US 7,321,798 B2
Trans-septal/trans-myocardial ventricular pacing lead
Lambert Muhlenberg, Landgraaf (Netherlands); and Chester L. Struble, Eijsden (Netherlands)
Assigned to Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, Minn. (US)
Filed on Mar. 31, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/96,510.
Prior Publication US 2006/0224224 A1, Oct. 05, 2006
Int. Cl. A61N 1/05 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 607—126  [606/151] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A medical electrical lead, comprising:
a lead body having a proximal end and a distal end;
a conductor traversing from the proximal end to the distal end;
an electrode disposed at the distal end of the lead body and electrically coupled to the conductor adapted to electrically stimulate a heart, the electrode extending radially outward from the lead body and being flexible;
occlusion fabric supported by the electrode, the occlusion fabric being flexible, the flexibility permitting the occlusion fabric and the electrode to conform to a surface of the heart to cap punctures in the heart, wherein the electrode provides a cambered fabric support structure for the occlusion fabric, and the occlusion fabric is operably coupled to the cambered fabric support structure and comprises a collapsible canopy; and
a tine that is covered by the cambered fabric support structure during implantation of the medical lead.