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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 09, 2005
Applicant:
Parag V. Karmarkar, Columbia, MD (US);
Inventor:
Parag V. Karmarkar, Columbia, MD (US);
Assignee:
The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/055 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In vivo medical stimulation probes include an elongate lead having at least one stimulation electrode disposed on a distal portion thereof. The probes may include a plurality of axially spaced apart RF chokes disposed on and/or in an axially extending shielding layer of the lead in advance of the at least one electrode to inhibit induced RF current from forming and/or traveling along the shielding layer.