IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL LEAD INCLUDING A DIRECTIONAL ELECTRODE AND FIXATION ELEMENTS ALONG AN INTERIOR SURFACE - Patent 2086629

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EP 2 086 629 A2

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(88)	Date of publication A3:
	21.08.2008

(43)	Date of publication:
	12.08.2009 Bulletin 2009/33

(21)	Application number: 07863603.2

(22)	Date of filing: 29.10.2007

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

A61N 1/05^(2006.01)

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US2007/082819

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 2008/055097 (08.05.2008 Gazette 2008/19)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MT NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR

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Priority:

31.10.2006 US 591279
14.02.2007 US 706146

(71)	Applicant: Medtronic, Inc.
	Minneapolis, MN 55432 (US)

(72)	Inventor:
	GERBER, Martin T. Maple Grove, MN 55369 (US)

(74)	Representative: Hughes, Andrea Michelle
	Frank B. Dehn & Co. St Bride's House 10 Salisbury Square London EC4Y 8JD London EC4Y 8JD (GB)

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