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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 16, 2014
Applicant:
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Inventors:
John L Sommer, Coon Rapids, MN (US);
Gareth Morgan, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Assignee:
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/05 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/0573 (2013.01); A61N 1/059 (2013.01); A61N 2001/0585 (2013.01);
Abstract
A medical electrical lead having an elongated lead body and a fixation helix extending along a generally helical axis, mounted around the outer circumference of the lead body. The fixation helix has a free end spaced from and extending from the lead body for less than the circumference of the lead body. The lead body includes an additional component which provides a rotation stop extending from the outer circumference of the lead body and provides stop surface generally perpendicular to the axis of the helix.