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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2024
Filed:
Jan. 23, 2018
Medtronic Minimed, Inc., Northridge, CA (US);
Jia Yao, Tarzana, CA (US);
Daniel E. Pesantez, Canoga Park, CA (US);
Anuradha Biswas Bhatia, McLean, VA (US);
Akhil Srinivasan, Sherman Oaks, CA (US);
Guangping Zhang, Calabasas, CA (US);
Andrea Varsavsky, Santa Monica, CA (US);
Raghavendhar Gautham, Los Angeles, CA (US);
MEDTRONIC MINIMED, INC., Northridge, CA (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of the invention provide optimized polymeric surfaces adapted for use with implantable medical devices as well as methods for making and using such polymeric surfaces. These polymer surfaces have a constellation of features that function to inhibit or avoid an inflammatory immune response generated by implantable medical devices. Typical embodiments of the invention include an implantable glucose sensor used in the management of diabetes having a polymer surface with the disclosed constellation of features.