Medical electrical lead conductor formed from modified MP35N alloy
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1. A medical electrical lead comprising an elongated conductor including one or more wires made of a modified MP35N alloy;
- wherein the alloy being formed from a melt composition modified to reduce an amount of titanium-based inclusion forming elements;
wherein the inclusion forming elements include titanium and the modification of the melt composition includes eliminating the titanium as an additive to the melt composition; and
wherein the alloy comprises less than approximately 0.001% titanium by weight.
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Abstract
A medical electrical lead having an elongated conductor including one or more wires made of a modified MP35N alloy. The modified MP35N alloy is formed from a melt composition modified to reduce an amount of titanium-based inclusion forming elements.
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1. A medical electrical lead comprising an elongated conductor including one or more wires made of a modified MP35N alloy;
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wherein the alloy being formed from a melt composition modified to reduce an amount of titanium-based inclusion forming elements; wherein the inclusion forming elements include titanium and the modification of the melt composition includes eliminating the titanium as an additive to the melt composition; and wherein the alloy comprises less than approximately 0.001% titanium by weight. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A medical electrical lead comprising an elongated conductor including one or more wires made of a modified MP35N alloy;
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wherein the alloy being formed from a melt composition modified to reduce an amount of titanium-based inclusion forming elements; and wherein the inclusion forming elements include a gaseous oxygen and nitrogen and the modification of the melt composition includes eliminating the gaseous oxygen and nitrogen under high vacuum conditions.
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7. A medical electrical lead comprising an elongated conductor including one or more wires made of a modified MP35N alloy;
wherein the alloy comprises less than approximately 0.001% titanium by weight. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A medical electrical lead comprising a conductor including one or more wires made of an MP35N alloy;
wherein the one or more wires comprise titanium-based inclusions, an average number of which being less than 100,000 per square inch. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A medical electrical lead comprising an elongated conductor including one or more wires made of a modified MP35N alloy;
- the alloy being formed from a melt composition modified to reduce an amount of titanium-based inclusion forming elements;
wherein the inclusion forming elements include titanium, gaseous oxygen and nitrogen and the modification of the melt composition comprises eliminating the titanium as an additive to the melt composition and further comprises eliminating the gaseous oxygen and nitrogen under high vacuum conditions; wherein the alloy comprises less than approximately 0.001% titanium by weight, and wherein the one or more wires comprise titanium-based inclusions, an average number of which being less than 100,000 per square inch, having a maximum diameter not exceeding approximately one micron.
- the alloy being formed from a melt composition modified to reduce an amount of titanium-based inclusion forming elements;
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