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US 2009/0254162 A1Published application
Novel Medical Device Conductor Junctions
AssigneeGore Enterprise Holdings, Inc.
InventorsThomas Quinci, John Squeri, Gregory A. Boser
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Abstract
A method for making an elongate medical device includes coupling a conductive fitting to an elongate conductor and providing an opening through an insulative layer in proximity to the fitting in order to expose the fitting.
Claims4
1-4. (canceled)
A medical electrical lead, comprising:
- a lead body;
- an inner assembly extending through the lead body including an elongate inner structure forming a lumen enclosing an inner conductor, an elongate conductor extending along an outer surface of the elongate inner structure and a conductive fitting coupled to the clongate conductor at a location thereon that is intermediate the elongate conductor;
- an outer insulative layer covering the inner assembly and including an opening in proximity to the fitting, the outer insulative layer having an exterior surface;
- and an electrode comprising a coil mounted outside the exterior surface of the outer insulative layer and including a feature extending inward through the opening to couple with the conductive fitting;
- wherein a buried fitting being incorporated therein.
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A medical electrical lead, comprising:
- a lead body;
- an inner assembly extending through the lead body including an elongate inner structure forming a lumen enclosing an inner conductor, an elongate conductor extending along an outer surface of the elongate inner structure and a conductive fitting coupled to the clongate conductor at a location thereon that is intermediate the elongate conductor;
- an outer insulative layer covering the inner assembly and including an opening in proximity to the fitting, the outer insulative layer having an exterior surface;
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- an electrode comprising a coil mounted outside the exterior surface of the outer insulative layer and including a feature extending inward through the opening to couple with the conductive fitting;
- the medical lead being sized less than five French.
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A medical electrical lead, comprising:
- a lead body;
- an inner assembly extending through the lead body including an elongate inner structure forming a lumen enclosing an inner conductor, an elongate conductor extending along an outer surface of the elongate inner structure and a conductive fitting coupled to the clongate conductor at a location thereon that is intermediate the elongate conductor;
- an outer insulative layer covering the inner assembly and including an opening in proximity to the fitting, the outer insulative layer having an exterior surface;
- and an electrode comprising a coil mounted outside the exterior surface of the outer insulative layer and including a feature extending inward through the opening to couple with the conductive fitting;
- the medical lead being sized less than six French.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.