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Percutaneous connector deviceA device is reported for facilitating the passage of electrical signals from an external source through the skin of a patient to internal portions of the body such as muscles and nerves. The connector device includes a bio-compatible shell having an enlarged disk shaped portion for being implanted below the skin of the patient. The shell has a first and second electrically conductive post carried therein upon which a plug can be readily connected and disconnected. A modified form of the invention utilizes a unipolar connector that is adapted to be plugged into a shell implanted below the skin of a patient. Both of the connector devices are designed to be separated when a predetermined force is applied. This prevents excessive force from being applied to the implanted bio-compatible shell.
Document ID
19770007795
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Other - Patent
Authors
Parsons, W. E. (NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center Cocoa Beach, FL, United States)
Date Acquired
August 8, 2013
Publication Date
December 7, 1976
Subject Category
Aerospace Medicine
Accession Number
77N14738
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
Patent
US-PATENT-3,995,644|NASA-CASE-KSC-10849-1
Patent Application
US-PATENT-APPL-SN-613734

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