TECHNIQUES FOR PLACING MEDICAL LEADS FOR ELECTRICAL STIMULATION OF NERVE TISSUE

摘要

This disclosure is directed to extra, intra, and transvascular medical lead placement techniques for arranging medical leads and electrical stimulation and/or sensing electrodes proximate nerve tissue within a patient.

主权项

1. An implantable medical lead system configured to deliver electrical stimulation from within a lumen of a blood vessel within a patient to nerve tissue located adjacent to and outside of the blood vessel, the system comprising:
a medical lead arranged within a lumen of the blood vessel; an electrode connected toward a distal end of the lead adjacent the nerve tissue; and an active fixation member connected toward a distal end of the lead adjacent the nerve tissue and configured to anchor the lead to a wall of the blood vessel lumen.