Patent ID: 8600509

Claim:
A method for electrically stimulating patient tissue, the method comprising: inserting a distal end of at least two leads into a patient, the distal ends of each of the leads comprising a plurality of electrodes; coupling proximal ends of each of the leads to a splitter, the splitter comprising a junction having a proximal end and a distal end, an elongated proximal member extending from the proximal end of the junction and comprising a plurality of terminals disposed on a proximal end of the proximal member, and a plurality of elongated distal members extending from the distal end of the junction, each distal member comprising a connector disposed on a distal end of the distal member, at least two of the connectors receiving the proximal ends of the leads inserted into the patient, wherein one of the distal members is longitudinally aligned with the proximal member and at least another one of the distal members is longitudinally offset from the proximal member, and wherein each of a plurality of conductors couple the terminals of the proximal member to the connectors of the distal members, wherein each connector is coupled to a different subset of the terminals using the plurality of conductors, and each terminal of the proximal member is coupled by at least one of the conductors to a connector of only one of the plurality of elongated distal members; coupling the terminals disposed on the proximal member of the splitter to a connector of a control module; and generating electrical signals by the control module for stimulating patient tissue via the electrodes disposed on each of the at least two leads.