Patent ID: 8774940

Claim:
A medical lead system for delivering electrical stimulation to tissue of a patient, the medical lead system comprising: a lead body for conducting electrical pulses through a plurality of conductors; a paddle having a distal end and proximate end, first side and a second side spaced apart by a width of the paddle, and a longitudinal axis extending between the distal end and the proximate end; a plurality of electrodes integrated with the paddle, with a portion of each of the plurality of electrodes being exposed at a face of the paddle, each of the plurality of electrodes being electrically connected to each of the plurality of conductors, the plurality of electrodes for delivering the electrical pulses from the plurality of conductors to the tissue of the patient; and the paddle including a tabbed portion extending in a direction of the width outward from the first side at the proximate end of the paddle, the tabbed portion extending in the direction of the width at an angle with respect to the longitudinal axis of the paddle, the tabbed portion for at least facilitating a user gripping the paddle at a position on the paddle offset from the longitudinal axis of the paddle.