Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Probe for an implantable medical device
- Patent Title (中): 探针可植入医疗器械
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Application No.: US13120854Application Date: 2009-10-08
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Publication No.: US08948843B2Publication Date: 2015-02-03
- Inventor: Dirk Willem Harberts , Ke Wang , Michel Marcel Jose Decre
- Applicant: Dirk Willem Harberts , Ke Wang , Michel Marcel Jose Decre
- Applicant Address: NL Eindhoven
- Assignee: Sapiens Steering Brain Stimulation B.V.
- Current Assignee: Sapiens Steering Brain Stimulation B.V.
- Current Assignee Address: NL Eindhoven
- Agency: Shumaker & Sieffert, P.A.
- Priority: EP08166662 20081015
- International Application: PCT/IB2009/054401 WO 20091008
- International Announcement: WO2010/044019 WO 20100422
- Main IPC: A61B5/055
- IPC: A61B5/055 ; A61N1/08 ; A61N1/05 ; A61B5/00 ; A61B5/0476 ; A61B19/00

Abstract:
The invention relates to a probe (10) for an implantable medical device. The probe has a distal end (2) and a proximal end (3), and the probe (10) moreover comprises an electrode (1) at the distal end. The electrode is connected to a wire (5) extending from the electrode to the proximal end of the probe, where the resistivity of the wire is non-uniform along the length of the wire. The wire may have high resistivity at the distal end of the probe and low resistivity wires elsewhere. The high resistivity wires reduce the peak current density in the tissue of an implanted device, and thus prevents destructive heating and/or undesired stimulation of tissue during MRI examination. This highly contributes to MR safety which is a highly desired feature for these implantable electrical stimulation devices.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110190860A1 PROBE FOR AN IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE Public/Granted day:2011-08-04
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