Patent · US Expired

Plug for heart electrode wire

US5795178A · kind A · utility

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Assignee

Ethicon, Inc. · US

Inventors

Lothar Schilder · Hamburg, DE
Kay Muller · Heppenheim, DE
Christian Skutta · Hamburg, DE
Hanke Sierk · Norderstedt, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 7, 1995
Grant date	Aug 18, 1998
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 7, 2015

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61N1/3752
WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A plug (101) for connection to the stripped end of a heart electrode wire or of another implantable wire comprises a contact piece (110), the front region of which is constructed as a plug pin (112) and the rear region (114) of which has a recess (118), an insulating housing (120) which surrounds the rear region (114) of the contact piece (110) and leaves free access to the recess (118), and a clamping piece (130) which, in the assembled state, engages with the recess (118), whereby the stripped wire end is bent round and clamped in the recess (118).

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