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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 20, 2010
Stephen A. Griffin, San Jose, CA (US);
Alain Cornil, Saint-Nom-la-Breteche, FR;
Scott R. Smith, Chaska, MN (US);
Lex Philip Jansen, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Stephen A. Griffin, San Jose, CA (US);
Alain Cornil, Saint-Nom-la-Breteche, FR;
Scott R. Smith, Chaska, MN (US);
Lex Philip Jansen, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Abstract
A medical device having a segmented construction. In at least some embodiments, a medical device including a plurality of conductive elongated members that are of such a length and are connected together in such a manner to impart a degree of MRI compatibility to the device. In some embodiments, the elongated members can include a series of solid elongate members and tubular elongate members, which construction provides one way to control at least some properties of the device, for example, stiffness, torque transmission, flexibility, shape retention, and the like. In yet some additional embodiments, at least one of the elongated members has a recess into which a protrusion of another elongated member may fit.