CPC A61N 1/0556 (2013.01) [A61N 1/3752 (2013.01); A61B 5/389 (2021.01); A61N 1/0558 (2013.01); A61N 1/3605 (2013.01); A61N 1/375 (2013.01)] | 18 Claims |
1. A method of constructing a lead connector, comprising:
providing a planar dielectric connector substrate and at least one connector pad carried by the planar dielectric connector substrate; and
affixing the connector substrate around an outer surface of a cylindrical rod, such that the at least one connector pad faces outward away from the cylindrical rod to form at least one lead connector contact, the cylindrical rod being composed of material having the necessary columnar strength to allow the lead connector to be firmly inserted into a corresponding female connector of a neurostimulator without the addition of a supplemental stiffening material.
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