Electrical connector, in particular for a cutaneous device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10814124-B2
Application number	US-201916246309-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 11, 2019
Priority date	May 19, 2014
Publication date	Oct 27, 2020
Grant date	Oct 27, 2020

Abstract

An electrical connector, in particular for a medical device that is intended to be secured to the skin of a user, the connector comprising a base intended to be solidly connected to the device and a plug intended to be solidly connected to an electric conductor, wherein the plug comprises a connection means and the base comprises a plurality of connection means, each being adapted to engage with the connection means of the plug in order to establish a connection between the base and the plug comprising a base secured to the device and a plug configured to be secured to an electrical conductor, wherein the base includes a plurality of protuberances and the plug includes a cavity.

First claim

The embodiments of the invention in which an exclusive property or privilege is claimed are defined as follows:

1. An electrical connector for a medical device configured to be fixed on the skin of a user, comprising:
a base secured to the device; and
a plug configured to be secured to an electrical conductor, wherein the plug comprises first connection means and the base comprises second connection means configured for cooperating with the first connecting means of the plug to ensure the connection between the base and the plug,
wherein the base includes a plurality of protuberances and a continuous support layer on which the protuberances are formed,
wherein the plug includes a cavity for receiving any one of the protuberances when connecting the plug to the base, and
wherein a number of plugs is less than a number of the protuberances of the base.

2. The connector of claim 1 , wherein the base comprises at least one mechanical support layer performing a mechanical support function and the plurality of protuberances is made directly on the support layer that is the mechanical support layer or an intermediate layer, wherein the protuberances, the layer performing a mechanical support function or the intermediate layer perform an electrical function and optionally a magnetic function, and the plug comprises a cylindrical part defining the cavity that is closed by a base, the electrical function of the plug being performed by the cylindrical part or the base and the potential magnetic function of the plug being performed by the cylindrical part or the base.

3. The connector of claim 2 , wherein the base comprises, on the layer performing the mechanical support function, the intermediate layer, wherein the electrical function and the potential magnetic function are performed by the mechanical support layer or the intermediate layer, the protuberances being made on the mechanical support layer or on the intermediate layer, the electrical function and the potential magnetic function of the plug being performed by the cylindrical part.

4. The connector of claim 2 , wherein the base comprises, on the layer performing the mechanical support function, protuberances being made directly on this mechanical support layer, said protuberances performing the electrical function and optionally a magnetic function, the electrical function and the potential magnetic function of the plug being performed by the base.

5. The connector according to claim 2 , wherein the base comprises, on the layer performing the mechanical support function, the intermediate layer performing the electrical function, the protuberances being made on this intermediate layer and optionally performing the magnetic function, wherein the cylindrical part of the plug are configured for performing the electrical function and its base optionally performing the magnetic function.

6. The connector according to claim 5 , wherein the protuberances perform the electrical function and the intermediate layer performs a magnetic function.

Assignees

• Commissariat Energie Atomique

Inventors

• Perraud Simon
• Emieux Fabrice
• Karst Nicolas
• Pantigny Philippe

Classifications

• A61N1/0476 Primary

  Array electrodes (including any electrode arrangement with more than one electrode for at least one of the polarities) · CPC title

• A61N1/0492

  Patch electrodes (A61N1/0412, A61N1/0428 take precedence) · CPC title

• A61N1/048 Primary

  Electrodes characterised by a specific connection between lead and electrode · CPC title