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Implantable defibrillation electrode and method of manufacture

  • US 5,105,826 A
  • Filed: 10/26/1990
  • Issued: 04/21/1992
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/26/1990
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An implantable defibrillation electrode lead comprising:

  • an elongated insulated conductor coupled to an electrode body assembly, said electrode body assembly including a generally planar, flexible, insulative electrode body, said electrode body including an elongated flexible electrode core defining two generally parallel elongated segments, each of said elongated segments defining a plurality of sigmoidal curves located in the plane of said electrode body;

    an electrode coil mounted around said electrode core and extending along said electrode core, coupled to said elongated insulated conductor; and

    means for connecting adjacent portions of said first and second segments to one another, at locations spaced along said first and second elongated segments.

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