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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 07, 2019
Applicant:
Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Inventors:
Gregory J. Sherwood, North Oaks, MN (US);
Mary M. Byron, Roseville, MN (US);
David R. Wulfman, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Assignee:
Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc., St Paul, MN;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/00 (2006.01); A61N 1/375 (2006.01); A61N 1/05 (2006.01); A61L 31/14 (2006.01); A61L 31/16 (2006.01); A61L 29/06 (2006.01); A61L 29/14 (2006.01); A61L 29/16 (2006.01); A61L 31/06 (2006.01); A61M 5/142 (2006.01); A61N 1/39 (2006.01); A61N 1/362 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/375 (2013.01); A61L 29/06 (2013.01); A61L 29/146 (2013.01); A61L 29/148 (2013.01); A61L 29/16 (2013.01); A61L 31/06 (2013.01); A61L 31/146 (2013.01); A61L 31/148 (2013.01); A61L 31/16 (2013.01); A61M 5/14276 (2013.01); A61N 1/05 (2013.01); A61N 1/3968 (2013.01); A61L 2300/404 (2013.01); A61L 2300/604 (2013.01); A61N 1/3629 (2017.08); A61N 1/37512 (2017.08);
Abstract
A method of preventing infection resulting from implanting a medical device. The method includes installing a polymer device at least substantially within a subcutaneous pocket formed to contain a housing of the medical device, and installing the medical device housing in the subcutaneous pocket. The polymer device includes a bioresorbable polymer structure and an antimicrobial agent configured to elute from the polymer structure. The polymer device covers less than about 20% of the surface area of the medical device housing.