Implantable medical device including an arrangement for measurin

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1996-11-13

1998-03-17

Bell, Bruce F.

Chemistry: electrical and wave energy

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Electrolytic

204294, 204297R, 204435, 128635, 128637, 128642, 128419P, 128899, G01N 2726

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active

057282811

ABSTRACT:
An implantable medical device for in vivo electrochemical measurements of blood properties, such as measurements of, inter alia, oxygen pressure, glucose and pH, avoids the problem with the reference electrodes currently in use which cause inflammatory reactions of tissue, by forming the reference electrode of carbon, preferably activated pyrolytic carbon.

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