Abstract: An implantable pulse generator is provided that includes a power source, a wireless communication component configured to facilitate wireless communication with a non-implanted device and pulse-generating circuitry connected to the power source. The pulse-generating circuitry can be configured to identify, based on wireless communication with the non-implanted device, temporal and amplitude characteristics for electrical pulse stimuli and to trigger electrical output stimuli having the temporal and amplitude characteristics. The implantable pulse generation can further include one or more lead connections—each being shaped to engage a lead and electrically connected to the pulse-generating circuitry to enable the lead to deliver at least part of the electrical output stimuli triggered by the pulse-generating circuitry. The implantable pulse generator can further include one or more suture-engagement components, each including one or more holes each having a diameter that is at least 0.1 mm and less than 5 mm.

Abstract: A system used for neurological stimulation, includes a pulse generator module, including a first housing configured to accommodate a pulse generator unit. The first housing includes a coupling portion and a first electrical interface located at the coupling portion. The pulse generator unit is configured to generate neurological stimulation pulses to be supplied to at least one neurological stimulation electrode via the first electrical interface. A first lead interface module is connectable to the coupling portion and the first electrical interface. The first lead interface module is detachably connectable to the at least one neurological stimulation electrode. A second lead interface module is connectable to the coupling portion and the first electrical interface. The second lead interface module includes an extension cable connectable to an electrode coupling box for supplying neurological stimulation pulses generated by the pulse generator unit to the at least one neurological stimulation electrode.

Abstract: An active medical device has a feedthrough with at least two terminal pins that are connected to electronic components in the device housing. A lead connector is connected to a strain-relief device for a lead. The lead connector supports at least two proximally-facing C-shaped inserts with an annular spring nested therein that are detachably connected to the device terminal pins to thereby connect the device electronic components to the lead electrodes. The device housing has a length extending along a longitudinal axis, and secondary axes of the terminal pins connected to the C-shaped inserts/annular springs are aligned parallel to the axis with imaginary extensions of the connector axes extending into the device housing.

Abstract: Implantable medical devices (IMDs) are disclosed which are capable of wirelessly receiving power from a magnetic field to power the IMD or charge its battery, but which do not use a wire-wound coil for magnetic field reception. The IMD can include a case housing control circuitry for the IMD, in which at least a portion of the case is conductive, with a case current formed in the conductive case portion in response to the magnetic field. The IMD includes power reception circuitry inside the case, and includes various examples of first and second electrical connections used to divert at least some of the case current as a power current to the power reception circuitry, thus allowing the power reception circuitry to use the power current to provide power to the IMD or to charge its battery.

Abstract: A defibrillation generator for an implantable defibrillation system comprises a housing, a connector block for connecting an electrode lead assembly to be non-transvenously implanted in a patient, and control device for controlling the operation of the defibrillation generator. The connector block has two connectors, to each of which an electrode lead of the electrode lead assembly, said electrode leads having at least one defibrillation electrode pole, is connectable, wherein the control device is configurable to assume a first operating state if an electrode lead is connected to just one of the two connectors, or a second operating state if electrode leads are connected to each of the two connectors.

Abstract: In various examples, a connector for an implantable medical device is configured to accept a lead therein and electrically couple to a lead contact of the lead. The connector includes a connector housing, which includes a bore portion including a bore hole therethrough. The bore hole includes a bore hole axis, the bore hole being sized and shaped to accept the lead within the bore hole. An attachment portion is coupled to the bore portion. The attachment portion includes an attachment hole within the attachment portion sized and shaped to accept a feedthrough wire within the attachment hole. The attachment hole includes an attachment hole axis offset from and non-parallel to the bore hole axis.

Abstract: A device and means of electrical interconnection and electrical circuit isolation between an implantable stimulation, receiving and/or data transmission lead and a pulse generating or monitoring device. Pulse generating and monitoring devices require an electrical and mechanical interconnection between the stimulation, recording and/or data transmission wires and the active electronic system, each channel or circuit electrically isolated with a high impendence barrier. This device will allow for a rectangular, high-density, unibody, secured, low insertion force connector configuration, increasing the number of connectors and reducing implant size while increasing the number of stimulation and recording channels.

