Patent attributes
The present invention includes a “Z shaped” configuration for a pair of internal windings of a fiber core of a medical electrical lead which can be configured as or windings to provide counter-rotation an implanted cardiac lead. When fully assembled and implanted within a patient, a screw-type active fixation electrode, such as a helical electrode, electrically couples to a coil conductor and mechanically couples to a loop formed at an end of the Z-shaped braided fiber. To remove the lead, an axial traction force is applied and as the Z-shaped braids begin to unwind rotational forces operate to unscrew the helical electrode. A lead constructed according to the present invention rotates counterclockwise and thus essentially unscrews the active fixation electrode.
