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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 2019
Filed:
May. 24, 2016
Advanced Neuromodulation Systems, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Ryan Sefkow, Frisco, TX (US);
Christopher A. Crawford, Carrollton, TX (US);
Jeffrey Mitchell, Little Elm, TX (US);
Kevin Wilson, McKinney, TX (US);
Raymond P. Bray, Dallas, TX (US);
John R. Gonzalez, Frisco, TX (US);
ADVANCED NEUROMODULATION SYSTEMS, INC., Plano, TX (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a neurostimulation lead comprises: a lead body comprising a plurality of conductor wires; and a molded stimulation tip end comprising a plurality of segmented electrodes, hypotubes, and an annular frame structure: wherein (i) each segmented electrode of the plurality of segmented electrodes has an inner surface, an outer surface, and step-down region embedded within polymer material of the molded stimulation tip end, (ii) each respective hypotube is directly welded to the inner surface of a corresponding segmented electrode of the plurality of segmented electrodes.