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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 27, 2018
Heartware, Inc., Miami Lakes, FL (US);
Timothy McSweeney, South Miami, FL (US);
HeartWare, Inc., Miami Lakes, FL (US);
Abstract
A connector assembly including a female element having a bore with an open end. A male element is insertable into the bore of the female element along an axis in a first axial direction and removable from the bore of the female element in a second axial direction. One of the female and male elements defines a circumferential surface extending around the axis and a depression in the circumferential surface, the depression having a catch wall facing in one of the first and second axial directions and a release wall facing in the other one of the first and second axial directions. A second one of the male and female elements has a finger mounted thereon, the finger has a catch end biased in a radial direction transverse to the axis, the catch end of the finger being configured to engage the depression and abut the catch wall.