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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2006
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2002
Douglas S. Hine, White Bear Lake, MN (US);
John L. Sommer, Coon Rapids, MN (US);
Wayne R. Bass, Coon Rapids, MN (US);
Mary M. Morris, Mounds View, MN (US);
Peter B. Mcintyre, Mounds View, MN (US);
Carla C. Pfeiffer, Anoka, MN (US);
Roger Lafond, Fridley, MN (US);
Patricia K. Peterson, Centuria, WI (US);
Douglas S. Hine, White Bear Lake, MN (US);
John L. Sommer, Coon Rapids, MN (US);
Wayne R. Bass, Coon Rapids, MN (US);
Mary M. Morris, Mounds View, MN (US);
Peter B. McIntyre, Mounds View, MN (US);
Carla C. Pfeiffer, Anoka, MN (US);
Roger Lafond, Fridley, MN (US);
Patricia K. Peterson, Centuria, WI (US);
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
A bipolar cardiac vein lead and method of assembly is provided wherein the lead includes a flexible coil anode electrode such that the lead may be advanced through a tortuous pathway. The coil electrode is coupled to a conductor using a method of assembly that minimizes or eliminates rigid components, maintaining flexibility of the distal lead end. Multi-polar cardiac vein leads may include multiple flexible coil electrodes to achieve pacing and/or sensing in the left atrium and the left ventricle or at multiple left heart sites.