Abstract: Provided is a connector assembly for use in an implantable medical device. The connector assembly for use in an implantable medical device includes an insulating sealed housing and at least one conductive element. The sealed housing defines at least one connecting hole along an axial direction of the sealed housing, a hole wall of each of the at least one connecting hole defines at least one circumferential mounting groove, and the at least one circumferential mounting groove is arranged along an axial direction of the at least one connecting hole. The at least one conductive element is disposed in a corresponding one of the at least one circumferential mounting groove and is drawn out to an outside of the sealed housing through a respective electrical contact element.

Abstract: An implantable device includes a low-profile housing having a cavity defined in a side thereof, and an element insertably removable with respect to the housing in a direction substantially parallel to a surgical plane of the implantable device. The element has a first portion adapted to be received in the housing cavity. The element further includes a second portion adapted to protrude from the housing upon insertion of the element into the housing cavity. The second portion includes at least one surface adapted for engagement with a surgical instrument for insertion and removal of the element with respect to the housing. A method for servicing the implantable device includes, at an incision proximate an implant location of the implantable device, insertably and removably accessing the element in a direction substantially parallel to a surgical plane of the implantable device.

Abstract: An implantable medical device includes an electrode and an insulative material secured to the electrode via an adhesive. The electrode includes a metal substrate and a metal coating. The metal substrate includes a connection segment and an active segment along a length of the metal substrate. The metal coating is disposed on an outer surface of the metal substrate along the connection segment and the active segment. The insulative material surrounds the connection segment of the metal substrate without surrounding the active segment, and the adhesive adheres to the metal coating on the connection segment.

Abstract: In various examples, a header of an implantable device includes a first header portion and a second header portion at least partially disengageable from the first header portion. In a closed configuration, the first header portion is fully engaged with the second header portion, and in an open configuration, the first header portion is at least partially disengaged from the second header portion. At least one bore within the header is sized and shaped to accommodate a proximal end of a lead. The bore is split substantially longitudinally to form a first bore portion and a second bore portion. With the proximal end of the lead disposed within the bore and a positioning feature interacting with a lead feature, at least one lead contact aligns with at least one header contact to allow the at least one lead contact to electrically couple to the at least one header contact.

Abstract: An implantable medical device includes a header body and a septum assembly. The header body includes a first welding surface and a septum bore extending inwardly from an outer surface to an inner cavity. The septum assembly is at least partially disposed within the septum bore of the header assembly and includes a septum configured to allow insertion of a tool through the septum into the inner cavity and to otherwise provide a seal. The septum assembly further includes a retainer within which at least a portion of the septum is retained. The retainer includes a welding feature coupled to the retainer body, the welding feature providing a second welding surface. The retainer is coupled to the header body by welding the first welding surface to the second welding surface.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a ceramic substrate by a 3D-printing process is described. The method comprises operating a 3D-printer to print a green-state ceramic body having a height extending to spaced apart first and second end surfaces and at least one via extending at least part-way along the height of the green-state ceramic body from the first end surface toward the second end surface. Then, the green-state ceramic body is sintered to provide the ceramic substrate with the at least one via. In cross-section, the at least one via has a square-shaped via with rounded corners.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to connectors for high density neural interfaces and methods of microfabricating the connectors. Particularly, aspects of the present disclosure are directed to a connector having a core and a supporting structure wrapped around at least a portion of the core. The supporting structure may have a first layer of a high temperature liquid crystal polymer, and the second layer of a low temperature liquid crystal polymer that is reflowed to attach the supporting structure to the core. Conductive traces are buried between the first layer and the second layer, and the conductive traces terminate at conductive contacts formed on a surface of the first layer. The connector may have a predetermined shape or profile, which facilitates alignment and insertion of the connector into a header of a neurostimulator.

Abstract: An adapter to add optical stimulation to a stimulation system includes an adapter body and a connector disposed on the distal end of the adapter body. The connector includes a connector body defining a port and a connector lumen; connector contacts disposed in the connector body and arranged along the connector lumen; and a light source disposed in the connector body. The adapter also includes terminals disposed along the proximal end of the adapter body and conductors extending along the adapter body and electrically coupling the connector contacts and the light source to the terminals. The adapter may be used with an optical stylet that fits into a stimulation lead which is, in turn, coupled to the connector of the adapter. Alternatively, the adapter can include a fiber optic coupled to the light source and configured to extend into the stimulation lead.

Abstract: A medical implant is in the form of an implantable pulse generator. The implantable pulse generator includes a housing and a socket arranged on the housing for receiving an end portion of a lead. The socket provides a strain relief for the lead. The strain relief forms a sleeve which surrounds a through-opening for receiving the lead. A seal protrudes from an inner side of the sleeve facing the through-opening and is designed to sealably close the through-opening when no lead is inserted into the through-opening.

