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  • Home
  • About
    • Leadership
    • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
    • International Neuromodulation Society
    • Institute of Neuromodulation >
      • ION Leadership
      • ION Projects
      • ION Publications
    • History >
      • Past Presidents
      • Past Award Recipients
    • Staff
  • Advocacy
    • News
    • Sign Up for Email
  • Annual Meeting
    • 2026 Call For Abstracts
    • 2026 Call for Proposals
    • For Exhibitors
  • Education & Events
    • Neural Interfaces 2025 >
      • Registration, Housing & Travel
      • Program
      • For Exhibitors
      • Onsite Information
    • NANS eLearning
    • Calendar of Events
  • Membership
    • Member Login
    • Join
    • Renew
    • Benefits
    • Volunteers
    • Neuromodulation Journal
    • Member Spotlight
    • Get Involved >
      • Advanced Practice Providers
      • Diversity and Outreach
      • Resident, Fellows, Students/Young Neuromodulators
      • Women in Neuromodulation
  • Career Center
  • For Patients
    • Deep Brain Stimulation
    • Drug Delivery
    • Neuroprosthetics
    • Peripheral Nerve Stimulation
    • Spinal Cord Stimulation
INSTITUTE OF
NEUROMODULATION (ION)
Promote research and innovation to advance neuromodulation
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Connector Standards
The Connector Standards Committee is working to address the issue of standardizing implanted connector designs for neuromodulation devices, as has been done successfully for implanted cardiac pacemakers and defibrillators. Besides improving patient care, establishing connector standards will facilitate independent growth of expertise in the development of leads, implanted generators, power sources and user interfaces.
Project Members
Richard North, MD (co-chair)
Peter Konrad, MD, PhD (co-chair)
Konstantin Slavin, MD
Ashwini Sharan, MD
Parag Patil, MD, PhD
Chris Schade, MD, PhD 
Ben Pless
Jack Judy, PhD
Joe Pancrazio, PhD
Publications
Following a face-to-face meeting with representatives from industry, regulatory bodies, and standards organizations in DC in 2018, we polled NANS membership and confirmed that there is wide support for standardization. 
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​North, R.B., Konrad, P.E., Judy, J.W., Ries, A.J., Steverson, R. Examining the Need to Standardize Implanted Stimulator Connectors: NANS Survey Results - Neuromodulation 2020 Aug 11. doi: 10.1111/ner.13231 
​Upcoming Events​
A subgroup have been meeting on line to address MRI compatibility issues, in anticipation of a follow-up meeting to pursue next steps in standards development.
ION PROJECTS OVERVIEW
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