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Flexible armor cable assembly

US5739472A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 2, 1996
Grant dateApr 14, 1998
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Expiry dateFeb 2, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH02G3/0666
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A flexible cable assembly (1) is constructed with flexible and hollow armor (2) lying limply within an air gap (3) in a flexible outer jacket (4), multiple coaxial cables (5) lying limply within an air gap (6) in the armor (2), a coupling (7) for connection to a medical instrument (9), the coupling (7) being secured to an end of the armor (2) and an end of the jacket (4), with the cables (5) extending through the coupling (7) for connection to the medical instrument (9).

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