The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
May. 29, 2007
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2003
Applicants:
Qingsheng Zhu, Little Canada, MN (US);
Ronald W. Heil, Jr., Roseville, MN (US);
Mudit Jain, Woodbury, MN (US);
Inventors:
Qingsheng Zhu, Little Canada, MN (US);
Ronald W. Heil, Jr., Roseville, MN (US);
Mudit Jain, Woodbury, MN (US);
Assignee:
Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/365 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A cardiac management implantable device that has an intravascular device body, and one or more chemical sensors coupled with the intravascular device body. A drug eluting substance is disposed at a location including at least one of on, directly adjacent, or near the one or more chemical sensors, where the drug eluting substance prevents fibrotic growth on the one or more chemical sensors.