Patent ID: 8346362

Claim:
An implantable medical device, which comprises: a) a housing containing control circuitry, at least one electrical energy storage device, and at least one feedthrough wire extending from the control circuitry and through a wall of the housing to a distal portion of the wire; b) an insulative body mounted on the housing of the medical device; c) at least one terminal supported by the insulative body and that is directly connectable to at least one medical lead; d) at least one conductor wire supported by the insulative body and comprising a distal end that is electrically connected to the terminal spaced from a proximal conductor wire end; and e) at least one connector sleeve supported by the insulative body and comprising a sidewall extending along a longitudinal axis from a distal sleeve portion including a distal sleeve bore to a proximal sleeve portion including a proximal sleeve bore, i) wherein the proximal conductor wire end is disposed within the distal sleeve bore and electrically connected thereto, and ii) wherein the distal portion of the at least one feedthrough wire resides in the proximal sleeve bore with the sleeve sidewall crimped into an electrical connection therewith as an effect of a lateral force generally perpendicular to the longitudinal axis having been imparted to the connector sleeve such that a lower region of the proximal sleeve portion is laterally offset from an upper region of the proximal sleeve portion to thereby physically connect the connector sleeve the feedthrough wire at the lateral offset.