US 11,666,768 B2
Electrically isolated connector for implantable medical devices
Jonathan C. Sell, Eagan, MN (US); Robert T. Sandgren, Lindstrom, MN (US); Jayesh R. Patel, Maple Grove, MN (US); Elizabeth K. Formosa, Robbinsdale, MN (US); Jeffrey Novotny, North Branch, MN (US); Wen Tan, Shoreview, MN (US); and Emily Paukert, Plymouth, MN (US)
Assigned to Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US)
Filed by Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US)
Filed on Mar. 4, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/249,555.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/985,026, filed on Mar. 4, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0275823 A1, Sep. 9, 2021
Int. Cl. A61N 1/375 (2006.01); A61N 1/05 (2006.01); H01R 13/621 (2006.01); H01R 24/58 (2011.01); H01R 107/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61N 1/3752 (2013.01) [A61N 1/0551 (2013.01); H01R 13/621 (2013.01); H01R 24/58 (2013.01); H01R 2107/00 (2013.01); H01R 2201/12 (2013.01)] 24 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A neuromodulation adaptor configured to provide an electrical coupling between an otherwise incompatible stimulation lead and neurostimulator device, the neuromodulation adaptor comprising:
a proximal portion including a plurality of electrical conductors spaced apart at a first pitch spacing and configured to electrically engage with a corresponding plurality of electrical terminals of a neurostimulator device; and
a distal portion including a stimulation lead port assembly, the stimulation lead port assembly including an upper portion and a lower portion configured to house a plurality of connector elements and a set screw assembly, the plurality of connector elements and set screw assembly, spaced apart at a second pitch spacing and configured to electrically engage with a corresponding plurality of electrical connectors of a stimulation lead wherein the second pitch spacing is different than the first pitch spacing.