Patents Assigned to Pacesetteer, Inc.
  • Patent number: 5951595
    Abstract: A connector assembly mounted on an implantable cardiac stimulation device has an actuator mechanism for fixing and sealing electrical leads inserted into lead receptacles within the connector assembly without the use of setscrews. Fixing and sealing of the leads is accomplished by compressing resilient lead lock seals of O-ring shape, disposed in annular recesses, with lip portions of a plunger drawn toward the molded support by the actuator mechanism. In a first embodiment of the actuator mechanism, rotation of a cam actuator transversely journaled within the support, using a torque wrench or similar tool, moves a cam slide attached to the plunger through a fixed displacement between lock and unlock positions as an offset camming portion of the actuator engages the surfaces of a slot within the cam slide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 14, 1999
    Assignee: Pacesetteer, Inc.
    Inventors: Sheldon B. Moberg, Buehl E. Truex, Alfred D. Acken, deceased, Clyde K. Nason, William H. Stutz, Jr., Edward Gene Rourke