Patent ID: 7914343

Claim:
A method for coupling a first pair extension connector terminals and a second pair of extension connector terminals to an implantable device, the method comprising: inserting the first pair of connector terminals into corresponding first and second ports of a first housing of an adapter; inserting the second pair of connector terminals into corresponding first and second ports of a second housing of the adapter; the first and second adapter housings being coupled to first and second branches, respectively, of a flexible bifurcation member, the flexible bifurcation member being coupled to a distal end of an elongate body of the adapter; moving, by deforming the flexible bifurcation member, the first housing alongside the second housing such that the first port of the first housing is located beside the first port of the second housing and the second port of the first housing is located beside the second port of the second housing; and inserting a connector of the adapter into a connector port of the device; the connector of the adapter being coupled to a proximal end of the elongate body of the adapter.