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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 1996
Filed:
Sep. 08, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Michael A Arnold, Woburn, MA (US);
Eric R Cosman, Belmont, MA (US);
William A Chiklakis, Georgetown, MA (US);
Assignee:
Radionics, Inc., Burlington, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
128642 ; 439783 ; 439864 ; 439909 ;
Abstract
An electrical brain contact device and device for connecting a plurality of lead wires with individual take-up terminals is described. The lead wires in the brain contact device extend to a terminal mount with an array of lead-wire terminals on it. A connector assembly includes a connector block with a matching array of take-up terminals and an elongate cavity to receive the terminal mount, and a mechanism to removably draw the take-up terminals into terminal-to-terminal contact with the terminal mount to facilitate electrical connection.