Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc.

Morales Ortiz, Fabian E.

Kimberly A Morris

Andrew L De Kock

Ronald W Kunkel

Benjamin J Haasl

Brian L Schmidt

Brendan Early Koop

Joel T Eggert

Patrick Willoughby

Joshua Haarer

Yevgenia Sheikholeslami

Bruce Alan Tockman

Lili Liu

David Joseph Parins

Timothy R Jackson

Christopher Alan Fuhs

David A Durand

Benn Horrisberger

Peter J Wolf

Joseph A Cihlar

Emilio Abner Avilés Delgado

Fabian E Morales-Ortiz

Patrick S McManaman

Joshua Hearer

Yevgeniya Shvelidze

Emilio Aviles

Fabian Morales

Fabian Morales Ortiz

Emilio Abner Aviles Delgado

Various coiled conductors having two or more sections and methods and devices for constructing such conductors are disclosed. The various embodiments of coiled conductors and related methods include two or more sections that can have different mechanical, structural, and/or electrical characteristics.

Implantable leads with a conductor coil having two or more sections

Various embodiments concern a suture sleeve for securing an implantable lead with a suture. The suture sleeve can comprise a tubular body having a proximal end portion, a distal end portion, an exterior surface, and a lumen, the lumen sized to receive the implantable lead. The suture sleeve can further comprise a suture receiving area along the tubular body, the suture receiving area within a channel that extends around a circumference of the tubular body. An exterior surface of the suture receiving area can comprise a tear resistant feature. The tear resistant feature can be configured to resist initiation of a tear in the exterior surface from the suture. The lumen can comprise an inner surface configured to frictionally engage the implantable lead.

Suture sleeves having exterior surface tear resistance

Methods of manufacturing implantable medical devices with one or more undermolded features are disclosed. An example method includes injection molding an annular-shaped member onto an inner surface of a sacrificial mold insert, and then undermolding an elongate medical device body directly to the member. The member is directly coupled to the device body without the use of adhesives or bonding agents, thus eliminating the presence of gaps or surface irregularities that can affect device performance.

Steroid eluting collar undermold

A method of manufacturing a medical electrical lead includes molding a lead body pre-form, stringing an electrode onto the pre-form and overmolding the pre-form with a polymer to form a lead body portion. The pre-form has a proximal end, a distal end and at least one lumen extending between the proximal and distal ends. At least one asymmetric region of the pre-form has a transverse cross-section that has a non-circular outer dimension. The overmolding causes the asymmetric region to become substantially circular.

Implantable leads with a unitary silicone component

A medical lead includes a lead body having at least one conductor extending from a proximal end of the lead body to a distal end of the lead body. The proximal end is adapted to be connected to a pulse generator, and the distal end includes a curved portion. One or more electrodes are operatively connected to the at least one conductor and coupled to the curved portion of the lead body. At least a portion of each of the one or more electrodes includes an arrangement of interconnected, spaced-apart elements that are selectively configured to allow the one or more electrodes to conform to contours of the curved portion during and after implantation of the medical lead.

Conformal electrodes for shaped medical device lead body segments

A medical electrical lead includes a tapered distal tip having a tapered drug-eluting component incorporated therein. The drug-eluting component can be an overmolded drug-eluting collar or a pre-molded drug eluting collar. The drug-eluting collar is disposed in a recess formed in the tapered distal tip and maintains the overall tapered profile of the distal tip.

Tapered drug-eluting collar for a medical electrical lead

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Minneapolis, MN, United States of America

Kimberly A Morris