Patent ID: 8494651
Filing Date: 2013-07-23
Classification: A61N,H01R,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A medical lead comprising: a lead body comprising a proximal segment and a distal segment; at least one lumen disposed within the lead body, the lumen configured to receive a guidewire; and a coil conductor disposed within the lead body, the coil conductor comprising: wherein the first pitch is less than the second pitch and the proximal segment of the lead body has different flexural characteristics than the distal segment of the lead body based at least in part on the first pitch being less than the second pitch, wherein the at least one filar is coated along the first coiled segment and the at least one filar is uncoated along the second coiled segment after having had coating removed from the at least one filar during the winding of the second coiled segment, and wherein the lumen extends within the first coiled segment, the transition point, and the second coiled segment.