Patent ID: 9629952
Date: 2017-04-25
CPC Classifications: A61B,A61M,H01R,Y10S

Claim:
1. A terminal clamp for a moisture sensor to be placed on a patient's skin in order to monitor a vascular access, the moisture sensor comprising a flat terminal tab on which electrical contact points are disposed, the terminal clamp comprising: a lower leg and an upper leg, a rear end piece of the lower leg and a rear end piece of the upper leg being connected; and terminal contacts configured to contact the electrical contact points of the flat terminal tab of the moisture sensor; wherein a front end piece of the upper leg comprises a latching device, and a front end piece of the lower leg is configured as a guide piece comprising a slot-shaped through-hole cutout configured to receive the flat terminal tab of the moisture sensor and the latching device, wherein the front end piece of the lower leg extends from a portion of the lower leg having a top surface in a plane which is below a plane of the flat terminal tab when received into the slot-shaped through-hole cutout, said slot-shaped through-hole cutout being bounded laterally by two stop elements, wherein: wherein the latching device and the guide piece are configured such that the latching device is fixed in a snap-in manner in the slot-shaped through-hole cutout when the flat terminal tab is received into the slot-shaped cutout and the terminal clamp is closed, and wherein the lower leg and the upper leg are configured such that the contact face and the seating face are pressed together to clamp the flat terminal tab between the contact face and the seating face to provide a contact pressure for the terminal contacts when the flat terminal tab is received into the slot-shaped through-hole cutout and the terminal clamp is closed, wherein above the slot-shaped through-hole cutout, the guide piece comprises a gripping piece configured to open the terminal clamp, wherein the upper leg, the latching device, the lower leg, and the gripping piece are formed in one piece.