Abstract: Implantable medical devices include circuitry positioned adjacent to header-related structures, rather than having the header and related structures sitting atop the position of the circuitry within a device housing. A circuit board within the device housing may be positioned adjacently to a lead bore of the header. Feedthrough conductors may extend from the circuitry to conductors of the header while being positioned adjacently to the circuit board. Lead frame conductors may extend to the electrical connectors of the lead bores while also being adjacent to the upper portion of the circuitry. Device height may be reduced by having the circuitry be positioned adjacent to one or more of the various header-related structures.

Abstract: A package and method of packaging for integrated microfluidic devices and systems is disclosed wherein a package is made from individually processed and patterned layers of LTCC green tape, that is aligned and stacked, and then co-fired to form a stable LTCC ceramic packaging modules. Subsequently, microfluidic device die and/or integrated microfluidic systems device die are bonded to pre-determined areas of the packaging modules and the modules are aligned bonded together to form leak-free, sealed packages for the microfluidic devices and systems. The use of LTCC materials and techniques provides a low-cost flexible and easily customizable packaging approach for microfluidic devices and systems that can be designed and transitioned into production with significant development time and cost.

Abstract: A system adapted for neurostimulation of a patient, using a trial stimulator unit for generating stimulation pulses to targeted tissue in a patient through at least one neurostimulation lead. The trial stimulator unit has at least one receiving connection port adapted to receive at least one lead adapter. The lead adapter has a receiving portion, a sliding portion and a connection port. The receiving portion receives a proximal end of a stimulation lead. The sliding portion couples to the receiving portion. The connection port is adapted to connect to at least one receiving connection port. A case for enclosing the trial stimulator unit and the at least one lead adapter is provided.

Abstract: A method for increasing left ventricular torsion by multi-point pacing includes fitting a plurality of pacemaker points at an epicardium of a heart such that the plurality of pacemaker points are positioned proximate an apex of a left ventricular muscle of the heart and sequentially pacing the plurality of pacemaker points. The left ventricular muscle of the heart twists in response to the sequential pacing. A system for implementing multi-point ventricular pacing is also provided.

Abstract: A disposable pacemaker comprises a housing including a stylet port, a pulse generator printed circuit board assembly situated in the housing, and a pacing lead secured to the housing. The pacing lead includes a lumen aligned with the stylet port, such that the stylet port and the lumen of the pacing lead are configured to receive a stylet.

Abstract: A device housing for an IMD is suggested, the device housing having: a front side, a flat end face that is arranged perpendicular to the front side and connects to a straight upper edge of the front side, the front side having a maximum width (Bmax) that is measured parallel to the straight upper edge, and a maximum height (Hmax) that is measured perpendicular to the straight edge, wherein the ratio R of maximum width (Bmax) to maximum height (Hmax), i.e., Bmax/Hmax, is between 1.05 and 1.35.

Abstract: Distal connector assemblies that are on the distal end of medical lead extensions provide increased rigidity by including a rigid holder that contains the electrical connectors. The electrical connectors are separated within the rigid holder by insulative spacers that may be individual items or may be formed from a compliant carrier that the electrical connectors may reside within where the carrier is positioned within the rigid holder. The rigid holder may also contain a set screw block defining set screw bore or the rigid holder may include an integral portion that defines a set screw bore. The integral portion may include a slot to allow a molding pin loaded with the electrical connectors and other components to be dropped into a cavity of the rigid holder. An overmold may be present to surround the rigid body containing the electrical connectors and insulative spacers.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an implantable medical device including a housing, a header, a connector port, and a collet assembly. The header can be arranged with the housing. The connector port can be arranged within the header and configured to couple an implantable lead to the header. The collet assembly can be arranged within the connector port and configured to frictionally engage a portion of the implantable lead and to secure the implantable lead with the header in response to insertion of the portion of the implantable lead into the connector port.

