Patent ID: 8626314

Claim:
A system comprising: an implantable medical lead comprising: a lead body extending between a proximal end and a distal end; a plurality of conductors within the lead body; a plurality of electrodes, wherein each electrode is electrically connected to a conductor of the plurality of conductors; and a plurality of tine elements extending from the lead body, wherein all tine elements of the plurality of tine elements are positioned between a most proximal electrode of the plurality of electrodes and the proximal end of the lead body, each tine element comprising a plurality of flexible, pliant tines, each tine having a tine width and thickness and extending a tine length from an attached tine end to a free tine end, the attached tine end attached to the lead body from a tine attachment site and supporting the tine extending outwardly of the lead body and proximally toward the lead proximal end, wherein the plurality of tines of the plurality of tine elements are adapted to be folded inward against the lead body when fitted into and constrained by a lumen of an introducer without overlapping one another and deploy outward to engage body tissue when the introducer is withdrawn to release the plurality of tines, wherein the plurality of tine elements is separate from and axially displaced from the plurality of electrodes.