IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL LEAD CONNECTOR SLEEVES

摘要

A connector sleeve includes a lumen adapted to receive a medical lead connector wherein a retention element engages a retention edge formed at a distal end of a connector element included on the lead connector. The connector sleeve further includes a contact element adapted to electrically engage the lead connector element within the lumen and an external conductiv e surface electrically coupled to the contact element and adapted for electric al engagement within the connector bore of an implantable medical device.