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Multi-contact connector system for an implantable medical device

  • US 5,082,453 A
  • Filed: 05/16/1991
  • Issued: 01/21/1992
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/16/1991
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A multi-contact connector assembly for an implantable medical device, said device having a housing for a source of electrical energy and electronic circuitry, and a lead for delivering said electrical energy in vivo from said housing to a body site, said connector assembly comprising:

  • a hollow, radially expandable plug connected to said lead having a plurality of contacts on an exterior surface thereof;

    a socket carried on said housing having a plurality of contacts on an interior surface thereof, said socket having dimensions for loosely receiving said plug with said contacts on said plug in spaced radial registry with said contacts on said interior surface of said sleeve; and

    actuatable means disposed in said socket, and received in said plug when said plug is received in said socket, for radially expanding said plug for respectively mechanically and electrically connecting said contacts on said plug with said contacts on said interior surface of said socket.

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