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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:
Nov. 22, 2005
Filed:
Apr. 19, 2002
Applicants:
Rick D. Mcvenes, Isanti, MN (US);
Kenneth B. Stokes, Anoka, MN (US);
Michael J. Ebert, Fridley, MN (US);
James M. Anderson, Cleveland, OH (US);
Inventors:
Rick D. McVenes, Isanti, MN (US);
Kenneth B. Stokes, Anoka, MN (US);
Michael J. Ebert, Fridley, MN (US);
James M. Anderson, Cleveland, OH (US);
Assignee:
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B017/88 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An implantable medical device, perhaps a pacemaker lead, has a medical unit and a casing at least partially enclosing the medical unit. The casing is formed of a base polymer having surface modifying pendant groups formed of an acrylamide polymer or an acrylamide copolymer, perhaps polyisopropyl acrylamide. The base polymer may be a polyurethane, polyimide, fluoropolymer or polyolefin, for example.