Medical device conductor junctions

US7715926B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Medtronic, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Gregory A. Boser · Richfield, US
• Ryan J. Collins · Minneapolis, US
• Mark T. Marshall · Forest Lake, US
• Grant H. Wurdell · St. Louis Park, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 23, 2004
• Grant date: May 11, 2010
• Expiry date: Apr 23, 2024

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S439/909
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A medical electrical lead includes a lead body, an inner assembly extending through the lead body, an outer insulative layer covering the inner assembly, and an electrode mounted outside the exterior surface of the outer insulative layer. The inner assembly includes an elongate inner structure forming a lumen, an elongate conductor extending along an outer surface of the inner structure, and a conductive fitting coupled to the elongate conductor.