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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 08, 2021
Ethicon, Inc., Somerville, NJ (US);
Sasa Andjelic, Somerville, NJ (US);
Leo B. Kriksunov, Ithaca, NY (US);
Ethicon, Inc., Raritan, NJ (US);
Abstract
The present invention is directed to an implantable medical device, comprising: a device body, with at least a portion of said body coated by a sensing coating that comprises an echogenic material or a radiopaque material, or combinations thereof, said sensing coating configured to dissolve or swell in presence of at least one infection biomarker; wherein a portion of said sensing coating is covered by a protective film, forming a protected portion, said protected portion configured not to dissolve or swell in presence of said biomarker and methods of detecting presence of biomarkers in the vicinity of an implanted medical device.