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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 08, 2010
Applicants:
James A. Zimmerman, Blaine, MN (US);
Jason D. Rahn, Andover, MN (US);
Inventors:
James A. Zimmerman, Blaine, MN (US);
Jason D. Rahn, Andover, MN (US);
Assignee:
MEDTRONIC, INC., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/08 (2006.01); A61N 1/05 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/05 (2013.01); A61N 1/0553 (2013.01);
Abstract
A medical electrical lead system includes an electrical signal generator providing a plurality of discrete electrical signal channels and an electrical signal channel router electrically coupled between the electrical signal generator and a first lead body and a second lead body. The electrical signal channel router diverts one of the discrete electrical signal channels to the second lead body and not to the first lead body.