SUBCUTANEOUS DEVICE FOR ELECTRICAL PERCUTANEOUS CONNECTION
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1. An electrical connection system for a percutaneous electrical connection between an electrical device (2) inside an animal body and an electrical device (3) outside said body, comprising a subcutaneous device (10) designed to be connected to internal electrical device (2), said subcutaneous device (10) comprising:
- an open housing (11) having at least one inner compartment (12), said compartment (12) being filled with a conductive material into which an electrical connection plug can be inserted, the conductive material of compartment (12) being further connected to connection means (5) designed to be connected to internal electrical device (2);
a sealing membrane (13) for sealing housing (11), said sealing membrane (13) being formed of an insulating and flexible material designed for insertion of electrical connection plugs from outside housing (11) through said sealing membrane (13) to the conductive material of compartment (12);
wherein housing (11) comprises alignment means (14) to facilitate positioning and to guide the insertion of electrical connection plugs into the corresponding conductive materials.
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Abstract
The invention concerns an electrical connection system for a percutaneous electrical connection between an electrical device (2) inside an animal body and an electrical device (3) outside said body, comprising a subcutaneous device (10) designed to be connected to internal electrical device (2), said subcutaneous device (10) comprising:
- an open housing (11) having at least one inner compartment (12), said compartment (12) being filled with a conductive material into which an electrical connection plug can be inserted, the conductive material of compartment (12) being further connected to connection means (5) designed to be connected to internal electrical device (2);
- a sealing membrane (13) for sealing housing (11), said sealing membrane (13) being formed of an insulating and flexible material designed for insertion of electrical connection plugs from outside housing (11) through said sealing membrane (13) to the conductive material of compartment (12);
characterized in that housing (11) comprises alignment means (14) to facilitate positioning and to guide the insertion of electrical connection plugs into the corresponding conductive materials.
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18 Claims
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1. An electrical connection system for a percutaneous electrical connection between an electrical device (2) inside an animal body and an electrical device (3) outside said body, comprising a subcutaneous device (10) designed to be connected to internal electrical device (2), said subcutaneous device (10) comprising:
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an open housing (11) having at least one inner compartment (12), said compartment (12) being filled with a conductive material into which an electrical connection plug can be inserted, the conductive material of compartment (12) being further connected to connection means (5) designed to be connected to internal electrical device (2); a sealing membrane (13) for sealing housing (11), said sealing membrane (13) being formed of an insulating and flexible material designed for insertion of electrical connection plugs from outside housing (11) through said sealing membrane (13) to the conductive material of compartment (12); wherein housing (11) comprises alignment means (14) to facilitate positioning and to guide the insertion of electrical connection plugs into the corresponding conductive materials. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
wherein housing (11) comprises alignment means (14) to facilitate positioning and guide the insertion of electrical connection plugs into the corresponding conductive materials.
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17. An external device (20) for the electrical connection system (1) of claim 1, having electrical connection plugs (21) in the form of penetrating pins designed to be inserted from the outside of the animal body percutaneously inside compartments (12) of housing (11) of subcutaneous device (10), wherein it further comprises alignment means (23, 24) for facilitating positioning and guiding the insertion of the electrical connection plugs (21) into corresponding conductive materials (11) of subcutaneous device housing (10).
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18. Use of the electrical connection system (1) of claim 1 as an emergency electrical connector to connect a power supply source outside the animal body to an electrical implanted medical device inside the animal body and connected to the subcutaneous device.
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