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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 08, 2008
Applicant:
Randy W. Westlund, River Falls, WI (US);
Inventor:
Randy W. Westlund, River Falls, WI (US);
Assignee:
Respicardia, Inc., Minnetonka, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/05 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/056 (2013.01); A61N 1/0558 (2013.01);
Abstract
A medical electrical lead and methods of implanting medical electrical leads in lumens. Leads in accordance with the invention employ preformed biases to stabilize the lead within a lumen or lumen and to provide feedback to lead implanters. In some embodiments, a preformed bend in the lead may assist an implanter with orienting the lead within a lumen.