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Implantable medical lead including overlay

  • US 20050004642A1
  • Filed: 07/22/2004
  • Published: 01/06/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/09/1998
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A medical electrical lead comprising:

  • a first elongate plastic tube including a proximal end, a distal end and an outer surface;

    a first conductor extending within the first plastic tube from the proximal end toward the distal end;

    a first electrode having an outer diameter, mounted exterior to the outer surface of the first tube and coupled to a distal portion of the first conductor;

    a connector terminating the proximal end of the first elongate plastic tube including a connector contact coupled to a proximal portion of the first conductor; and

    a second elongate plastic tube formed of a base polymer to which surface modifying end groups are attached, the second tube being mounted exterior to the outer surface of the first tube, extending from a point adjacent to the first electrode proximally toward the connector, and having an outer diameter approximately equal to the outer diameter of the first electrode.

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