Medtronic, Inc.

Terese A Bartlett

Ryan Thomas Bauer

Richard D Sandstrom

Vicki L Bjorklund

Catherine E Taylor

Matthew A Bergan

Jianwei Li

Gary H Hanse

Linnus Cheruiyot

Matt Bergan

Paul Hsien-Fu Wu

Carolann M Holmblad

Joan M Bergstrom

Antimicrobial compounds, such as silanol or alcohol, include a protecting or leaving group that can protect the compound from degradation during the process of preparing a medical device containing the compound or reduce the volatility of the compound relative to its counterpart without the leaving group. Nearly any hydrolysable leaving group may be employed. The leaving group may be an agent that may serve a therapeutic function in addition to protecting or retaining the antimicrobial agents.

Antimicrobial compounds having protective or therapeutic leaving groups

A fixation mechanism coupled to an implantable device body extends from a proximal portion of the body to a distal portion of the body and includes a fixation element and a push tube segment. A push tube segment of the mechanism extends proximally from the fixation mechanism to the proximal portion of the body and is adapted to deploy the mechanism.

Method and apparatus for fixating an implantable medical device

Novel hydrogel formulations useful as adhesive reservoirs for topical or transdermal drugs employ as the polymer base a crosslinked polymer or copolymer of 2-acrylamido-2-methylpropanesulfonic acid or a salt thereof. The gels are prepared from polymerizable compositions comprising:

Hydrophilic pressure sensitive adhesive for topical administration of

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Forest Lake, MN, United States of America

Terese A Bartlett