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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 24, 2021
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2018
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
George W. McFall, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Thomas D. Brostrom, Wayzata, MN (US);
Mark T. Marshall, Forest Lake, MN (US);
Dina L. Williams, Andover, MN (US);
Megan Harris, Andover, MN (US);
Keith D. Anderson, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Maggie J. Pistella, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
An implantable medical lead may include an electrode at a distal portion of the lead that is configured to monitor or provide therapy to a target site. The lead may include a visible indicator that is visible to the naked eye of a clinician at a medial portion of the lead that is configured to indicate when the electrodes of the lead are longitudinally and radially aligned properly to monitor or treat the target site. A clinician may insert the lead into the patient using an introducer sheath inserted to a predetermined depth into the patient and subsequently aligning the distal portion of the lead by orienting the indicator at an entry port of the introducer sheath.