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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 11, 2014
Applicant:
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Inventors:
Carl D. Wahlstrand, Lino Lakes, MN (US);
Thomas Barry Hoegh, Edina, MN (US);
James M. Olsen, Plymouth, MN (US);
Stephen L. Bolea, Watertown, MN (US);
Gregory A. Hrdlicka, Plymouth, MN (US);
Assignee:
MEDTRONIC, INC., Minnespolis, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/05 (2006.01); A61N 1/08 (2006.01); A61B 5/055 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/08 (2013.01); A61B 5/055 (2013.01); A61B 5/686 (2013.01); A61N 1/05 (2013.01); A61N 1/0534 (2013.01); A61N 1/0553 (2013.01); A61N 2001/086 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49208 (2015.01);
Abstract
A medical lead is configured to be implanted into a patient's body and comprises a lead body, and an electrode coupled to the lead body. The electrode comprises a first section configured to contact the patient's body, and a second section electrically coupled to the first section and configured to be capacitively coupled to the patient's body.