Contact configuration, contact assembly, implantable apparatus and electrode line

摘要

A contact configuration for producing an electrical connection between a plug and a socket, preferably for connecting an electrode to an electronic implantable device (such as a pacemaker), has a contact section on the plug and/or the socket. The contact section includes metallic conductive fibers which project between the plug and socket when the socket receives the plug. The contact configuration has a high degree of redundancy in providing electrical communication between the socket and plug, and high contact stability under mechanical load. In addition, friction corrosion is avoided.

主权项

1. A contact configuration for producing an electrical connection between a plug and a socket for an implantable medical device, the contact configuration including:
a. a plug having an outer plug diameter, b. a socket having an inner socket diameter, the socket being configured to receive the plug, with the plug traveling along an insertion axis when received within the socket, c. an electrically conductive contact section provided on at least one of:
(1) the outer plug diameter, wherein the contact section includes fibers protruding outwardly therefrom, or(2) the inner socket diameter, wherein the contact section includes fibers protruding inwardly therefrom,the fibers defining a mat extending along planes oriented substantially perpendicular to the insertion axis, wherein substantially all of the fibers have lengths extending in directions oriented more perpendicularly to the insertion axis than parallel to the insertion axis.