implantable electrode line, said system comprising: an electrode line comprising a plug pin including an inner surface defining a channel; a guide wire configured to interlock with the electrode line, wherein the channel receives the guide wire therethrough such that the inner surface of the plug pin is substantially parallel to the guide wire; and a socket configured to generate deformation of the guide wire to produce a coupling in a longitudinal direction of the guide wire within a lumen of the electrode line, the coupling forming a force-locking engagement between the guide wire and the electrode line, wherein the socket is configured to receive the plug pin in a friction fit configuration and is movable with respect to the electrode line in the longitudinal direction of the guide wire to generate the deformation and the force-locking engagement, the socket comprising two longitudinal passages that are adjacent to one another in the longitudinal direction but not concentric to one another, wherein a diameter of a first, proximal longitudinal passage is matched to an outer diameter of the guide wire and a diameter of a second, distal longitudinal passage is matched to an outer diameter of the plug pin.