US 12,329,960 B2
Medical lead with segmented electrodes
Sean P. Skubitz, Forest Lake, MN (US); Daniel C. Oster, Blaine, MN (US); Jacob Silverberg, Blaine, MN (US); Stephen L. Bolea, Watertown, MN (US); Jeffrey M. Novotny, Wyoming, MN (US); Justin M. Claus, Fridley, MN (US); and Robert R. Rowe, Monticello, MN (US)
Assigned to Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US)
Filed by Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US)
Filed on Oct. 1, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/492,110.
Application 17/492,110 is a continuation of application No. 16/039,811, filed on Jul. 19, 2018, granted, now 11,135,423.
Application 16/039,811 is a continuation of application No. 16/030,334, filed on Jul. 9, 2018, granted, now 10,953,221, issued on Mar. 23, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/552,139, filed on Aug. 30, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2022/0016414 A1, Jan. 20, 2022
Int. Cl. A61N 1/05 (2006.01); H01R 24/58 (2011.01); A61N 1/36 (2006.01); A61N 1/372 (2006.01); B29C 45/14 (2006.01); B29K 75/00 (2006.01); B29L 31/00 (2006.01); H01R 24/86 (2011.01)
CPC A61N 1/05 (2013.01) [A61N 1/0534 (2013.01); H01R 24/58 (2013.01); A61N 1/36182 (2013.01); A61N 1/37217 (2013.01); B29C 45/14639 (2013.01); B29K 2075/00 (2013.01); B29K 2995/0056 (2013.01); B29L 2031/753 (2013.01); H01R 24/86 (2013.01); H01R 2201/12 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A medical lead system comprising:
a lead body including a distal end and a proximal end defining a longitudinal axis of the lead body;
a plurality of electrical conductors extending wound about the longitudinal axis of the lead body, each electrical conductor having a conductor body and a distal connection portion, the distal connection portion positioned at an axial position along the longitudinal axis of the lead body, each electrical conductor having the distal connection portion at a different axial position than another electrical conductor of the plurality of electrical conductors; and
a plurality of electrodes positioned around an outer perimeter of the distal end of the lead body, each electrode electrically coupled to the distal connection portion of a respective electrical conductor of the plurality of electrical conductors,
wherein a diameter of the conductor body of at least one electrical conductor of the plurality of electrical conductors is greater than a diameter of the distal connection portion of the at least one electrical conductor of the plurality of electrical conductors, and
wherein each distal connection portion of each electrical conductor of the plurality of electrical conductors includes a connection sleeve.