Belden Cdt (canada) Inc.

Fci Americas Technology Inc.

Medtronic Cryocath LP

Patrick St-Louis

Luc Milette

Virak Siev

François Beauregard

Yannick Demers

James Mills

Miguel Conde

Marwan Abboud

Philippe Marchand

Rachid Mahrouche

Domenic N Santoianni

A thermal treatment medical system including an umbilical having a first portion and a second portion, and a connector including a male coupling body connected to the first portion, the male coupling body having a central shank defining first and second lumens, a female coupling body connected to the second portion, the female coupling body, matable with the male coupling body and defining third and fourth lumens matable to be in fluid communication with the first and second lumens, respectively, to define first and second fluid flow pathways, respectively, through the connector when the male coupling body is mated with the female coupling body. The second fluid flow pathway is co-axially disposed about a central axis coincident with the first fluid flow pathway. The connector includes a mating mechanism for spatially locking the male and female coupling bodies with respect to each other. Additionally, the thermal treatment medical system includes a multiple lumen co-axial connector for connecting the catheter flow pathways with a fluid source and control console.

Cryoablation catheter handle

There is disclosed a connector and method for terminating a cable comprised twisted pairs of conductors. In one aspect of the invention the connector comprises a wire lead guide for arranging the twisted pairs of conductors and a plurality of piercing contacts which interconnect with respective ones of the twisted pairs of conductors when the wire guide is secured to the module. In a further aspect of the invention the wire lead guide ensures that the spacing between the conductors of a particular twisted pair is maintained, thereby improving the performance of the subsequent assembly.

Cable comprising connector with insulation piercing contacts

Connector with insulation piercing contact for terminating pairs of bonded conductors

Connector with insulation piercing contact and conductor guiding passageway

A connector for providing semi-permanent connection between a bus bar and a connector contact is formed by ovelapping a bus bar tab with at least one contact tail of the connector contact and gripping the overlapped bus bar tab and the contact tail with a spring clip. In this manner, the spring clip produces the pressure required to establish adequate contact between the bus bar tab and contact tail. According to another feature, the junction including the bus bar tab, the contact tail and the spring clip are isolated by covering them with an electrically insulating sleeve, this sleeve also serving to retain the spring clip in position.

Semi-permanent connection between a bus bar and a connector contact

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Boisbriand, Canada

Patrick St-Louis