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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 27, 2012
Applicant:
Jay H. Eiger, Eastlake, OH (US);
Inventor:
Jay H. Eiger, Eastlake, OH (US);
Assignee:
GREATBATCH LTD., Clarence, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/375 (2006.01); H01R 13/02 (2006.01); H01R 13/514 (2006.01); H01R 13/52 (2006.01); A61N 1/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/3752 (2013.01); H01R 13/02 (2013.01); A61N 1/36071 (2013.01); H01R 13/514 (2013.01); H01R 13/5224 (2013.01); H01R 2201/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
A contact block for electrically connecting a medical device to a conductive pin using improved electrical contact components. More specifically, an electrical contact block for achieving electrical contact with a conductive portion of an in-line IPG pin by utilizing a plurality of spherical conductive contact structures arranged in a ring around the conductive portion of the pin and biased toward the pin and held in place using a compliant o-ring.