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US 2021/0187284 A1Published application
Implantable lead with flexible paddle electrode array
AssigneeAdvanced Neuromodulation Systems, Inc.
InventorJodi Townsley Dubuclet
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Abstract
A neurostimulation system is disclosed herein. The neurostimulation system includes an implantable pulse generator and an implantable therapy lead configured to be electrically coupled to the implantable pulse generator. The implantable therapy lead includes a flexible paddle electrode array with flexible electrodes. Each flexible electrode has a segmented configuration having first and second electrode segments and a flexible bridge or living hinge joining together the first and second electrode segments.
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A method, comprising:
- providing a lead body having a proximal end and a distal end;
- disposing a plurality of conductive terminals at the proximal end of the lead body;
- disposing a flexible paddle at the distal end of the lead body;
- laterally aligning flexible electrodes in a row to at least partially contribute to a formation of a flex line in the flexible paddle;
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- laterally aligned nonflexible electrodes longitudinally offset from the row of laterally aligned flexible electrodes such the flex line does not extend across the row of laterally aligned nonflexible electrodes.
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A method for implanting a neurostimulation system, comprising:
- implanting a neurostimulation lead comprising:
- a lead body having a proximal end and a distal end;
- and a flexible paddle at the distal end of the lead body, the flexible paddle including a row of laterally aligning flexible electrodes that at least partially contribute to a formation of a flex line in the flexible paddle;
- positioning the flexible paddle proximate to nervous tissue such that the flexible paddle flexes about the flex line to remain in contact with the nervous tissue;
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- coupling an implantable pulse generator to conductive terminals at the proximal end of the lead body.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.