Abstract: A lead connector assembly includes a lead receptacle, a sleeve, and a handle for coupling to a medical lead. The lead receptacle has an inner surface and an opening configured to receive the lead. The sleeve is deflectable by the inner surface of the lead receptacle. The sleeve has a distal end portion defining a first outer diameter to engage the lead in a locked position and a second outer diameter greater than the first diameter in an unlocked position. The handle is coupled to the lead receptacle and a proximal end portion of the sleeve to move the sleeve axially in both directions along the longitudinal axis relative to the lead receptacle. The lead connector assembly retains the lead in the locked position. The lead receptacle is couplable to a medical device housing.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a hermetic lead connector includes fixing an electrically insulating ring between an electrically conducting contact ring and an electrically conducting spacer ring to form a hermetic ring subassembly, and fixing a plurality of the hermetic ring subassemblies in axial alignment to form a hermetic lead connector. The hermetic lead connector includes an open end, an outer surface, and an inner surface defining a lead aperture. The hermetic lead connector provides a hermetic seal between the outer surface and the inner surface.

Abstract: An optical stimulation lead includes a lead body including a distal end, a distal portion, and a proximal portion; and an optical assembly attached to the distal end of the lead body. The optical assembly includes a light emitter; a feedthrough assembly including at least one ceramic block, at least one feedthrough pin extending through the at least one ceramic block and electrically coupled to the light emitter, and a metal housing attached to the at least one ceramic block; a metal tube attached to the feedthrough assembly and disposed around the light emitter; and an emitter cover disposed over the light emitter and coupled to the metal tube.

Abstract: The disclosure describes a medical lead system that includes a first lead portion and a second lead portion. The first lead portion includes a first elongate body extending along a longitudinal axis from a distal end to a proximal end and defining a coupling recess. The second lead portion includes a second elongate body extending along the longitudinal axis from a distal end to a proximal end and a connector defining a channel configured to receive the proximal end of the first lead portion. The connector includes a coupling member configured to, when the first lead portion is inserted into the channel, mechanically engage the coupling recess to secure the first lead portion to the second lead portion at least in an axial direction relative to the longitudinal axis.

Abstract: An electrical connector comprising a plug arranged and designed to connect to a receptacle. The plug includes an electrically-insulating body, a conductor ring, and a conductive member connected to the plug conductor ring. The receptacle includes an electrically-insulating body, a conductor ring having an axial inner bore and an annular groove facing radially inward, a conductive member connected to the receptacle conductor ring, and an electrically-conductive contact having a generally annular profile, at least a portion of the electrically-conductive contact received in and contacting the annular groove and at least a portion of the electrically-conductive contact not received in the annular groove. Upon insertion of the plug into the receptacle and substantially radially aligning the plug and receptacle conductor rings, the electrically-conductive contact is elastically deformed and provides electrical contact between the plug conductor ring and the receptacle conductor ring.

Abstract: A header-less implantable medical device, system and method are provided. The device includes an electronics module including circuitry, a battery, a receptacle assembly having an interior chamber and a receptable inlet configured to receive a lead connector assembly. A device housing has a case body that includes side walls and a peripheral edge that defines a single common chamber. The electronics module, battery and receptacle assembly are provided within the single common chamber. A connector opening is provided in the case body and joined to the receptacle inlet to form a passage through the case body into the interior chamber of the receptacle assembly.

Abstract: An assembly for an electrode connection device of an implant has a continuous receiving unit for a plug, a first connecting element which is arranged in a front region of the receiving unit and has at least two flat lateral surfaces, and a second connecting element, which is arranged in a rear region of the receiving unit. The second connecting element includes at least two flat lateral surfaces. Furthermore, an electrode connection device, an implant, and a method for mounting an electrode connection device all utilize the assembly.

Abstract: An intracardiac pacemaker device, comprising a housing that is configured to be implanted entirely within a ventricle (V) of a heart (H), an electronic module for generating pacing pulses, a battery for supplying energy to the electronic module, an elongated lead extension protruding from the housing, at least a first electrode arranged on the elongated lead extension, and a pacing electrode and a return electrode for applying the pacing pulses to cardiac tissue, wherein the pacing electrode is arranged on the housing. The electronic module is electrically coupled to the pacing electrode via the housing, and wherein the electronic module is configured to carry out measurements of electrical activity via the at least one first electrode of the elongated lead extension.

Abstract: In some examples, an implantable medical device (IMD) that includes a pulse generator comprising a housing, electrodes, and circuitry configured to deliver cardiac pacing via the electrodes. The IMD may further include a lead including at least one of the electrodes, an elongate body, a fixation helix, and a connector segment. A width of the helix transverse to a longitudinal axis of the lead is greatest at a distal end of the helix. A proximal end of the elongate body may be connected to a distal end of the pulse generator, and the helix may be attached to a distal end of the elongate body. The pulse generator may include a first connector tab. A distal end of the connector segment may be configured to receive the proximal end of the elongate body and a proximal end of the connector segment may include at least one second connector member configured to engage the first connector tab.

