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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 11, 2015
Applicant:
Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Inventors:
John O'Rourke, Clonmel, IE;
Eoin P. Enright, Castleconnell, IE;
Eric M. Petersen, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Matthew P. Jones, Shoreview, MN (US);
Assignee:
CARDIAC PACEMAKERS, INC., St. Paul, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/05 (2006.01); A61N 1/39 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/05 (2013.01); A61N 1/3956 (2013.01);
Abstract
An electrode for use with an implantable medical device includes a titanium surface, and a titanium nitride layer formed on at least a portion of the titanium surface. At least some titanium of the portion of the titanium surface is removed from the titanium surface prior to forming the titanium nitride layer. The textured titanium nitride layer is formed by reacting nitrogen proximate to the portion of the titanium surface with titanium at the portion of the titanium surface.