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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2005
Filed:
Nov. 19, 2003
Applicants:
Matthias Frericks, Hanau, DE;
Frank Krüger, Bruchköbel, DE;
Heiko Specht, Aschaffenburg, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
W.C. Heraeus GmbH & Co. KG, Hanau, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N001/05 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A stimulation electrode has an electrode surface at least partially covered with a coating of titanium nitride, the titanium nitride having on its side remote from the electrode surface a larger surface than the region of the electrode surface covered by the titanium nitride. The titanium nitride is covered with at least one oxidation protection layer on its surface remote from the electrode surface. The stimulation electrode is useful, for example, in cardiac pacemakers, neuro-stimulation devices and other human implants.