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Cable configurations for a medical device

  • US 9,409,008 B2
  • Filed: 04/22/2011
  • Issued: 08/09/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/22/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An implantable medical device (IMD), comprising:

  • multiple wires, each of the wires having an outer diameter of between 0.001 inches and 0.01 inches, and each being formed of a biocompatible beta titanium alloy having an elastic modulus ranging from 30 GigaPascals (GPa) to 90 GPa and comprising at least two elements selected from a group consisting of titanium, molybdenum, niobium, tantalum, zirconium, chromium, iron and tin, the wires being twisted together to form a cable and heated to a stress-relieve temperature of the beta titanium alloy so that stress within the beta titanium alloy presented by force used to twist the wires is removed; and

    a structural body carrying the cable.

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