Patent ID: 8478425
Filing Date: 2013-07-02
Classification: A61N,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A medical lead having a first end and a second end and a first length defined by a distance from the first end to the second end, comprising: a lumen body present in proximity to the first end and providing multiple filar lumens, the lumen body having a second length that is less than half of the first length; a lead body joining the lumen body and extending from the lumen body toward the second end, with at least a portion of the lead body that contacts the lumen body being collinear with the lumen body, the lead body having fewer lumens than the filar lumens of the lumen body; and a set of filars having a first end and a second end, the first end of each filar being present within a corresponding filar lumen of the lumen body.