Patent ID: 6921295

Claim:
A method for implanting a medical electrical lead, comprising: delivering a plurality of lead electrodes formed along a distal portion of a lead body to an implant site via a guiding catheter; pulling the guiding catheter proximally over the lead body to expose the plurality of electrodes and thereby covering a plurality of connector rings, the plurality of connector rings formed along a proximal portion of the lead body and each coupled to a respective electrode of the plurality of electrodes by a respective conductor of a plurality of conductors extending within the lead body; and temporarily electrically connecting an external device, for electrical testing of the plurality of electrodes, a plurality of temporary contacts positioned along an extension joined to, and extending proximally from a proximal end of the proximal portion of the lead body, the plurality of temporary contacts each electrically coupled to a respective connector ring of the plurality of connector rings by the respective conductor of the plurality of conductors, which further extend from the lead body into the extension.