US 11,833,345 B2
Implantable medical lead devices and systems having balanced clocked conductor positions
Vincent M. Whelan, New Brighton, MN (US); Jorge Alvarado, Aibonito, PR (US); and Adam J. Rivard, Blaine, MN (US)
Assigned to MEDTRONIC, INC., Minneapolis, MN (US)
Filed by MEDTRONIC, INC., Minneapolis, MN (US)
Filed on Apr. 18, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/722,999.
Application 17/722,999 is a continuation of application No. 16/704,594, filed on Dec. 5, 2019, granted, now 11,305,108.
Prior Publication US 2022/0233846 A1, Jul. 28, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61N 1/05 (2006.01); A61N 1/36 (2006.01); A61N 1/362 (2006.01); A61N 1/39 (2006.01)
CPC A61N 1/05 (2013.01) [A61N 1/362 (2013.01); A61N 1/3605 (2013.01); A61N 1/39 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An implantable medical lead device, comprising:
a lead device body;
at least four proximal electrical connectors located on a proximal end of the lead device body and separated longitudinally;
at least four distal electrical connectors located on a distal end of the lead device body; and
at least four conductors within the lead device body,
wherein each of the conductors of the at least four conductors interconnects a corresponding proximal electrical connector of the at least four proximal electrical connectors to a corresponding distal electrical connector of the at least four distal electrical connectors,
wherein each of the at least four conductors has a length as measured from an intermediate longitudinal point of each of the at least four conductors to a distal end of each of the at least four conductors with the intermediate longitudinal point of each of the at least four conductors being present at a same longitudinal position along the lead device body,
wherein the length of a first conductor of the at least four conductors is most similar among the at least four conductors to the length of a second conductor of the at least four conductors,
and wherein the first conductor and the second conductor are clocked in positions providing an angular separation between the first conductor and the second conductor of at least 135 degrees.