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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 2015

Filed:

Mar. 13, 2013
Applicant:

Boston Scientific Neuromodulation Corporation, Valencia, CA (US);

Inventors:

Gaurav Gupta, Valencia, CA (US);

Joseph M. Bocek, Seattle, WA (US);

Ross Daniel Venook, Millbrae, CA (US);

Matthew Lee McDonald, Pasadena, CA (US);

Rafael Carbunaru, Valley Village, CA (US);

Chirag M. Patel, Los Angeles, CA (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/00 (2006.01); A61N 1/36 (2006.01); A61N 1/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/00 (2013.01); A61N 1/36 (2013.01); A61N 2001/086 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method of estimating response of a medical lead to an electromagnetic field includes providing a medical lead having a proximal end, a distal end, a plurality of electrodes disposed along the distal end, a plurality of terminals disposed along the proximal end, and a plurality of conductors extending along the medical lead and electrically coupling the electrodes to the terminals; individually applying a test field at each of a plurality of test positions along the medical lead using at least one excitation probe; for each application of the test field, determining a response to the application of the test field at one or more of the electrodes or terminals; generating a transfer function using a combination of the responses determined for the applications of the test field; and using the transfer function to estimate a response of the medical lead to an electromagnetic field.


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