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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 2011
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2007
Terrell M. Williams, Brooklyn Park, MN (US);
Michael Jay Ebert, Fridley, MN (US);
Jordon D. Honeck, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Richard Dean Ries, Stillwater, MN (US);
John L. Sommer, Coon Rapids, MN (US);
Pedro A. Meregotte, Vadnais Heights, MN (US);
Terrell M. Williams, Brooklyn Park, MN (US);
Michael Jay Ebert, Fridley, MN (US);
Jordon D. Honeck, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Richard Dean Ries, Stillwater, MN (US);
John L. Sommer, Coon Rapids, MN (US);
Pedro A. Meregotte, Vadnais Heights, MN (US);
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
An elongate body of a medical electrical lead includes at least one conductor formed into a coil that includes a first portion and a second portion, wherein the first portion extends within an outer insulation sheath and the second portion extends outside the outer insulation sheath to be exposed to an environment external to the lead body as an energy dissipating shunt.