Patent ID: 11904161
Assignee: MEDTRONIC, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 4:
5. The lead assembly according to claim 1, wherein the two or more side lead members disposed around the central lead member, each side lead member deploying portion extending at an angle away from the longitudinal axis, each deploying portion having a proximal portion and a distal portion, the distal portion being laterally spaced from the central lead member and extending more parallel to the longitudinal axis than the proximal portion such that:
a tangent line to any point of the distal portion:
forms a distal acute angle with the longitudinal axis; or
is parallel to the longitudinal axis; and

a tangent line to any point of the proximal portion forms a proximal acute angle with the longitudinal axis that is greater than a magnitude of the distal acute angle and no greater than the angle away from the longitudinal axis.