Patent ID: 6708067
Filing Date: 2004-03-16
Classification: A61B,A61N,H01R

Abstract:
A disposable test cable assembly for sterile use between a test instrument and an electrophysiological probe having an electrode plug which includes a contact pin and a plug ring, said assembly comprising:a test cable having two wires extending between said cables proximal and distal ends, a long narrow alligator clip electrically connected to the distal end of one of said wires of said test cable, said alligator clip having a pair of elongated spring loaded manually openable jaws, a support panel having an elongated open gap extending inwardly from an open end at an edge of said panel and terminating in a closed end in a central area of said panel, said gap being just wide enough to permit insertion of said alligator clip therein, an elongated contact element mounted on said support panel in transverse relation to said gap, said contact element being spaced from and in laterally offset relation to one side of said gap, said contact element being electrically secured to a distal end of the other of said wires of said test cable and being adapted to releasably and electrically connect to said contact pin of said electrode plug, said jaws of said alligator clip being engagable with said plug ring when said contact pin is connected to said contact element and said alligator clip is inserted into said gap with said jaws open and then allowed to close to grippingly engage said plug ring, said alligator clip being substantially disposed within the confines of said support panel and laterally restrained by the edges of said gap when said alligator clip is in gripping engagement with said plug ring.