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Medical electrical lead

  • US 5,676,694 A
  • Filed: 06/07/1996
  • Issued: 10/14/1997
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/07/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A medical electrical lead comprising:

  • an elongated lead body provided with an internal longitudinally extending lumen and having a circumference;

    an elongated conductor located in and extending along said lumen of said lead body;

    an electrode coil having a plurality of turns, extending circumferentially around said lead body;

    a conductive sleeve having a tubular portion located in the lumen of the lead body and which has an internal lumen through which said conductor passes, said conductor being coupled electrically to said sleeve, said sleeve further having means for engaging only a portion of a only a single said turn of said electrode coil, such that said portion of said turn of said coil passes generally perpendicular to said internal lumen of said sleeve, said portion extending circumferentially along said turn of said coil for less than one full turn.

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