Patent ID: 8326434

Claim:
A medical electrical paddle lead electrode assembly, comprising: an insulative carrier including a mesh panel, a first side, and a second side opposite the first side; at least one conductive component including an electrode portion and at least one conductive tab, the at least one conductive component coupled to the insulative carrier, the electrode portion being disposed on the first side of the carrier and having an inward facing surface and an outward facing contact surface opposite the inward facing surface, the at least one conductive tab extending away from the electrode portion, through the carrier, and bending to the second side of the carrier to extend along a surface of the second side of the carrier such that the conductive tab extends opposite the inward facing surface of the electrode portion that is disposed against and supported by the first side of the carrier; a flexible elongate conductor; a joint coupling the flexible elongate conductor to the at least one conductive tab of the at least one conductive component on the second side of the carrier; and an insulative layer extending over the joint and the tab and the conductor, the insulative layer being bonded to the second side of the carrier, the insulative layer forming a second side of a body of the medical electrical paddle lead, the outward facing contact surface of the conductive component on a first side of the body of the medical electrical paddle lead, wherein the body of the medical electrical paddle lead has a shape and a profile suitable for epidural implantation to) provide spinal cord stimulation.