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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 31, 1998
Matthew F. Ogle, St. Paul, MN (US);
William R. Holmberg, St. Paul, MN (US);
Richard F. Schroeder, Oakdale, MN (US);
Donald S. Guzik, White Bear Lake, MN (US);
M. William Mirsch, II, Roseville, MN (US);
Darrin J. Bergman, Shoreview, MN (US);
Hallie A. Finucane, Arden Hills, MN (US);
Katherine S. Tweden, Mahtomedi, MN (US);
St. Jude Medical, Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
A variety of new ways can be used for associating antimicrobial elemental metal with a medical article. The associated antimicrobial metal reduces the risk of infection associated with the medical use of the medical article. New medical articles are produced by some of these new approaches. Some of the methods involve ways of adjusting the dissociation rate of associated elemental metal such that desired degrees of antimicrobial activity can be achieved over selected periods of time.