Abstract: A dustcap comprises a body having a cylindrical portion configured to receive a ferrule of an optical fiber connector, and an end portion opposite the cylindrical portion. The end portion includes a receptacle. The dustcap has a built-in cleaner disposed within the receptacle. The dustcap further comprises a removable cover configured to couple to the end portion of the dustcap. In another embodiment, the end portion includes a flat surface, the cleaner is disposed on the flat surface of the end portion, and the cover is configured to receive the end portion of the dustcap. In another embodiment, the cover has a receptacle and the cleaner is disposed within the receptacle, whereas the body comprises an end portion configured to receive at least a portion of the cover with the built-in cleaner. Embodiments encompass cleaner assemblies and adapter dustcaps having built-in cleaners.

Abstract: The pacing lead comprises an elongate lead body which is made of pliable insulation material, which has a generally circular cross-section, which has a proximal end and a distal end and which has at least one lumen therein extending substantially the length thereof. At least one distal electrode or sensor is mounted to the lead body at or adjacent the distal end of the lead body. At least one proximal connector is mounted to the lead body at or adjacent the proximal end of the lead body. At least one uninsulated, relaxed, uncoiled wire conductor is loosely and slidably received in the lumen and is made of a material having a high flexibility and bendability such as of a nickel and titanium alloy. The wire conductor has a diameter less than the diameter of the at least one lumen and is connected at each end, respectively, to the distal electrode and the proximal connector.

Abstract: A torque clamp utilized for actuating a fixation device of a pervenous lead into the myocardium of a heart comprises a body. The body includes opposed jaw portions and a jaw actuating mechanism which is opposite the jaw portions and which can be squeezed to open the jaws for gripping a terminal pin of the lead.

Abstract: The pacing lead comprises a catheter and first and second conductors in the catheter. A tip electrode is fixed to the distal end of the catheter and in electrical contact with a distal end of the first conductor within the catheter. The catheter has an opening in the wall thereof with a bared end portion of the second conductor extending through the opening, out of the catheter and around the catheter. A thin walled electrode sleeve made of a rhenium/tungsten alloy is positioned about and in direct electrical contact with the bared end portion of the second conductor and is compressed about the conductor end portion and the catheter to an extent where the outer diameter of the sleeve is substantially the same as the outer diameter of the catheter.

Abstract: An improved electrical connection capable of mechanical movement for providing an electrical connection between a rotatable terminal pin and an external pacer terminal casing in an improved cardiac pacer lead is disclosed. The pacer lead includes an elongated terminal pin at its proximal end that has a generally cylindrical cross-section which extends through an axial bore of an external retaining collar, a coupling and an insulating sleeve and terminates in engagement with an electrode at the distal end at the pacer lead. The retaining collar has a counterbore that defines an annular cavity between the collar and the terminal pin which accomodates an electrical connecting coil. The connection coil has a configuration wherein individual coil turns are circumferentially offset from adjacent coil turns and project radially outwardly from the axis of the coil.