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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 04, 2010
Applicants:
Ronald W. Kunkel, Jim Falls, WI (US);
Andrew DE Kock, Andover, MN (US);
Steven B. Rasmussen, Forest Lake, MN (US);
Patrick Willoughby, Hugo, MN (US);
Inventors:
Ronald W. Kunkel, Jim Falls, WI (US);
Andrew De Kock, Andover, MN (US);
Steven B. Rasmussen, Forest Lake, MN (US);
Patrick Willoughby, Hugo, MN (US);
Assignee:
Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/05 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/056 (2013.01); A61N 1/0573 (2013.01);
Abstract
Medical lead body configurations that reduce conductor flexural fatigue. The various lead body embodiments include a support section and can also include other features such as a semi-straight portion of a lumen or semi-straight sides that optimize the reduction in conductor flexural fatigue.