Patent · US Expired

Implantable unit

US5755743A · kind A · utility

148Cited by

2References

17Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Implex GmbH Spezialhorgerate · DE

Inventors

Andreas Volz · Aachen, DE
Hans Leysieffer · Taufkirchen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 16, 1996
Grant date	May 26, 1998
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 16, 2016

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH01R2201/12
WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An implantable unit with at least one contact arrangement for connection of an electrical or electronic device (11), which is hermetically sealed within a housing (10), to at least one cable set (12, 14) that is routed out of the housing. The contact arrangement has a first contact (22), a second contact (30) supported on an elastic body (16), a closing mechanism (18, 19, 20) for engaging the front of the first contact to the front of the second contact and at least one sealing land (28) which surrounds the first contact, which is pressed into the elastic body when the contacts engage, and which seals the contacts relative to the outside of the unit.

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