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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2010
Peter M. Seiler, St. Anthony Village, MN (US);
Kenneth E. Cobian, St. Anthony, MN (US);
Genevieve L. Gallagher, Mendota Heights, MN (US);
Zhongping C. Yang, Woodbury, MN (US);
Peter M. Seiler, St. Anthony Village, MN (US);
Kenneth E. Cobian, St. Anthony, MN (US);
Genevieve L. Gallagher, Mendota Heights, MN (US);
Zhongping C. Yang, Woodbury, MN (US);
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
A therapeutic agent reservoir comprises a reservoir body comprising a polymer and a therapeutic agent mixed within the polymer, and an outer coating enclosing the reservoir body, wherein at least a portion of the outer coating comprises a rate-controlling membrane configured to provide a predetermined release rate of the therapeutic agent through the rate-controlling membrane.