Distal tip protector cap

In combination:

• an implantable medical lead including a distal electrode and a plurality of outward angularly extending tines;
• and
• a protective device for said distal electrode and said tines including:
• a cap member extending between a nose end having a chamber therein for freely receiving said distal electrode therein and a tail end distant from said nose end;
• and
• retention means for releasably gripping said tines so as to inhibit unintended removal of said cap member from said distal electrode.

In combination:

• an implantable medical lead including a distal electrode and a plurality of outward angularly extending tines;
• first guard means for protecting said distal electrode;
• second guard means for protecting said tines;
• and
• retention means for releasably attaching said first and second guard means to said distal electrode so as to inhibit unintended removal of said first and second guard means from said distal electrode.

A protective device for the distal electrode of an implantable medical lead having a plurality of outward angularly extending tines comprising:

• first guard means for protecting the distal electrode;
• second guard means for protecting the tines;
• and
• retention means for releasably attaching said first and second guard means to the distal electrode so as to inhibit unintended removal of said first and second guard means from the distal electrode while preventing relative rotation between said first and second guard means as a unit and the distal electrode as a unit.