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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 1998
Filed:
Oct. 16, 1996
Andreas Volz, Munchen, DE;
Hans Leysieffer, Taufkirchen, DE;
IMPLEX GmbH Spezialhorgerate, Ismaning, DE;
Abstract
An implantable unit with at least one contact arrangement for connection of an electrical or electronic device (11), which is hermetically sealed within a housing (10), to at least one cable set (12, 14) that is routed out of the housing. The contact arrangement has a first contact (22), a second contact (30) supported on an elastic body (16), a closing mechanism (18, 19, 20) for engaging the front of the first contact to the front of the second contact and at least one sealing land (28) which surrounds the first contact, which is pressed into the elastic body when the contacts engage, and which seals the contacts relative to the outside of the unit.