Patent ID: 8439714

Claim:
In an electrical connector for connecting a linear-array plural-contact tail of an in-body multi-contact medical electrode device, the connector including an elongate body member having proximal and distal ends and defining an elongate void extending along the length of the body member, an array of electrical conductors secured in the body member and projecting into the elongate void to facilitate electrical connection of the contacts on the tail when the plural-contact tail is in the elongate void, the improvement comprising a cylindrical carrier member rotatably contained in the elongate void, the carrier member itself forming a tail-receiving subvoid exposed along the outer surface of the carrier member to expose the contacts to engagement by the array of electrical conductors in the elongate void when the carrier member is rotated to bring the tail-containing subvoid into registry with the electrical conductors, the carrier member including outer-surface notches adjoining the subvoid to more fully expose the contacts of the tail at the outer surface of the carrier member.