Robust high power and low power cardiac leads having integrated sensors

US8095225B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Medtronic, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Douglas D. Nippoldt · Centerville, US
• Thomas D. Brostrom · Wayzata, US
• Richard J. O'Brien · Minneapolis, US
• Michael A. Schugt · Windom, US
• Scott Davis · Maple Grove, US
• Yaling Fan · Savage, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 25, 2009
• Grant date: Jan 10, 2012
• Expiry date: Apr 9, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61B2562/187
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A lead of an implantable medical device system having an elongated lead body, a sensor coupled to the lead body and extending from a proximal end to a distal end, and a distal lead adaptor having a first arm extending distally from the distal end of the sensor to a first arm end, a second arm extending distally from the distal end of the sensor to a second arm end, and a third arm extending between the first arm end and the second arm end, wherein the first arm, the second arm, and the third arm form an open portion.