Medical electrical lead

US5676694A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Medtronic, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Gregory A. Boser · Richfield, US
• Mark A. Hjelle · White Bear Lake, US
• Timothy G. Laske · Shoreview, US
• Mark Mabel · Fridley, US
• Pedro A. Meregotte · Coon Rapids, US
• Jon M. Ocel · New Brighton, US
• Clare E. Padgett · Minneapolis, US
• David G. Schaenzer · Minneapolis, US
• Bret R. Shoberg · Corcoran, US
• Sandra F. Viktora · Coon Rapids, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 7, 1996
• Grant date: Oct 14, 1997
• Expiry date: Jun 7, 2016

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61N1/0563
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A medical electrical lead having an elongated lead body provided with an internal longitudinally extending lumen carrying an elongated stranded or cabled conductor and an electrode coil, located on said lead body. The coil is coupled to the conductor by a conductive sleeve having a tubular portion which has an internal lumen through which the conductor passes and a groove or bore which engages only a portion of a turn or turns of the electrode coil, such that the coil is oriented generally perpendicular to the internal lumen of said sleeve and to the conductor.