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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 27, 2003
Scott J. Brabec, Elk River, MN (US);
Jordon D. Honeck, Maple Grove, MN (US);
William J. Schindeldecker, Foreston, MN (US);
Scott J. Brabec, Elk River, MN (US);
Jordon D. Honeck, Maple Grove, MN (US);
William J. Schindeldecker, Foreston, MN (US);
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
An insulative housing formed about a distal end of a medical electrical lead body includes a cavity and a port; an ionically conductive medium fills the cavity and is in intimate contact with an electrode surface contained within the cavity. When a current is delivered to the electrode surface contained within the cavity, a first current density generated at the electrode surface is smaller than a second current density generated out from the port of the insulative housing; thus, the port forms a high impedance and low polarization tissue-stimulating electrode.