US 12,144,632 B2
Electrode connection and method therefor
Hugh D. Hestad, Edina, MN (US); Jeff Fleigle, Brooklyn Park, MN (US); Christopher Mauhar, Maple Grove, MN (US); Krishna Vedula, Plymouth, MN (US); Hitesh Mehta, Plymouth, MN (US); and Rommy U. Huleis, Littleton, CO (US)
Assigned to Greatbatch Ltd., Clarence, NY (US)
Filed by GREATBATCH LTD., Clarence, NY (US)
Filed on Aug. 1, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/228,748.
Application 18/228,748 is a continuation of application No. 17/527,341, filed on Nov. 16, 2021, granted, now 11,813,063.
Application 17/527,341 is a continuation of application No. 16/669,887, filed on Oct. 31, 2019, granted, now 11,241,184, issued on Feb. 8, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/757,787, filed on Nov. 9, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0404459 A1, Dec. 21, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 5/296 (2021.01); A61N 1/05 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 5/296 (2021.01) [A61N 1/05 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A component for a medical device, the component comprising:
a conductor wire including a connection portion; and
an electrode formed from a conductive tube, wherein the conductive tube is compressed at least partially around the connection portion of the conductor wire to at least partially surround and couple to the connection portion, the electrode including:
a flattened portion including a substantially flat surface configured to contact and stimulate tissue; and
a leg extending from the flattened portion of the electrode, the flattened portion and the leg substantially forming a T-shape, wherein the connection portion of the conductor wire is disposed within the leg of the electrode.