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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 30, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 19, 2013
Applicant:
Cochlear Limited, Macquarie University, NSW, AU;
Inventors:
Anthony Powell, Macquarie University, AU;
C. Roger Leigh, East Ryde, AU;
James Dalton, Beecroft, AU;
Assignee:
Cochlear Limited, Macquarie University, NSW, AU;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/05 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01); H01R 13/621 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/05 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00178 (2013.01); A61B 2562/227 (2013.01); H01R 13/621 (2013.01); H01R 2201/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system for cleaning mating parts of an implantable connector includes an implantable connector and a cleaning structure. The implantable connector includes first and second detachable mating parts configured: to be implantable in living tissue; to terminate at least a first segment of a cable; and to have with first and second interfacing surfaces, respectively. The clean structure includes: a cleaning structure configured to clean the first and second interfacing surfaces as the first and second mating parts are being engaged.