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Implantable Lead

  • US 20140031837A1
  • Filed: 10/03/2013
  • Published: 01/30/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/04/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An implantable lead for modulating excitable tissue in a body of a patient comprisingan enclosure shaped and configured for delivery into the patient'"'"'s body through an introducer or needle;

  • one or more electrodes housed within the enclosure and configured to apply one or more electrical impulses to excitable tissue;

    a first antenna housed within the enclosure and configured to receive, from a second antenna through electrical radiative coupling, an input signal containing electrical energy, the second antenna being physically separate from the implantable lead; and

    a circuit coupled to the first antenna and the electrodes and configured to generate the electrical impulses suitable for modulation of excitable tissue using the electrical energy contained in the input signal and to supply the electrical impulses to the electrode.

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