Patent ID: 8251731

Claim:
A connector system for establishing an electrical connection between an implanted medical device and a lead, the connector system comprising: an array of electrically active pins and complementary electrically conductive receptacles; wherein one of the array and the complementary receptacles are provided in a recessed area of the implanted medical device and are exposed from the implanted medical device prior to establishing the electrical connection, and the other of the array and the complementary receptacles are encased in a lead housing from which a distal end of the lead extends; wherein the electrical connection is established upon pressing the pins and the complementary receptacles together; wherein upon establishing the electrical connection, the lead housing is exposed at an exterior of the implanted medical device; and a latching device for latching the lead housing to the implanted medical device; wherein the latching device latches the lead housing to the implanted medical device by drawing the lead housing into the recessed area to establish a latched position of the lead housing; and wherein the latching device is reversible, and upon removing the latching device and reinserting the latching device in a reversed position, the latching device presses the lead housing out of its latched position.