Implantable electrode lead

US9468384B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• BIOTRONIK SE & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

• Gernot Kolberg · Berlin, DE
• Jochen Palm · Teltow, DE
• Klaus Bartels · Schreiber, CA

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 28, 2011
• Grant date: Oct 18, 2016
• Expiry date: May 6, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61B2562/222
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An implantable electrode lead for transmitting electrical impulses to excitable bodily tissue and/or for transmitting electrical signals tapped at bodily tissue to a detection unit. The electrode lead including a distal electrode, a proximal electrode connector, and an electrode supply lead which connects the electrode, or each electrode, to the electrode connector, or each electrode connector, and extends in a lead body, wherein the lead body includes a hinged alignment of hard elements.