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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2013
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Victor Duijsens, Grevenbicht, NL;
Paulus C. van Venrooij, Hoensbroek, NL;
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
An assembly for a medical lead includes an elongated lead body, and a conductive element located at a distal portion of the lead body. The conductive element substantial!)' encircles a longitudinal axis of the lead body. The assembly further includes a plurality of insulated conductors extending within the lead body, each of the insulated conductors being in electrical contact with the conductive element and extending to a proximal end of the lead body. Each of the insulated conductors contacts a different circumferential portion of the conductive element. The conductive element is configured to facilitate mechanical and electrical separation of different circumferential portions of the conductive element to form two or more electrode segments for the medical lead from the conductive element.