Skin button with flat cable
AssigneeMedtronic HeartWare, Inc.
InventorTimothy McSweeney
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A percutaneous connector assembly including a feedthrough assembly having a body and a plurality of electrically conductive feedthroughs extending through the body from a first end toward a second end thereof. A cable assembly having a plurality of conductors arranged side-by-side within a first plane to form a substantially flat portion thereof is included, each conductor being connected to a corresponding feedthrough of the feedthrough assembly and the flat portion extending from the body.
Claims26
A percutaneous connector assembly, comprising:
- a feedthrough assembly having a body and a plurality of electrically conductive feedthroughs extending through the body from a first end toward a second end thereof;
- and
- a cable assembly having a plurality of conductors arranged side-by-side within a first plane to form a substantially flat portion thereof, each conductor being connected to a corresponding feedthrough of the feedthrough assembly and the flat portion extending from the body.
A percutaneous connector assembly, comprising:
- a feedthrough assembly having a body and a plurality of electrically conductive feedthroughs extending through the body from a first end toward a second end thereof;
- a skirt connected to the body and extending radially outwardly therefrom;
- and
- a cable assembly having a plurality of conductors arranged side-by-side within a first plane to form a flat portion thereof, each conductor being connected to a corresponding feedthrough of the feedthrough assembly and the flat portion extending from the body.
A method of forming a percutaneous connector assembly, comprising:
- forming a jacket of dielectric material having a plurality of conduits extending along a length thereof, the plurality of conduits being connected to one another at an interface and in a planar arrangement;
- positioning at least one conductor within each of the plurality of conduits;
- separating each conduit from an adjacent conduit at the interface along a portion of the jacket and forming a flat portion of connected conduits and a plurality of free lengths of separated conduits;
- rearranging the plurality of free lengths of separated conduits and forming a round portion of conduits;
- and
- connecting each conductor to a corresponding electrically conductive feedthrough of a feedthrough assembly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.