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IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE LEAD INCORPORATING INSULATED COILS FORMED AS INDUCTIVE BANDSTOP FILTERS TO REDUCE LEAD HEATING DURING MRI

  • US 20110034979A1
  • Filed: 08/07/2009
  • Published: 02/10/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/07/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A lead for use with an implantable medical device for implant within a patient, the lead comprising:

  • an electrode for placement adjacent patient tissues; and

    a conductor operative to route signals along the lead between the electrode and the implantable medical device, with a portion of the conductor formed as an insulated coil that is capacitively coupled to other portions of the lead to provide inductive-capacitive bandstop filtering of radio-frequency (RF) signals.

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