A low resistance, styleted spinal cord stimulation lead and connector

Author

Black, D.R. ; Lauro, B.R. ; Daglow, T.D. ; Jones, R. ; Erickson, J.H.

Author_Institution

Adv. Neuromodulation Syst. Inc., Allen, TX, USA

Volume

1

fYear

1999

fDate

1999

Abstract

A one or more contact implantable electrical stimulation lead and connector are described. This low resistive lead is made steerable through the use of a removable contoured steering mechanism (stylet). The outer portion of the lead is made of a high strength implantable polymer and the inner conductors are made of a low electrical resistance, high flexibility alloy. The outer diameter of the lead is 1.4 mm, resulting in an extremely low profile. The lead is retained into the connector housing by a contact spring around each contact and a single set-screw. The addition of a stylet to the lead and the simple low insertion force connector make this system easy to use

Keywords

biomedical electrodes; electric connectors; neuromuscular stimulation; 1.4 mm; contact spring; extremely low profile; high flexibility alloy; high strength implantable polymer; implantable electrical stimulation lead; low insertion force connector; low resistance lead; reduced lead implantation time; removable contoured steering mechanism; single set-screw; steerable lead; stylet; styleted spinal cord stimulation lead; Assembly; Conductors; Connectors; Contacts; Electric resistance; Electrical stimulation; Electrodes; Lead; Pulse generation; Springs;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

[Engineering in Medicine and Biology, 1999. 21st Annual Conference and the 1999 Annual Fall Meetring of the Biomedical Engineering Society] BMES/EMBS Conference, 1999. Proceedings of the First Joint

Conference_Location

Atlanta, GA

ISSN

1094-687X

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5674-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.1999.802673

Filename

802673