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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2024
Filed:
May. 13, 2021
Tc1 Llc, St. Paul, MN (US);
John Mark Di Paola, Livermore, CA (US);
Michael McCoy, St. Paul, MN (US);
John Duc Nguyen, San Ramon, CA (US);
Jaime Romero, San Leandro, CA (US);
Dustin Roelle, Mountain House, CA (US);
Andrew Wong, St. Paul, MN (US);
Dmitry Protsenko, St. Paul, MN (US);
Michael Sahines, St. Paul, MN (US);
TC1 LLC, St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
An implantable blood pump system is disclosed herein. The implantable blood pump system includes an implantable blood pump, a controller coupled to the blood pump, a connector receptacle, and a connector insert. The connector receptacle can include a plurality of contacts, and a following surface. The connector insert can be received within the connector receptacle to couple a plurality of insert contacts with the plurality of contacts of the connector receptacle. The connector insert can include walls defining a follower receptacle that can receive a portion of the following surface when the connector insert is in a desired alignment with respect to the connector receptacle, and a cam surface that can engage with the following surface to bias the connector insert to the desired alignment with respect to the connector receptacle when the connector insert is inserted into the connector receptacle.