Patent ID: 8700160
Filing Date: 2014-04-15
Classification: A61N

Abstract:
1. An electrical connector assembly for coupling a first implantable medical device to a second implantable medical device, said assembly comprising a male element comprising a feedthrough connector and having one or more male contacts electrically coupled with said first implantable medical device and a female element comprising a socket having one or more correspondent female contacts electrically coupled with said second implantable medical device and adapted for receiving said one or more male contacts, wherein the one or more male contacts are feedthrough pins and are sealed to said male element through a glass or ceramic sealing material and wherein a female contact of said socket comprises a contact structure comprised of a plurality of conductive elongated wires which extend along the internal surface of said female contact in a hyperboloid arrangement, thereby providing an electrical coupling between said female contact and the corresponding male contact in a plurality of points.