Method for processing electrodes for stimulation lead
AssigneeAdvanced Neuromodulation Systems, Inc.
InventorsJohn Swanson, Anna Norlin-Weissenrieder
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Abstract
In one embodiment, a method, of fabricating a stimulation lead for stimulating tissue of a patient, comprises: providing a lead body, the lead body comprising a plurality of conductors embedded within insulating material; providing a plurality of terminals; electrically coupling the plurality of terminals with the plurality of conductors; providing a plurality of electrodes, the plurality of electrodes comprising a plurality of substantially continuous longitudinal trenches on a surface of the electrodes, the electrodes comprising areas of reflow material forming microstructures substantially continuously along walls of the longitudinal trenches; and electrically coupling the plurality of electrodes with the plurality of conductors.
Claims17
A method of fabricating a stimulation lead for stimulating tissue of a patient, the method comprising:
- providing a lead body, the lead body comprising a plurality of conductors embedded within insulative material;
- providing a plurality of terminals;
- electrically coupling the plurality of terminals with the plurality of conductors;
- providing a plurality of electrodes, each of the plurality of electrodes comprising a plurality of parallel longitudinal trenches on a surface of the electrode in a first direction and a plurality of parallel longitudinal trenches on the surface of the electrode in a second direction making a cross-hatched pattern on the surface of each of the plurality of electrodes, the electrodes comprising areas of reflow material forming conductive microstructures substantially continuously along walls of the trenches;
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- electrically coupling the plurality of electrodes with the plurality of conductors.
A stimulation lead for stimulating tissue of a patient, the stimulation lead comprising:
- a lead body comprising a plurality of conductors enclosed within insulative material;
- a plurality of terminals electrically coupled to the plurality of conductors;
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- a plurality of electrodes electrically coupled to the plurality of conductors, wherein each electrode of the plurality of electrodes comprises a plurality of parallel longitudinal trenches on a surface of the electrode in a first direction and a plurality of parallel longitudinal trenches on the surface of the electrode in a second direction making a cross-hatched pattern on the surface of each of the plurality of electrodes, and each electrode comprises areas of reflow material forming conductive microstructures substantially continuously along walls of the trenches.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.