Methods and apparatus for fabricating leads with conductors and related flexible lead configurations

US9630000B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• Boston Scientific Neuromodulation Corporation · US
• MRI Interventions, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Paul A. Bottomley · Clifton Park, US
• Parag V. Karmarkar · Columbia, US
• Justin M. Allen · Baltimore, US
• William A. Edelstein · Schenectady, US
• Peter Piferi · Orange, US
• Brian Gore · Fort Lauderdale, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 1, 2016
• Grant date: Apr 25, 2017
• Expiry date: Feb 1, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T29/49071
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

MRI/RF compatible leads include at least one conductor, a respective conductor having at least one segment with a multi-layer stacked coil configuration. The lead can be configured so that the lead heats local tissue less than about 10 degrees Celsius (typically about 5 degrees Celsius or less) or does not heat local tissue when a patient is exposed to target RF frequencies at a peak input SAR of at least about 4 W/kg and/or a whole body average SAR of at least about 2 W/kg. Related leads and methods of fabricating leads are also described.