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METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IDENTIFYING MIDDLE LEAD IN A TRI-LEAD CONFIGURATION

  • US 20100137943A1
  • Filed: 10/26/2009
  • Published: 06/03/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/03/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of operating three electrodes electrically coupled to three proximal contacts carried by three lead bodies, respectively, the electrodes adjacent tissue of a patient and including a middle electrode and a pair of electrodes flanking the middle electrode, the method comprising:

  • conveying electrical energy between at least one pair of the proximal contacts, thereby generating at least one electrical field in the tissue between at least one pair of the electrodes, respectively;

    measuring a potential of the at least one electrical field at least one remaining electrode via at least one remaining proximal contact, respectively; and

    identifying the lead body associated with the middle electrode based on the at least one measured electrical field potential.

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