US Patent Issued to Boston Scientific Neuromodulation on July 1 for "Connectors for an electrical stimulation system and methods of making and using" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,343,547, issued on July 1, was assigned to Boston Scientific Neuromodulation Corp. (Valencia, Calif.).

"Connectors for an electrical stimulation system and methods of making and using" was invented by Thomas Paul Lopez (Sunland, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connector that includes contact assemblies and non-conductive stack spacers separating the contact assemblies from each other, the contact assemblies and the stack spacers defining a connector lumen configured to receive a portion of an electrical stimulation lead. The contact assemblies and stack spacers are brazed together forming a sealed connector stack that resists pass...