Patent ID: 6062915
Filing Date: 2000-05-16
Classification: H01R,Y10S

Abstract:
An electrode connector for securely holding a thin flexible electrode that is attached to a patient, the flexible electrode having an aperture formed therethrough and a contact area, the connector comprising:(a) a bottom jaw member;(b) an upper jaw member movably attached to said bottom jaw member;(c) contacting means for providing electrical contact with the flexible electrode, said contacting means being sized and configured to be at least partially disposed in the aperture formed through the flexible electrode such that electrical contact is formed and maintained with a contact area of the flexible electrode without permanently deforming the contact area thereof, and(d) means for precluding rotation of the flexible electrode relative to the electrode connector, the rotation precluding means comprising a longitudinally convex surface associated with one of the bottom jaw member and the upper jaw member, and a longitudinally mating surface associated with the other of the bottom jaw member and the upper jaw member, the convex and mating surfaces capable of mating engagement when the upper jaw member and the bottom jaw member are in a closed position.