Patent ID: 8428721

Claim:
An adapter for temporary, sterile electric connection of an implantable medical electronic device to an electrode line that is to be connected to the implantable medical electronic device during implantation comprising: a plug section comprising a smaller diameter than a standard diameter of a standard plug section of an electrode line, said plug section having at least one external contact wherein said plug section is configured to plug into a header of an implantable medical electronic device so that plugging and unplugging forces are lower with respect to plugging or unplugging said electrode line in said header of said implantable medical electronic device; at least one electrical line coupled with said at least one external contact wherein said at least one electrical line is configured to extend to an opposing side of said adapter with respect to said plug section and wherein said at least one electrical line is configured to couple with said electrode line implanted in a patient; wherein said at least one external contact is configured to transmit measured values that are detectable on the electrode line to the implantable medical electronic device wherein said implantable medical electronic device is configured to wirelessly transmit said measured values to a programming unit in an unsterile environment; and, wherein said plug section is configured to connect to the implantable medical electronic device as well as to the electrode line without tools and wherein said plug section is configured so that no more than 14 decanewtons of force is required to insert or extract said plug section into or out of said a header of said implantable medical electronic device.