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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 21, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2006
Applicants:
Antoine N. J. M. Camps, Eys, NL;
Ron Van Der Kruk, Bunde, NL;
Jean J. G. Rutten, Bocholtz, NL;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/372 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A medical electrical lead having an elongated lead body extending from a proximal end to a distal end, a first electrode positioned at the distal end of the lead body, a second electrode spaced proximally from the first electrode, the second electrode being a flexible conductive coil and having a distal end. A first electrode sleeve is coupled to the first electrode, and a second electrode sleeve is coupled to the second electrode and positioned within the proximal end of the lead body and proximal the distal end of the second electrode to provide flexibility in a distal lead body portion.