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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 1986
Filed:
Feb. 27, 1985
Applicant:
Inventors:
Norbert H Cannon, St. Paul, MN (US);
James E Graf, Ames, IA (US);
Assignee:
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
29825 ; 29877 ;
Abstract
A body implantable lead for the delivery of stimulation energy to a desired body site including a drug dispenser carried by the lead which retains a drug to be dispensed while allowing the dispensing of that drug at least adjacent the desired body stimulation site. The lead is provided with an electrode having a bore open to a drug storage chamber which contains an absorbent plug. The drug is loaded into the absorbent plug, prior to use, by soaking the electrode in a solution containing the drug.