Medical electrical lead body designs incorporating energy dissipating shunt

US7904178B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Medtronic, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Terrell M. Williams · Brooklyn Park, US
• Michael J. Ebert · Fridley, US
• Jordon D. Honeck · Maple Grove, US
• Richard D. Ries · Stillwater, US
• John L. Sommer · Coon Rapids, US
• Pedro A. Meregotte · Coon Rapids, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 31, 2007
• Grant date: Mar 8, 2011
• Expiry date: Oct 1, 2029

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61N1/3718
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An elongate body of a medical electrical lead includes at least one conductor formed into a coil that includes a first portion and a second portion, wherein the first portion extends within an outer insulation sheath and the second portion extends outside the outer insulation sheath to be exposed to an environment external to the lead body as an energy dissipating shunt.