Modular driveline

US9452249B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Thoratec Corporation · US

Inventors

• Keith Kearsley · Burlington, US
• Christopher James Cotter · Amesbury, US
• Justin Aron Callaway · Goffstown, US
• Maria Dominika Kulinski · Middleton, US
• John C. Layton · Dublin, US
• Ramesh B. Jayaraman · Fremont, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 9, 2014
• Grant date: Sep 27, 2016
• Expiry date: Jan 19, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H01R2201/12
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A modular driveline includes a modular portion including a cable and a connector, the cable having terminations, and a percutaneous portion including a cable and a connector, the cable having terminations. The percutaneous portion connector couples to the modular portion connector, and cable terminations at the connectors are captured in the connectors by potting. The cable can include an inner member, conductors disposed about the inner member, a covering about the conductors, a layer extruded onto the covering, an armor braid over the extruded layer, and an outer jacket extruded over the armor braid.