Patent ID: 6720497
Filing Date: 2004-04-13
Classification: A61N,H01B

Abstract:
A medical electrode cable having a longitudinal axis, comprising:an exterior, tubular insulating sheath; a plurality of wires disposed side-by-side substantially parallel to said sheath and forming a wire set, said wire set extending helically around and along said longitudinal axis; one of said plurality of wires in said wire set consisting of a low-resistive conductor; at least two of said plurality of wires in said wire set respectively consisting of high-resistive conductors, each of said high-resistive conductors consisting of a same high-resistivity material; all wires in said plurality of wires having equal respective diameters; and said low-resistive conductor being a wire consisting of a core exclusively of a low-resistivity material encased in an exterior jacket exclusively of said high-resistivity material.