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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 26, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 27, 2018
Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Joseph T. Delaney, Jr., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Jeannette C. Polkinghorne, Spring Lake Park, MN (US);
Adegbola O. Adenusi, Burnsville, MN (US);
David R. Wulfman, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Kasyap Seethamraju, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc., St Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
A medical electrical lead includes an insulative lead body extending from a distal region to a proximal region and a conductor disposed within the insulative lead body and extending from the proximal region to the distal region. An electrode is disposed on the insulative lead body and is in electrical contact with the conductor. The medical electrical lead also includes a cross-linked hydrophilic polymer coating disposed over at least a portion of the electrode. The cross-linked hydrophilic polymer coating includes a fibrous matrix comprising a plurality of discrete fibers and pores formed between at least a portion of the fibers and a hydrophilic polyethylene glycol-containing hydrogel network disposed within the pores of the fibrous matrix.