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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2016
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Bruce R. Mehdizadeh, Boise, ID (US);
Brian T. Stolz, Bloomington, MN (US);
Michael Robert Klardie, Plymouth, MN (US);
James M. Olsen, Plymouth, MN (US);
Michael J. Kern, St. Louis, MN (US);
Richard T. Stone, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Chad Q. Cai, Woodbury, MN (US);
Spencer M. Bondhus, Columbia Heights, MN (US);
Mark J. Conroy, St. Louis Park, MN (US);
Timothy R. Abraham, Lino Lakes, MN (US);
MEDTRONIC, INC., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
A shield located within an implantable medical lead may be terminated in various ways at a metal connector. The shield may be terminated by various joints including butt, scarf, lap, or other joints between insulation layers surrounding the lead and an insulation extension. The shield may terminate with a physical and electrical connection to a single metal connector. The shield may terminate with a physical and electrical connection by passing between an overlapping pair of inner and outer metal connectors. The metal connectors may include features such as teeth or threads that penetrate the insulation layers of the lead. The shield may terminate with a physical and electrical connection by exiting a jacket of a lead adjacent to a metal connector and lapping onto the metal connector.