Patent ID: 8594793
Filing Date: 2013-11-26
Classification: A61N

Abstract:
1. In an electrical connector for connecting a linear-array plural-contact tail of an in-body multi-contact medical electrode device, including (a) a tail-receiving first elongate member having proximal and distal ends, the first elongate member forming a tail-receiving void and having a presentation face which is parallel to the void and has notches therealong intersecting with the void to expose the plural tail contacts in the void and (b) a second elongate member with corresponding proximal and distal ends and having a nesting surface and an array of electrical conductors therealong, the nesting surface including a pivot-axis-adjacent face and a pivot-axis-opposite face substantially perpendicular thereto, the improvement comprising at least one canopy extending from and being fixed to the pivot-axis-opposite face of the nesting surface and over a respective electrical conductor and partially encircling the respective electrical conductor, the canopy being configured for snap-engagement with the notch whereby the canopy holds in place the linear-array plural-contact tail and the presentation face on the first elongate member in a closed position through locking frictional engagement.