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Implantable medical device including a conductive fixation element

  • US 7,765,012 B2
  • Filed: 11/30/2006
  • Issued: 07/27/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/30/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system comprising:

  • an implantable medical device defining a longitudinal outer surface;

    a stimulation electrode extending at least partially around the longitudinal outer surface of the implantable medical device; and

    a wire fixation element disposed along the longitudinal outer surface of the implantable medical device, wherein only a portion of the fixation element is electrically conductive, the portion being configured to at least one of deliver electrical stimulation to a target tissue site within a patient or sense a physiological parameter from the target tissue site, wherein the fixation element is actively deployable from a first shape to a second shape to resist substantial movement of the implantable medical device from the target tissue site, and wherein the stimulation electrode and the portion of the fixation element are configured to be activated independent of one another.

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