Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Systems and methods for making and using improved contact arrays for electrical stimulation systems
- Patent Title (中): 制造和使用改进的电刺激系统接触阵列的系统和方法
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Application No.: US14935271Application Date: 2015-11-06
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Publication No.: US09561362B2Publication Date: 2017-02-07
- Inventor: Zdzislaw Bernard Malinowski
- Applicant: Boston Scientific Neuromodulation Corporation
- Applicant Address: US CA Valencia
- Assignee: Boston Scientific Neuromodulation Corporation
- Current Assignee: Boston Scientific Neuromodulation Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Valencia
- Agency: Lowe Graham Jones PLLC
- Agent Bruce E. Black
- Main IPC: A61N1/05
- IPC: A61N1/05 ; H01R43/26

Abstract:
A segmented-contact set of a lead includes segmented contacts extending around less than an entire circumference of the lead and not in electrical contact with one another. The segmented-contact set includes first and second segmented contacts that each include a stimulation portion and a retention member. The stimulation portion has a stimulation surface exposed along an outer surface of the lead. The retention member is coupled to the stimulation portion. The stimulation portion and the retention member collectively form a loop of material that extends around a center transverse axis of the lead beneath the outer surface. A first insulating member is disposed between the stimulation portion of the first segmented contact and the retention member of the second segmented contact. A second insulating member is disposed between the stimulation portion of the second segmented contact and the retention member of the first segmented contact.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160129242A1 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MAKING AND USING IMPROVED CONTACT ARRAYS FOR ELECTRICAL STIMULATION SYSTEMS Public/Granted day:2016-05-12
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