Patent ID: 7839146
Filing Date: 2010-11-23
Classification: A61N,H01F,H03H

Abstract:
1. An implantable medical lead comprising: an electrode configured to contact a heart of a patient; and a conductor configured to electrically couple the electrode to internal electronics of an implantable medical device when connected to the implantable medical device, wherein the conductor has a plurality of first sections of coils and a plurality of second sections of coils, each first section of coils having coils coiled along an axis of a length of the medical lead, each second section of coils having coils coiled perpendicular to the coils of said first section, further wherein the plurality of first sections of coils and the plurality of second sections of coils are interleaved along the length of the medical lead such that at least one of the plurality of second sections of coils is located between two of the plurality of first sections of coils.