US 6,981,314 B2
Method of forming a lead
Damon Ray Black, Dallas, Tex. (US); Terry Daglow, Allen, Tex. (US); John Erickson, Plano, Tex. (US); Robert Earl Jones, Wylie, Tex. (US); and B. Reno Lauro, Murphy, Tex. (US)
Assigned to Advanced Neuromodulation Systems, Inc., Plano, Tex. (US)
Filed on Jan. 09, 2002, as Appl. No. 10/42,992.
Application 10/042992 is a division of application No. 09/760437, filed on Jan. 12, 2001, abandoned.
Application 09/760437 is a division of application No. 09/299702, filed on Apr. 26, 1999, granted, now 6,216,045.
Prior Publication US 2002/0055765 A1, May 09, 2002
Int. Cl. H01R 43/00 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 29—825 4 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for forming a substantially isodiametric lead having a prescribed diameter and at least one electrode separated from at least one terminal by a lead body, wherein the at least one electrode is electrically coupled to the at least one terminal by a conductor passing through a passage defined by the lead body, comprising the steps of:
assembling the at least one electrode and the at least one terminal relative to the lead body to form an assembly, including connecting the at least one electrode to the at least one terminal via the conductor;
over-molding the assembly with a first material to form an intermediate assembly, wherein the first material is compatible with and has mechanical properties consistent with a second material of the lead body; and
removing at least a portion of the first material of the intermediate assembly in excess of the prescribed diameter of the lead, where the lead comprises the at least one electrode, the at least one terminal and the lead body.