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US 2014/0277313 A1Published application
Implantable Electrode
AssigneeBIOTRONIK SE & Co. KG
InventorGernot Kolberg
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Abstract
An implantable electrode includes an elongate electrode body and at least one lumen which extends therein at least over a portion of the length of the electrode body. A pressure device reversibly supplies a pressure medium to the at least one lumen such that the electrode body varies the flexibility and/or shape thereof depending on the pressure of the pressure medium.
Claims15
An implantable electrode, comprising:
- an elongate electrode body;
- at least one lumen, which extends therein over at least a portion of the length of the electrode body;
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- a pressure device, by means of which the at least one lumen can be reversibly supplied with a pressure medium such that the electrode body varies the flexibility and/or shape thereof depending on the pressure of the pressure medium.
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