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Electrode array with electrodes having cutout portions and methods of making the same

  • US 8,666,509 B2
  • Filed: 05/13/2013
  • Issued: 03/04/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/30/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A lead for brain stimulation, comprising:

  • a lead body having a distal end;

    a plurality of conductive cables extending within the lead body; and

    a plurality of electrodes disposed along the distal end of the lead body, each of the plurality of electrodes being electrically coupled to at least one of the plurality of cables, each of the plurality of electrodes having a cylindrically or spherically curved exterior surface configured and arranged to contact tissue when implanted, each of the plurality of electrodes further comprising an interior surface within the lead body, wherein the interior surface defines a cutout portion that receives at least one of the plurality of cables.

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