Patent ID: 11883647
Assignee: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC NEUROMODULATION CORPORATION
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  Y | IPC A

Claim 10:
11. A stimulation lead, the stimulation lead comprising:
a lead body having a distal end and a proximal end and defining a plurality of conductor lumens extending along the lead body;
a plurality of electrically conductive first contacts disposed along a first one of the distal end or the proximal end of the lead body, wherein a portion of each of the conductor lumens is disposed radially underneath the first contacts;
a plurality of electrically conductive second contacts disposed along a second one of the distal end or the proximal end of the lead body that is different from the first one;
a plurality of conductor wires disposed in the conductor lumens, wherein each of the conductor wires is electrically connected to at least one first contact and to at least one second contact; and
a solid, non-conductive monofilament disposed, at least in part, radially underneath the first contacts within each of the conductor lumens not occupied by conductor wire.