Implantable electrode lead

US8942820B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• BIOTRONIK SE & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

• Thomas Doerr · Berlin, DE
• Ingo Weiss · Berlin, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 15, 2012
• Grant date: Jan 27, 2015
• Expiry date: May 1, 2033

Classification

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

Abstract

An implantable electrode lead comprising an electric supply lead. The electric supply lead is designed to assume, after implantation of the electrode lead in a deformable supply lead section, a shape that is changed such that it induces higher inductance in the deformable supply lead section after deformation than before deformation, wherein the inductance is at least 0.1 μH. The implantable electrode lead can also comprise an outer sleeve within which the supply lead is disposed. The electric supply lead is designed to assume, after implantation of the electrode lead in a deformable supply lead section, a shape that has changed compared to the original shape thereof. The supply lead is also designed and disposed inside the sleeve such that the supply lead, in the deformable supply lead section thereof, is deformable relative to the outer sleeve and inside the outer sleeve.