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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 24, 2001
Filed:
Jun. 12, 2000
Paul Froberg, Bromma, SE;
Pacesetter AB, Järfälla, SE;
Abstract
The above objects are achieved in accordance with the principles of the present invention in a female connector part for cooperation with an elongated male connector part, the female connector part being intended for use in a pacemaker housing and having a longitudinal bore adapted to receive the male connector part. An element carrying resilient tongues, disposed at a small inward angle, i.e. inward from the opening of the female connector part, relative to a plane orthogonal to the longitudinal axis of the bore. The tongues are movable between a first position at which the respective tips of the tongues can engage the male connector part in the bore, and a second position at which the tips of the tongues do not engage the male connector part in the bore. The female connector part also includes a sleeve which is movable between two positions respectively corresponding to the first and second positions of the tongues. In a first position of the sleeve, the tongues are free to engage the male connector part in the bore, and in a second position of the sleeve, the sleeve is located between the tongues and the male connector part, thereby precluding the tongues from engaging the male connector part.