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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 30, 2012
Terrell M. Williams, Brooklyn Park, MN (US);
Terrell M. Williams, Brooklyn Park, MN (US);
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
This disclosure describes an implantable medical lead, and method of making such a lead, that reduces the undesirable effects the fields generated by an MRI device may have on the implantable medical lead and the implantable medical device. The implantable medical lead has a proximal end configured to connect to an implantable medical device and a distal end. The lead also includes at least one electrode located near the distal end and at least one coiled conductor that extends along a length of the lead from the proximal end to a respective electrode. The lead further includes an outer jacket that is configured to only partially extend between turns of one or more of the coiled conductors.