Patent ID: 8250752

Claim:
A method for assembling a connector assembly for a connector module of a medical device, the connector assembly including at least one contact assembly, each of the at least one contact assembly including a mounting member, a first contact clip and a second contact clip, the mounting member including a bore, to receive axial insertion of a medical electrical lead connector therein, a first pair of opposing mounting sidewalls extending about the bore, and a second pair of opposing mounting sidewalls, axially offset from the first pair of opposing mounting sidewalls and extending about the bore, each of the first and second contact clips including a joining portion and a pair of opposing curved legs extending from the joining portion, and the method comprising: mounting the first contact clip to one of the first pair of opposing mounting sidewalls of the mounting member, so that an inward bending portion of each of the opposing curved legs of the first contact clip bends into and out from the bore, and the joining portion of the first contact clip rests on the one of the first pair of opposing mounting sidewalls, being positioned on a first side of a shoulder of the mounting member, the shoulder being axially offset from the first pair of opposing sidewalls; and mounting the second contact clip to one of the second pair of opposing mounting sidewalls of the mounting member, so that an inward bending portion of each of the opposing curved legs of the second contact clip bends into and out from the bore, and the joining portion of the second contact clip rests on the one of the second pair of opposing sidewalls, being positioned on a second side of the shoulder, the second side being opposite the first side.