US 12,272,913 B2
Clip for making a mechanical and electrically conductive connection between the clip and a pin, especially a feedthrough pin
Rolf Klenner, Michendorf (DE)
Assigned to BIOTRONIK SE & Co. KG, Berlin (DE)
Filed by BIOTRONIK SE & Co. KG, Berlin (DE)
Filed on Mar. 31, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/709,985.
Application 17/709,985 is a continuation of application No. 16/190,220, filed on Nov. 14, 2018, abandoned.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2017 127 391.3 (DE), filed on Nov. 21, 2017; and application No. 10 2018 211 199.5 (DE), filed on Jul. 6, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0224026 A1, Jul. 14, 2022
Int. Cl. H05K 5/02 (2006.01); A61N 1/375 (2006.01); A61N 1/378 (2006.01); H01R 4/02 (2006.01); H01R 4/48 (2006.01); H01R 13/11 (2006.01); A61N 1/36 (2006.01); A61N 1/362 (2006.01); A61N 1/39 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 4/48 (2013.01) [A61N 1/3754 (2013.01); A61N 1/378 (2013.01); H01R 4/029 (2013.01); H01R 4/4823 (2023.08); H01R 4/4848 (2023.08); H01R 13/112 (2013.01); H05K 5/0247 (2013.01); A61N 1/3605 (2013.01); A61N 1/362 (2013.01); A61N 1/3956 (2013.01); H01R 2201/12 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A medical device comprising:
a device housing having an electrical feedthrough comprising at least one electrically conductive pin, and
a header portion comprising a connection socket configured to receive a plug of an electrode lead;
the medical device further comprising:
a clip configured to establish a mechanical and electrically conductive connection between the clip and the electrically conductive pin, the clip comprising:
a base having a first side and a second side and a first end and a second end;
a first arm and a second arm opposite said first arm, said first and the second arms projecting out from said first side and said second side, respectively, and each of said first and second arms having a clipping area;
said clipping area of said first arm and said clipping area of said second arm running toward one another and being configured to lie against the pin to make the mechanical and electrically conductive connection when the pin is disposed between said clipping area of said first arm and said clipping area of said second arm;
a centering area respectively departing from each of the clipping area of said first arm and said clipping area of said second arm, said centering area of said first arm and said centering area of said second arm diverging from one another, and wherein
said base has a front surface that faces the pin when the pin is arranged between said clipping area of said first arm and said clipping area of said second arm, and a back surface that faces away from said front surface of said base;
said at least one electrically conductive pin being clamped to said at least one clip by way of said clipping areas of said at least one clip,
said clip including at least one wiring band integrally formed with said clip and extending from said first end and/or said second end, wherein said at least one wiring band has an electrically conductive connection to said connection socket in said header portion.