Surgery: light – thermal – and electrical application – Light – thermal – and electrical application – Electrical energy applicator
Patent
1991-06-24
1993-08-24
Cohen, Lee S.
Surgery: light, thermal, and electrical application
Light, thermal, and electrical application
Electrical energy applicator
128642, 174117FF, A61N 100
Patent
active
052380068
ABSTRACT:
A stimulation lead for electrically coupling an implantable pulse generator to an electrode in an apnea treatment system and method of making same. The lead employs a thin substrate of polyurethane or other highly flexible implantable material. Conductors are placed on the substrate by silk screening a conductive ink. The ends of the lead are electrically terminated using rivets which couple through the substrate. The substrate is folded to enclose the conductors, thereby insulating them and protecting them from bodily fluids. Suitable connectors may be attached to either end. The resulting lead is easily fabricated and is extremely thin and flexible.
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Cohen Lee S.
Gilbert Samuel
Medtronic Inc.
Rooney John L.
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