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Tooless pulse generator to lead connection
Assignee: Cardiac Pacemakers Inc
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Filing: 1992-03-02
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Granted: 1993-11-16
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Expires: 2012-03-02
Abstract
Abstract A tooless pulse generator to lead connection for an implantable cardiac stimulator includes first and second transversely extending slots formed in the header and intersecting the lead cavities formed therein. Fitted into the rectangular slots are first and second rectangular plates, each having an elongated hole therethrough. Leaf-type springs incorporated into the rectangular slots normally urge the two plates in opposite directions causing the apertures therein to be non-aligned. By squeezing on rubber buttons affixed to the ends of the respective plates and bonded to the header, the apertures formed through the plates can be brought into alignment, allowing the lead body and the proximal pin to be easily inserted through the aligned openings and into the connector block. When the squeezing force is released, the springs again urge the apertures in the plates out of alignment and, in doing so, they deform the plastic sheath of the lead body and tightly grip same to prevent the leads from being pulled free of the lead cavities formed in the header even when a tension force of about three lbs. is applied to the leads.
Inventors
- 👤 Farrell G. Oleen
- 👤 John Sydorenko
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
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Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-03 07:02
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61N; A61N1/00; A61N1/18; A61N1/32; A61N1/36; A61N1/372; A61N1/375; A61N1/3752; H; H01; H01R; H01R13/00; H01R13/46; H01R13/52; H01R13/5224; H01R4/00; H01R4/28; H01R4/48; H01R4/50
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim
116 words
An improvement in an implantable tissue stimulator comprising a pulse generator disposed within a sealed container, a connector header affixed to said container, said header including opposite side surfaces with a longitudinal bore disposed therebetween and with electrical contacts disposed in said bore, and an electrical stimulating lead having an elongated flexible plastic sheath surrounding at least one conductor, said conductor terminating in a proximal pin and ring terminal received in said bore and mating with said electrical contact, the improvement comprising: (a) spring biased slide means operably disposed distally from the electrical contacts and traverse to said longitudinal bore and cooperating with said flexible sheath for retaining said pin and ring terminal in said bore.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
116 words
An improvement in an implantable tissue stimulator comprising a pulse generator disposed within a sealed container, a connector header affixed to said container, said header including opposite side surfaces with a longitudinal bore disposed therebetween and with electrical contacts disposed in said bore, and an electrical stimulating lead having an elongated flexible plastic sheath surrounding at least one conductor, said conductor terminating in a proximal pin and ring terminal received in said bore and mating with said electrical contact, the improvement comprising: (a) spring biased slide means operably disposed distally from the electrical contacts and traverse to said longitudinal bore and cooperating with said flexible sheath for retaining said pin and ring terminal in said bore.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
119 words
The tissue stimulator as in claim 1 wherein said spring biased slide means comprises: (a) first and second parallel slots extending inward from said opposite side surfaces of said connector header transversely to said bore; (b) first and second plates, each having an aperture individually defined by a perimeter edge and sufficiently large to permit said sheath and said proximal pin and ring terminal to fit therethrough, said first and second plates being disposed in said first and second slots, respectively; and (c) resilient biasing means disposed in said first and second slots and cooperating with said first and second plates for maintaining the aperture in the first plate out of alignment with the aperture in the second plate.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
42 words
The tissue stimulator as in claim 2 and further including means which when squeezed, displaces said first and second plates against said resilient biasing means for bringing said aperture in said first plate into alignment with said aperture in said second plate.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
36 words
The tissue stimulator as in claim 3 wherein said pin and ring terminal can only be inserted into and removed from said bore when said apertures in said first and second plates are squeezed into alignment.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
55 words
The tissue stimulator as in claim 3 wherein the edges defining the apertures in said plates engage and compress said plastic sheath preventing longitudinal movement of said pin and ring terminal within said bore when a portion of said sheath extends through said apertures in said first and second plates and said apertures are non-aligned.
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