IMAGE GUIDE WIRE CONNECTION

• US 20100273355A1
• Filed: 04/22/2009
• Published: 10/28/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 04/22/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Creganna Unlimited Company (TE Connectivity Limited)
• Original Assignee: Tyco Electronics Corporation (TE Connectivity Limited)
• Inventors: MCGIBONEY, Kenneth Alan, MILLER, Keith Edwin, GLEASON, Kenneth R., DAANE, Laurence Alan
• Application Number:
  US12/427,799
• Publication Number:
  US 20100273355A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 439/638
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 1/00124 electrical, e.g. electrical plug-and-socket connection
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2562/227 Sensors with electrical connectors
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6851 Guide wires
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2025/09183 having tools at the distal tip
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 25/09 Guide wires
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/193 Means for increasing contact pressure at the end of engagement of coupling part , e.g. zero insertion force or no friction
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/62905 comprising a camming member H01R13/62933 and H01R13/641 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 2107/00 Four or more poles
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 2201/12 for medicine and surgery
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 24/58 Contacts spaced along longitudinal axis of engagement

Abstract

An electrical connector and assembly having a body arranged and disposed to receive an interconnector of a guide wire at a first end and an interface cable at a second end, and a contact module in the body, the contact module comprising a contact housing and a plurality of contacts, disposed in the contact housing, the plurality of contacts being configured for electrical connection with the interface cable and the guide wire, is disclosed.

Claims

1. An electrical connector comprising:

a body arranged and disposed to receive an interconnector of a guide wire at a first end and an interface cable at a second end; and

a contact module in the body, the contact module comprising a contact housing and a plurality of contacts, disposed in the contact housing, the plurality of contacts being configured for electrical connection with the interface cable and the guide wire; and

wherein the interconnector comprises a plurality of axial conductive portions separated by a plurality of axial dielectric portions, the number of the axial conductive portions corresponding to the number of the contacts in the contact module, and

wherein the interface cable is arranged and disposed for electrically connecting with a monitoring and control device.

2. The electrical connector of claim 1, wherein the electrical connector is arranged and disposed for releasably receiving the guide wire.

3. The electrical connector of claim 1, further comprising a cam actuator and a cam in the body, the cam actuator arranged and disposed for partially rotating the cam, the cam being arranged and disposed for engaging the contacts upon being partially rotated, thereby permitting the interconnector to be inserted into the contact module.

4. The electrical connector of claim 3, wherein the cam includes a fulcrum configured to rest in a receiving slot of the body, the receiving slot arranged and disposed for receiving the fulcrum thereby permitting the cam to partially rotate upon the cam actuator being engaged.

5. The electrical connector of claim 3, wherein the cam actuator is arranged and disposed to be manually engaged by depressing it, thereby permitting the interconnector to be inserted into the body, the cam actuator further arranged and disposed for adjusting the cam upon being depressed, the cam including a fulcrum configured to rest in a receiving slot of the body, the receiving slot arranged and disposed for receiving the fulcrum thereby permitting the cam to partially rotate upon the cam actuator being engaged.

6. The electrical connector of claim 3, wherein the cam actuator is arranged and disposed to be manually engaged by depressing it, thereby permitting the interconnector to be inserted into the body, the cam actuator being a protruding portion of the cam, the cam actuator arranged and disposed for adjusting the cam upon being depressed, the cam including a fulcrum configured to rest in a receiving slot of the body, the receiving slot arranged and disposed for receiving the fulcrum, thereby permitting the cam to partially rotate upon the cam actuator being engaged.

7. The electrical connector of claim 3, wherein the cam further comprises a latch catch arranged and disposed for releasably engaging a latching member, the latching member being arranged and disposed for releasing the latch catch upon full insertion of the interconnector into the contact module.

8. The electrical connector of claim 1, wherein the contact housing comprises:

grooves arranged and disposed for the contacts to slide into the grooves; and

recessed portions arranged and disposed to receive an upper portion of the contacts, the contacts comprising terminals providing a conductive surface for electrical connection, the upper portion arranged and disposed to flex upon being engaged by a cam, thereby permitting the interconnector to be inserted into the contact module.

9. The electrical connector of claim 1, wherein the contact further comprises:

a single integrated conductive band with a flexible upper portion; and

a lower portion affixed to the contact housing.

10. The electrical connector of claim 1, wherein the contact housing is arranged and disposed to slidably receive the contacts, and wherein the contacts include a single integrated conductive band with an upper portion and a lower portion affixed to the contact housing.

