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Terminal clamp for a moisture sensor for monitoring a vascular access

US9629952B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Fresenius Medical Care Deutschland GmbH · DE

Inventors

John Heppe · Sankt Wendel, DE
Simone LIPPERT · Gemünden am Main, DE
Andreas Wuepper · Büttelborn, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 17, 2012
Grant date	Apr 25, 2017
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 5, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10S439/909
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A terminal clamp for a moisture sensor to be placed on a patient's skin in order to monitor a vascular access to a patient includes first, lower and second, upper legs for clamped fixing of terminal tab of moisture sensor, rear end pieces of the legs being connected. The terminal clamp includes terminal contacts for contacting electrical contact points of terminal tab, and a guide piece having a slot-shaped cutout for receiving terminal tab. Slot-shaped cutout of guide piece is bounded laterally by two stop elements so that terminal tab is held in terminal clamp in a predetermined position, in which terminal contacts of terminal clamp contact the electrical contact points of terminal tab. Upper leg comprises a latching device, which is fixed in slot-shaped cutout in a snap-in manner when terminal clamp is closed to lock upper leg in position on lower leg.

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