Surgery – Miscellaneous – Devices placed entirely within body and means used therewith
Reexamination Certificate
2005-11-22
2005-11-22
Schaetzle, Kennedy (Department: 3762)
Surgery
Miscellaneous
Devices placed entirely within body and means used therewith
C607S036000, C607S099000, C606S108000, C128S898000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06966322
ABSTRACT:
An implantable medical device, perhaps a pacemaker lead, has a medical unit and a casing at least partially enclosing the medical unit. The casing is formed of a base polymer having surface modifying pendant groups formed of an acrylamide polymer or an acrylamide copolymer, perhaps polyisopropyl acrylamide. The base polymer may be a polyurethane, polyimide, fluoropolymer or polyolefin, for example.
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Anderson James M.
Ebert Michael J.
McVenes Rick D.
Stokes Kenneth B.
McDowall Paul H.
Medtronic Inc.
Schaetzle Kennedy
Soldner Michael C.
Wolde-Michael Girma
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