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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 16, 2010
Dirk Willem Harberts, Eindhoven, NL;
Rio Vetter, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Dirk Willem Harberts, Eindhoven, NL;
Rio Vetter, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
MEDTRONIC BAKKEN RESEARCH CENTER, Maastricht, NL;
NEURONEXUS TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to a medical device () for electrical stimulation. The device comprising an implantable elongated lead system () having a distal end () and a proximal end (), the lead system comprises one or more electrical conductors () for connection to one or more electrodes (). The one or more electrical conductors are wound along a length axis () of the lead system with a plurality of windings, and wherein the density of windings is non-uniformly distributed along the length axis. In an embodiment, the medical device is in the form of a deep brain stimulation (DBS) device.