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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2000
Filed:
Sep. 14, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Donald J Bushek, Plymouth, MN (US);
Assignee:
St. Croix Medical, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
600 25 ; 381 69 ; 439905 ; 607 36 ;
Abstract
A connector device for use in connecting various electric components of an implantable hearing assistance system. In one embodiment, the connector has a lead housing defining at least one lead channel. The lead is sealed within the lead channel to prevent the intrusion of problematic fluids from inhibiting electrical communication within the connector. The lead channel can be vented and flushed, in one embodiment, by a non-coring needle through a self-sealing resilient plug disposed within a venting bore.