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Abstract

An implantable lead assembly kit and method of performing a medical procedure on a patient are provided. The kit comprises a lead including a lead body, at least one electrode, and a lumen disposed within the lead body. The kit further comprises identification devices, each of which includes a handle having a different identifier and a shaft extending from the handle. Each shaft is sized to be firmly and removably received within the lumen of the lead. The method comprises introducing at least one lead into the patient, mounting identification devices, each including a handle having a different identifier and a shaft, to the lead(s) by inserting the shafts within the lumens of the lead bodies, advancing the lead bodies into and out of a tube, identifying the lead bodies by examining the identification devices, and removing the identification devices from the lumens of the lead bodies.

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