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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:
Jun. 23, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2013
Applicant:
Cochlear Limited, Macquarie University, NSW, AU;
Inventors:
Assignee:
COCHLEAR LIMITED, Macquarie University, NSW, AU;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 13/52 (2006.01); H01R 43/00 (2006.01); A61N 1/375 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 13/5219 (2013.01); H01R 43/005 (2013.01); Y10T 29/53209 (2015.01); A61N 1/375 (2013.01); H01R 2201/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
An implantable connector includes: first and second detachable mating parts configured to be implantable in living tissue, to terminate first and second segments of a cable, and have first and second interfacing surfaces, respectively; and a protection structure configured to protect against contaminant intrusion between the first and second interfacing surfaces. And a device for decoupling and re-coupling the detachable mating parts in an environmentally controllable volume is provided.