Patent ID: 6799073
Filing Date: 2004-09-28
Classification: A61N

Abstract:
An appliance for fixing a proximal end terminal of an electrode to an implantable device, said appliance comprising:a connector member forming a portion of an implantable device, said connector member having a connector insert with a bore therein adapted to receive a proximal end terminal of an electrode, said insert further having a shaft opening proceeding through said bore; a clamping member an axially movable within said shaft opening adapted to interact with a terminal in said bore for fixing said terminal in said bore by clamping, said clamping member being an unthreaded pin constrained for said axial movement within said shaft opening and biased in said shaft opening by a spring toward a position wherein an inner end of said pin engages a side of said terminal exposed in said shaft, said inner end of said pin having a recess extending diametrically across said pin and alignable with said terminal during insertion of said terminal into said bore; and said inner end of said pin further having two diametrically aligned depressions disposed at a right angle to said recess, said depressions having a depth which is smaller than said recess causing fixing of said terminal in said bore by said pin by clamping action upon rotation of said pin to align said depressions with said terminal.