IP Library Granted Patent US 9,042,986
Granted Patent B2
US 9,042,986 · App. 14/161,338 · Granted May 26, 2015

Safety system for electrostimulation device

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Patent No.
US 9,042,986
App. No.
14/161,338
Granted
May 26, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A housing for an electrostimulation device comprising a charger plug and a stimulation plug, designed to receive respectively a connector linked to a charger and a connector linked to a stimulation electrode, characterized in that it comprises a mobile locking element designed to alternately lock the charger plug or the stimulation plug.

Claims (15)

1. A housing for an electrostimulation device, comprising:

a charger plug configured to receive a connector linked to a charger;

a stimulation plug configured to receive a connector linked to a stimulation electrode; and

a locking strip comprising a series of teeth and an inclined surface, wherein the locking strip is configured to alternately lock the charger plug or the stimulation plug.

2. The housing of claim 1 , comprising a plurality of stimulation plugs, wherein the locking strip is configured to alternately lock the charger plug or, in a single action, the stimulation plugs.

3. The housing of claim 1 , wherein the inclined surface is located in a plug so that insertion of a connector into the plug exerts a force on the inclined surface so as to sufficiently displace the locking strip to ensure that the other plug is locked.

4. The housing of claim 3 , wherein the locking strip is configured to be mobile in a direction parallel to a line passing through the plugs, each tooth being positioned on the strip so as to enable a plug to be locked by the tooth.

5. The housing of claim 4 , wherein in the inclined surface is located at one end of the strip.

6. The housing of claim 3 , wherein the charger plug and the stimulation plugs are located on two opposite sides of the housing, the locking strip being made mobile along a curvilinear path.

7. The housing of claim 1 , wherein the locking strip is mounted in pivoting fashion.

8. The housing of claim 7 , wherein the locking strip is mounted pivoting about its main axis, the teeth being located towards the ends of the strip.

9. The housing of claim 7 , wherein the locking strip is mounted pivoting about an axis directed perpendicular to its main axis, the teeth being located along the locking element.

10. The housing of claim 1 , wherein the locking strip is configured to be displaced in a direction perpendicular to a line on which the plugs are located.

11. The housing of claim 10 , wherein the locking strip comprises a thrust element which, when activated by a user, releases a plug.

12. The housing of claim 1 , further comprising a spring positioned so as to return the locking strip to its original position once the connector has been removed from its corresponding plug.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 6, 2015
From: COMPEX SÀRL
To: DJO GLOBAL SWITZERLAND SÀRL
Reel/Frame 035159/0810 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 17, 2014
From: MULLER, PIERRE-YVES; SCHONENBERGER, KLAUS
To: COMPEX MEDICAL S.A.
Reel/Frame 033975/0382 →
MERGER AND CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 17, 2014
From: COMPEX SWITZERLAND SARL; COMPEX MEDICAL SA; COMPEX SARL
To: COMPEX SARL
Reel/Frame 033975/0446 →