US 12,083,311 B2
Module connectors for infusion pump systems
Lee Alan Good, San Diego, CA (US); Santiago Roman Dodge, Santee, CA (US); Daniel Alexi Toro, Chula Vista, CA (US); Austin Moore, San Diego, CA (US); and Eric W. Schieve, Del Mar, CA (US)
Assigned to CareFusion 303, Inc., San Diego, CA (US)
Filed by CareFusion 303, Inc., San Diego, CA (US)
Filed on Feb. 14, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/275,898.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/710,567, filed on Feb. 16, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2019/0260155 A1, Aug. 22, 2019
Int. Cl. A61M 5/14 (2006.01); A61M 5/142 (2006.01); A61M 5/178 (2006.01); H01R 13/15 (2006.01); H01R 13/22 (2006.01); H01R 13/24 (2006.01); H01R 13/52 (2006.01); H01R 13/627 (2006.01); H01R 13/631 (2006.01)
CPC A61M 5/1413 (2013.01) [A61M 5/142 (2013.01); A61M 5/178 (2013.01); H01R 13/15 (2013.01); H01R 13/22 (2013.01); H01R 13/2414 (2013.01); H01R 13/2421 (2013.01); H01R 13/2442 (2013.01); H01R 13/5219 (2013.01); H01R 13/5224 (2013.01); H01R 13/5227 (2013.01); H01R 13/6275 (2013.01); H01R 13/631 (2013.01); A61M 5/1415 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3303 (2013.01); A61M 2205/52 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A connector assembly for a modular medical device, the connector assembly comprising:
a main body;
a printed circuit disposed in the main body and having a plurality of electrical contacts;
a frame configured to be attached to the main body, the frame comprising a central opening;
an elastomeric sealing structure disposed in the central opening, the elastomeric sealing structure comprising a plurality of collapsible domes; and
a plurality of contacts wherein each of the plurality of contacts comprises a rivet including an exterior portion and an internal portion in contact with the elastomeric sealing structure and separate from the exterior portion, wherein an entirety of the internal portion of each rivet is enclosed and sealed below the exterior portion of the respective rivet and an interior surface of a respective collapsible dome of the elastomeric sealing structure, each of the plurality of contacts is arranged in contact with a corresponding one of the electrical contacts on the printed circuit, and each of the plurality of contacts is movable upon deformation of the respective collapsible dome of the elastomeric sealing structure.