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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 1994
Filed:
Sep. 14, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
128639 ; 604 20 ;
Abstract
An implantable medical device has surfaces that are in communication with the tissue of the patient after an implantation. At least one part of these surfaces is provided with at least one layer composed of a medication. In order to simply and reliably control the administration of a desired quantity of the medication, the medication layer is covered by at least one layer composed of an ion exchanger material.