11. The electrical connector of claim 1, wherein the contact housing is:

arranged and disposed for receiving the contacts by a contiguous dielectric shell, and

arranged and disposed for securely receiving contacts and substantially preventing the contacts from unintentionally being removed.

12. An electrical connector assembly comprising:

a guide wire having an interconnector, the interconnector comprising a plurality of axial conductive portions separated by a plurality of axial dielectric portions, the number of the axial conductive portions corresponding to the number of the contacts in the contact module, the guide wire further comprising a sensor at a distal end of the guide wire, the sensor arranged and disposed for measuring internal conditions of a human;

an interface cable, the interface cable arranged and disposed for electrically connecting with a monitoring and control device; and

an electrical connector connecting the guide wire to the interface cable, the connector comprising;

a body; and

a contact module, the contact module comprising a contact housing and a plurality of contacts disposed in the contact housing for electrical connection with the interface cable and the guide wire; and

wherein the body is arranged and disposed for protecting internal components of the electrical connector.

13. The electrical connector assembly of claim 12, wherein the electrical connector is arranged and disposed for releasably receiving the guide wire.

14. The electrical connector assembly of claim 12, wherein the guide wire is arranged and disposed for a catheter to be inserted onto it.

15. The electrical connector assembly of claim 12, wherein the body further comprises a cam actuator and a cam, the cam being arranged and disposed for engaging the contacts thereby permitting insertion of the interconnector into the contact module, thereby permitting an electrical communication signal to be transmitted from the guide wire to the interface cable.

16. The electrical connector assembly of claim 15, wherein the cam includes a fulcrum configured to rest in a receiving slot of the body, the receiving slot arranged and disposed for receiving the fulcrum thereby permitting the cam to partially rotate upon the cam actuator being engaged.

17. The electrical connector assembly of claim 15, wherein the cam actuator is arranged and disposed to be manually engaged by depressing it permitting the interconnector to be inserted into the contact module, the cam actuator further arranged and disposed for adjusting the cam upon being depressed, the cam including a fulcrum configured to rest in a receiving slot of the body, the receiving slot arranged and disposed for receiving the fulcrum thereby permitting the cam to partially rotate upon being activated by the interconnector.

18. The electrical connector assembly of claim 15, wherein the cam actuator is arranged and disposed to be manually engaged by depressing it permitting the interconnector to be inserted into the contact module, the cam actuator being a protruding portion of the cam, the cam actuator arranged and disposed for adjusting the cam upon being depressed, the cam including a fulcrum configured to rest in a receiving slot of the body, the receiving slot arranged and disposed for receiving the fulcrum thereby permitting the cam to partially rotate upon being activated by the interconnector.

19. The electrical connector assembly of claim 12, wherein the contact housing comprises:

grooves arranged and disposed for the contacts to slide into the grooves; and

recessed portions arranged and disposed to receive an upper portion of the contacts, the contacts comprising terminals providing a conductive surface for electrical connection, the upper portion arranged and disposed to flex upon being engaged by the cam, thereby permitting the interconnector to be inserted into the contact module.

20. The electrical connector assembly of claim 12, wherein the contact further comprises:

a single integrated conductive band with a flexible upper portion; and

a lower portion affixed to the contact housing.

21. The electrical connector assembly of claim 12, wherein the contact housing is arranged and disposed for the contacts to slide into it, and wherein the contacts include a single integrated conductive band with a flexible portion upper portion and a lower portion affixed to the contact housing.

22. The electrical connector assembly of claim 12, wherein the contact housing is:

arranged and disposed for receiving the contacts by a contiguous dielectric shell, and

arranged and disposed for securely receiving contacts and substantially preventing the contacts from unintentionally being removed.

23. The electrical connector assembly of claim 12, wherein the cam further comprises a latch catch arranged and disposed for releasably engaging a latching member, the latching member being arranged and disposed for releasing the latch catch upon full insertion of the interconnector into the contact module.

24. An electrical connector comprising:

a body arranged and disposed to receive a contact module and arranged and disposed to receive a hypo tube of a guide wire at a first end and an interface cable at a second end;

the contact module comprising a contact housing and a plurality of contacts, the contact housing arranged and disposed for receiving the plurality of contacts, the plurality of contacts being configured for electrical connection with the interface cable and the guide wire;

a cam actuator and a cam, the cam actuator arranged and disposed for partially rotating the cam, the cam arranged and disposed for engaging the contacts upon being partially rotated, thereby permitting the interconnector to be inserted into the contact module; and

wherein the hypo tube comprises a plurality of axial conductive portions and a plurality of axial dielectric portions, and

wherein the interface cable is arranged and disposed for electrically connecting with a monitoring and control device.