US 12,433,525 B2
Electrode array assembly
Kyle Damon Slater, Melbourne (AU); John Lloyd Grant, Melbourne (AU); Kate Hou, Melbourne (AU); and Jaydan William Bloye, Melbourne (AU)
Assigned to Seer Medical Pty Ltd, Melbourne (AU)
Appl. No. 17/755,702
Filed by Seer Medical Pty Ltd, Melbourne (AU)
PCT Filed Nov. 6, 2020, PCT No. PCT/AU2020/051206
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 5, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/087565, PCT Pub. Date May 14, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2019904175 (AU), filed on Nov. 6, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0386923 A1, Dec. 8, 2022
Int. Cl. H01R 13/73 (2006.01); A61B 5/273 (2021.01); A61B 5/291 (2021.01); H01R 13/506 (2006.01); H01R 13/62 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 5/291 (2021.01) [A61B 5/273 (2021.01); H01R 13/506 (2013.01); H01R 13/6205 (2013.01); A61B 2562/046 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electrode array assembly including:
a carrier assembly including an array of first electrical contacts coupled to a plurality of electrodes, and a first housing carrying the array of first contacts and configured to allow access to the first contacts; and
a connector assembly including an array of second electrical contacts and a second housing carrying the array of second contacts and configured to allow access to the second contacts,
wherein each of the carrier assembly and the connector assembly include complementary retention elements and complementary locating formations, whereby engaging the complementary locating formations allows the complementary retention elements to secure the first housing to the second housing, and allows the first contacts to couple with the second contacts,
wherein the retention element of the carrier assembly includes at least one first magnetic element enclosed in the first housing, and the retention element of the carrier assembly includes at least one second magnetic element enclosed in the second housing, and wherein the, or each, second magnetic element is arranged to be drawn towards the, or each, first magnetic element when the locating formations are engaged.