Abstract: A device that is implantable in body tissue of a human or animal. The device is comprised of a header comprising at least one terminal adapted for removable connection to a lead and an open ended case closed by a plate to form a housing. The housing is comprised of a surrounding edge wall joined to a first side wall and a second side wall opposed to the first side wall. At least a first suture port extends through the edge wall and the second side wall but not the first side wall at an upper edge region of the housing. A second suture port may extend through the surrounding edge wall and the second side wall but not the first side wall in a similar manner. A third suture port may extend through the header. The three suture ports may define a triangular attachment configuration.

Abstract: A connector cavity assembly for a medical device, comprising at least one connector cavity comprising a plurality of electrically conductive electrode contacts spaced apart from each other and a plurality of electrically insulating insulation elements, wherein the electrode contacts and the insulation elements are arranged alternatingly; and a connector cavity housing. The connector cavity assembly is characterized in that the at least one connector cavity is removably arranged within the connector cavity housing, wherein the connector cavity housing exerts a pretension on the at least one connector cavity leading to a liquid-tight sealing between the insulation elements and the electrode contacts.

Abstract: An example mold assembly includes a first core, a second core, and a retaining cap. The first core defines an insert seat configured to receive a mold insert. The first core and the second core are configured to define a mold volume adjacent the mold insert. The retaining cap is disposed about a curved end portion defined by the second core, and defines a curved cap surface in contact with the curved end portion. The retaining cap is configured to secure the second core at a predetermined orientation relative to the first core within predetermined tolerances. An example technique includes positioning a mold insert in the mold assembly, disposing the retaining cap about the second core, securing the second core at a predetermined orientation relative to the first core within predetermined tolerances, and depositing mold material within the mold volume.

Abstract: Medical devices include a housing that defines both a lead bore and a compartment. A separate housing may be inserted into the compartment where the separate housing may include the electrical circuitry of the medical device such as circuitry that provides stimulation and/or sensing. Electrical conductors interconnect terminals of the separate housing to electrical connectors within the lead bore. The two housings may have different shapes and may be constructed of different materials. The housing that defines the lead bore and compartment may be shaped and sized for a specific implantation site while providing the compartment that is shaped and sized for the separate housing.

Abstract: Implantable medical devices include an enclosure that is constructed by machining of a material rather than by forming or stamping. The machining produces one or more internal features within the enclosure. These internal features may include shelves that may act as a stiffener and create separate compartments within the enclosure. These internal features may include contoured edges along the shelves to accommodate conductors and other structures that extend from one compartment to another. These features may include slots that are present in one or more locations, such as on a surface of one of the shelves. These internal features may also include standoffs that establish a gap between an internal component and the external wall of the enclosure. These internal features may also include different thicknesses in different areas of the enclosure, such as one wall thickness in one compartment and a different wall thickness in another compartment.

Abstract: In some examples, a feedthrough assembly for a medical device may include a ferrule. The ferrule defines an aperture extending through the ferrule from an outer end surface defined by the ferrule to an end inner end surface defined by the ferrule. The aperture includes a first portion having a first diameter and a second portion having a second diameter less than the first diameter. The aperture defines a longitudinal axis extending therethrough and the ferrule defines a ledge between the first and second portions of the aperture that extends radially inward toward the longitudinal axis. The feedthrough assembly further may include a conductive pin within the aperture and an insulating member surrounding at least a portion of the pin. The insulating member may electrically insulate the conductive pin from the ferrule, and the ledge and a surface of the insulating member adjacent the ledge may define a space therebetween.

Abstract: Devices and methods are disclosed for a stimulator unit in a medical device, such as an implantable component of a cochlear implant. In embodiments, the stimulator unit comprises a bottom wall configured to be substantially contacting a temporal bone of a recipient, and a top wall positioned opposite the bottom wall, wherein a cross section of the stimulator unit has an outer profile substantially parallel to the bottom wall and the top wall.

Abstract: A manipulation device (20) for a microinvasive medical instrument (10) comprises a recess (47) for receiving a proximal region (72) of an electrically conductive transmission device (70) for transmitting electrical power and at least either a force or a torque to a distal end of a microinvasive medical instrument (10), and a contacting device (50) for producing an electrical contact to a transmission device (70) arranged in the recess (47). The contacting device (50) has a plurality of contact faces (57) for simultaneously bearing on a surface (75) of a transmission device (70) arranged in the intended manner in the recess (47).

