Electrical lead for an electronic device such as an implantable device
First Claim
1. An apparatus that may be implanted within a patient'"'"'s body which resists the induction of a current from an electromagnetic field external to said apparatus, comprising:
- a generator for generating one or more electrical pulses;
a lead for delivering the one or more electrical pulses to tissue within the patient'"'"'s body, said lead including;
one or more pairs of adjacent segments of electrical wire, each of said pairs including a first segment of electrical wire and a second segment of electrical wire; and
one or more shielded RF chokes, each of said shielded RF chokes being provided between the first segment of electrical wire and the second segment of electrical wire of a respective one of said one or more pairs of adjacent segments and having a first end operatively coupled to the first segment of electrical wire and a second end operatively coupled to the second segment of electrical wire of the respective one of said one or more pairs of adjacent segments, wherein said one or more pairs of adjacent segments comprises a plurality of pairs of adjacent segments of electrical wire and wherein said one or more shielded RF chokes comprises a plurality of shielded RF chokes.
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Abstract
A lead for an electronic device which resists the induction of a current from an electromagnetic field external to said lead includes one or more pairs of adjacent segments of electrical wire, each of the pairs including a first segment of electrical wire and a second segment of electrical wire. The lead also includes one or more shielded RF chokes, wherein each of the shielded RF chokes is provided between the first segment of electrical wire and the second segment of electrical wire of a respective one of the one or more pairs of adjacent segments. Also, an implantable device that includes a generator for generating one or more electrical pulse and a lead as described for delivering the pulses to tissue within a patient'"'"'s body. A method for making the described implantable device is also provided.
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32 Claims
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1. An apparatus that may be implanted within a patient'"'"'s body which resists the induction of a current from an electromagnetic field external to said apparatus, comprising:
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a generator for generating one or more electrical pulses; a lead for delivering the one or more electrical pulses to tissue within the patient'"'"'s body, said lead including; one or more pairs of adjacent segments of electrical wire, each of said pairs including a first segment of electrical wire and a second segment of electrical wire; and one or more shielded RF chokes, each of said shielded RF chokes being provided between the first segment of electrical wire and the second segment of electrical wire of a respective one of said one or more pairs of adjacent segments and having a first end operatively coupled to the first segment of electrical wire and a second end operatively coupled to the second segment of electrical wire of the respective one of said one or more pairs of adjacent segments, wherein said one or more pairs of adjacent segments comprises a plurality of pairs of adjacent segments of electrical wire and wherein said one or more shielded RF chokes comprises a plurality of shielded RF chokes. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. An apparatus that may be implanted within a patient'"'"'s body which resists the induction of a current from an electromagnetic field external to said apparatus, comprising:
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a generator for generating one or more electrical pulses; a lead for delivering the one or more electrical pulses to tissue within the patient'"'"'s body, said lead including; one or more pairs of adjacent segments of electrical wire, each of said pairs including a first segment of electrical wire and a second segment of electrical wire; and one or more shielded RF chokes, each of said shielded RF chokes being provided between the first segment of electrical wire and the second segment of electrical wire of a respective one of said one or more pairs of adjacent segments and having a first end operatively coupled to the first segment of electrical wire and a second end operatively coupled to the second segment of electrical wire of the respective one of said one or more pairs of adjacent segments, wherein one or more of said one or more shielded RF chokes comprises an inductor covered by at least one layer of conductive shielding material. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12)
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13. An apparatus that may be implanted within a patient'"'"'s body which resists the induction of a current from an electromagnetic field external to said apparatus, comprising:
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a generator for generating one or more electrical pulses; a lead for delivering the one or more electrical pulses to tissue within the patient'"'"'s body, said lead including; one or more pairs of adjacent segments of electrical wire, each of said pairs including a first segment of electrical wire and a second segment of electrical wire; and one or more shielded RF chokes, each of said shielded RF chokes being provided between the first segment of electrical wire and the second segment of electrical wire of a respective one of said one or more pairs of adjacent segments and having a first end operatively coupled to the first segment of electrical wire and a second end operatively coupled to the second segment of electrical wire of the respective one of said one or more pairs of adjacent segments, wherein one or more of said one or more shielded RF chokes comprises an inductor covered by at least one layer of conductive shielding material, each said inductor having a core, wherein the core of each said inductor comprises a paramagnetic material.
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14. An apparatus that may be implanted within a patient'"'"'s body which resists the induction of a current from an electromagnetic field external to said apparatus, comprising:
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a generator for generating one or more electrical pulses; a lead for delivering the one or more electrical pulses to tissue within the patient'"'"'s body, said lead including; one or more pairs of adjacent segments of electrical wire, each of said pairs including a first segment of electrical wire and a second segment of electrical wire; and one or more shielded RF chokes, each of said shielded RF chokes being provided between the first segment of electrical wire and the second segment of electrical wire of a respective one of said one or more pairs of adjacent segments and having a first end operatively coupled to the first segment of electrical wire and a second end operatively coupled to the second segment of electrical wire of the respective one of said one or more pairs of adjacent segments, wherein one or more of said one or more shielded RF chokes comprises a toroidal inductor. - View Dependent Claims (15)
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16. An apparatus that may be implanted within a patient'"'"'s body which resists the induction of a current from an electromagnetic field external to said apparatus, comprising:
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a generator for generating one or more electrical pulses; a lead for delivering the one or more electrical pulses to tissue within the patient'"'"'s body, said lead including; one or more pairs of adjacent segments of electrical wire, each of said pairs including a first segment of electrical wire and a second segment of electrical wire; and one or more shielded RF chokes, each of said shielded RF chokes being provided between the first segment of electrical wire and the second segment of electrical wire of a respective one of said one or more pairs of adjacent segments and having a first end operatively coupled to the first segment of electrical wire and a second end operatively coupled to the second segment of electrical wire of the respective one of said one or more pairs of adjacent segments, wherein one or more of said one or more shielded RF chokes comprises a first conductor and a first inductor connected in series and provided between the first segment of electrical wire and the second segment of electrical wire of the respective one of said one or more pairs of adjacent segments, at least one layer of conductive shielding material coveting said first conductor and said first inductor, and a capacitor provided between said first conductor and said at least one layer of conductive shielding material.
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17. A method of making an apparatus that may be implanted within a patient'"'"'s body which resists the induction of a current from an electromagnetic field external to said apparatus, comprising:
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providing a generator for generating one or more electrical pulses; making a lead for delivering the one or more electrical pulses to tissue within the patient'"'"'s body by (i) providing a plurality of pairs of adjacent segments of electrical wire, each of said pairs including a first segment of electrical wire and a second segment of electrical wire, and (ii) providing a shielded RF choke between the first segment of electrical wire and the second segment of electrical wire of each one of said plurality of pairs of adjacent segments, and operatively coupling said generator to said lead. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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