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Patient cable connector

  • US 5,934,925 A
  • Filed: 04/09/1997
  • Issued: 08/10/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/16/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A connector for use with a sensor plug, said sensor plug having a plurality of signal contacts, said connector comprising:

  • a housing configured to accept at least an insertion end of the sensor plug;

    a lock located within said housing, said lock configured to cooperate with said sensor plug to inhibit unintentional retraction of said insertion end with said sensor plug inserted in said housing;

    at least one release mechanism movable from a normal position to a release position, said release mechanism extending into said housing in at least said release position, and said release mechanism configured such that when said release mechanism is moved to said release position, said release mechanism engages said insertion end when said insertion end is inserted into said housing and displaces said insertion end within said housing so as to disengage and move said sensor plug from said lock, said release mechanism configured to automatically return said release mechanism to said normal position; and

    an electrical connector secured within the housing, said electrical connector having contacts positioned within the housing at a position to cooperate with said signal contacts of said sensor plug with at least a portion of said sensor plug positioned within said housing.

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