Abstract: A console for performing a medical procedure has connection ports for electrically coupling equipment. Each connection port may have an associated indicator that signals whether a piece of equipment should be connected to the respective connection port. The indicators may be selectively activated depending on the procedure being performed with the console.

Abstract: An electrical connector for detachably connecting an electrical lead to an implantable medical device includes a conductive housing and a plurality of spring contacts. The conductive housing extends from a proximal end to a distal end. The conductive housing has an interior surface forming a hollow cylinder. The plurality of spring contacts projects from the interior surface of the conductive housing and toward the proximal end. The plurality of spring contacts is at least partially contained within the conductive housing and configured to form an electrical connection to an electrical lead inserted within the conductive housing. The conductive housing and the plurality of spring contacts are integrally formed by an additive manufacturing process such that the electrical connector is a unitary structure.

Abstract: An implantable control module for an electrical stimulation system includes a housing and a connector shell extending into the housing. The housing and the connector shell collectively form a sealed cavity. The connector shell has a longitudinal length, a sidewall with a cavity-facing surface, a first end open to an environment external to the housing, and an opposing closed second end. The connector shell defines a connector lumen extending within the connector shell and open at the first end to receive a portion of a lead or lead extension. Connector contacts are arranged along the connector lumen within the connector shell. An electronic subassembly is disposed in the sealed cavity. Interconnect conductors electrically couple the electronic subassembly to the connector contacts and extend from the connector shell within the sealed cavity.

Abstract: A lead assembly includes a lead or lead extension having terminals and a mechanical stop fixed to the lead or lead extension and located distally to the plurality of terminals. The lead assembly also includes a connector having a connector housing, a connector block disposed within the connector housing, a port defined at the distal surface of the connector housing, a lumen extending from the port for receiving a portion the lead or lead extension, and contacts disposed within the connector housing. The outer diameter of the mechanical stop is larger than the lumen diameter within the connector block to halt further insertion of the lead or lead extension into the connector housing. Additionally or alternatively, a visually distinctive marking can be applied to the lead or lead extension to indicate alignment between the terminals of the lead and the contacts of the connector.

Abstract: A feedthrough for an implantable medical electronic device that has a housing and a header. The feedthrough having an insulator that has a housing-side surface and a header-side surface opposite it, a feedthrough flange surrounding the insulator, and at least one primary connection element penetrating the insulator and for connection of an electrical or electronic component of the device. This electrical or electronic component is arranged in the housing. The connection element is fastened by a hard solder connection, so that it is fluid-tight in a passage of the insulator. The primary connection element has a housing-side end that is essentially even with the housing-side surface of the insulator or is recessed into the insulator with respect to this surface.

Abstract: A method for subcutaneously treating pain in a patient includes first providing a neurostimulator with an IPG body and at least a primary integral lead with electrodes disposed thereon. A primary incision is opened to expose the subcutaneous region below the dermis in a selected portion of the body. A pocket is then opened for the IPG through the primary incision and the primary integral lead is inserted through the primary incision and routed subcutaneously to a first desired nerve region along a first desired path. The IPG is disposed in the pocket through the primary incision. The primary incision is then closed and the IPG and the electrodes activated to provide localized stimulation to the desired nerve region and at least one of the nerves associated therewith to achieve a desired pain reduction response from the patient.

Abstract: According to aspects of the present disclosure, an implantable pulse generator includes a housing, a header, and a retainer device. The housing includes circuitry and a battery. The header is coupled to the housing and includes a bore configured to receive an end of a lead, and a passage disposed transverse to the bore and extending between an exterior surface of the header and an anchor cavity that extends into the header from the bore. The header supports at least one electrical contact within the bore coupled to the circuitry. The retainer device includes a looped member arranged within the bore, a proximal end extending at least partially into the passage, and anchored at a distal end by the anchor cavity.

Abstract: Disclosed are systems for wireless energy transfer including transcutaneous energy transfer. Embodiments are disclosed for electrical connections between an implanted wireless receiver and an implanted medical device powered by the receiver. Methods for manufacturing and using the devices and system are also disclosed.

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure are directed toward methods, systems, and apparatuses that include an insertion tool configured to removeably secure to an implantable lead. The implantable lead may be connected to an implantable medical device by applying longitudinal force to the insertion tool. The insertion tool may subsequently be removed.