Electrode device for active medical implants

US8380322B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Biotronik CRM Patent AG · CH

Inventors

• Kerstin Taeubert · Berlin, DE
• Hartmut Lenski · Glienick, DE
• Ingo Weiss · Berlin, DE
• Michael Friedrich · Bern, CH
• Stefan Knorr · Berlin, DE
• René Fischer · Berlin, DE
• Marc Steffen Schurr · Berlin, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 1, 2011
• Grant date: Feb 19, 2013
• Expiry date: Jul 20, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61N1/086
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Electrode device for active medical implants with an elongated electrode body (2) having a proximal end and a distal end (1), a tip contact pole (6) on the distal end (1), at least one ring contact pole (5) before the distal end (1), electrical supply leads (3, 4) to the tip and ring contact pole (6, 5), and a high-frequency filter (11) before the distal end (1), which has electrical contact to the tip contact pole (6) and is connected to the supply lead (4) thereof.