US 12,357,213 B2
Method of conductor management within a medical device
Christopher Mauhar, Maple Grove, MN (US); Hitesh Mehta, Plymouth, MN (US); Krishna Vedula, Plymouth, MN (US); Hugh D. Hestad, Edina, MN (US); and Jeff Fleigle, Brooklyn Park, MN (US)
Assigned to Greatbatch Ltd., Clarence, NY (US)
Filed by Greatbatch Ltd., Clarence, NY (US)
Filed on Nov. 5, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/520,522.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/165,859, filed on Mar. 25, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/110,389, filed on Nov. 6, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0142542 A1, May 12, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 5/259 (2021.01); A61B 5/262 (2021.01); A61B 5/273 (2021.01); H02G 1/08 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 5/259 (2021.01) [A61B 5/262 (2021.01); A61B 5/273 (2021.01); H02G 1/083 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of conductor management within a medical device, the method comprising:
providing a flexible substrate, the flexible substrate including at least one routing feature, the at least one routing feature including a protrusion extending outwardly from a surface of the flexible substrate;
with a cutting device, cutting a hole in the at least one routing feature; and
passing a conductor through the hole in the at least one routing feature, the routing feature acting to maintain and manage positioning of the conductor within the medical device.