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US 10,881,850 B2Granted
Self-tunneling lead
AssigneeMedtronic, Inc.
InventorMichael D. Baudino
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Abstract
An implantable medical lead includes (i) a proximal end portion including a contact and having a proximal end; and (ii) a distal end portion including an electrode and having a distal end. The electrode is electrically coupled to the contact. The distal end portion is generally flat and sufficiently stiff to be pushed through subcutaneous tissue.
Claims18
An implantable medical lead comprising:
- a proximal end portion including a plurality of contacts and having a proximal end;
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- a distal end portion including an array of electrodes and having a distal end for tunneling and a generally flat body extending proximally from the distal end, each of the electrodes of the array being discretely electrically coupled to one of the plurality of contacts and the array of electrodes being exposed through a surface of the generally flat body along an array length,
- wherein the body of the distal end portion is sufficiently stiff to be pushed through subcutaneous tissue without use of an introducer and without use of a stylet.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.