St. Jude Medical, Inc.

Donald S Guzik

Katherine S Tweden

Richard F Schroeder

Matthew Frank Ogle

M William Mirsch, Iii

William R Holmberg

Darrin J Bergman

Hallie A Finucane

A variety of new ways can be used for associating antimicrobial elemental metal with a medical article. The associated antimicrobial metal reduces the risk of infection associated with the medical use of the medical article. New medical articles are produced by some of these new approaches. Some of the methods involve ways of adjusting the dissociation rate of associated elemental metal such that desired degrees of antimicrobial activity can be achieved over selected periods of time.

Medical article with adhered antimicrobial metal

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White Bear Lake, MN, United States of America

Donald S Guzik