Toroidal compressible element including a switchback pattern
US9308380B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 20, 2012 |
| Grant date | Apr 12, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 24, 2033 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01R43/16
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An example includes an apparatus for use within a header of an implantable medical device, the apparatus including a substantially annular spring, sized and shaped to be disposed in the header, the spring defining a loop extending about a central axis, the spring including a plurality of elastically deformable switchback portions that both zigzag and curve transversely about the loop to define a surface that at least partially encompasses the loop.
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