Clamp for securing a terminal end of a wire to a surface electrode
AssigneeMedtronic Xomed, Inc.
InventorsWenjeng Li, Steven W. Bennett, David John Little, II, Maria Charles Vijay Stanislaus, David C. Hacker
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Abstract
A clamp for securing a terminal end of a wire to a surface electrode formed on a cylindrical tube includes a first semicylindrical element. A second semicylindrical element is configured to be attached to the first semicylindrical element to form a tubular clamp structure that is adapted to be clamped around the cylindrical tube. The tubular clamp structure includes an interior surface configured to securely hold a terminal end of a wire against a surface electrode formed on the cylindrical tube.
Claims20
A clamp for securing a terminal end of a wire to a surface electrode formed on a cylindrical tube, comprising:
- a first semicylindrical element;
- a second semicylindrical element configured to be attached to the first semicylindrical element to form a tubular clamp structure that is adapted to be clamped around the cylindrical tube;
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- wherein the tubular clamp structure includes an interior surface configured to securely hold a terminal end of a wire against a surface electrode formed on the cylindrical tube.
A cylindrical apparatus, comprising:
- a cylindrical tube having an exterior surface;
- electrodes formed on the exterior surface of the cylindrical tube;
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- a tubular clamp structure that is configured to be clamped around the cylindrical tube, wherein the tubular clamp structure includes an interior surface configured to securely hold terminal ends of wires to respective ones of the electrodes formed on the cylindrical tube.
An apparatus for monitoring EMG signals of a patient's laryngeal muscles, comprising:
- an endotracheal tube having an exterior surface;
- conductive electrodes formed on the exterior surface of the endotracheal tube, the conductive electrodes configured to receive the EMG signals from the laryngeal muscles when the endotracheal tube is placed in a trachea of the patient;
- conductors respectively coupled to the conductive electrodes and configured to carry the EMG signals received by the conductive electrodes to a processing apparatus;
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- a tubular clamp configured to be clamped around the endotracheal tube and hold terminal ends of the conductors in contact with the conductive electrodes.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.