LEAD INCLUDING COMPOSITE DEVICE FOR ELUTING A STEROID AND AN ANTIMICROBIAL

A lead may include a lead body including a proximal end and a distal end, an electrode proximate to the distal end of the lead body, and a monolithic controlled release device located proximate to the electrode. According to this aspect of the disclosure, the monolithic controlled release device inc...

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Hauptverfasser:	GALLAGHER GENEVIEVE L, SEILER PETER M, COBIAN KENNETH E
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROMTHE BODY ELECTROTHERAPY HUMAN NECESSITIES HYGIENE MAGNETOTHERAPY MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE RADIATION THERAPY ULTRASOUND THERAPY
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Zusammenfassung:	A lead may include a lead body including a proximal end and a distal end, an electrode proximate to the distal end of the lead body, and a monolithic controlled release device located proximate to the electrode. According to this aspect of the disclosure, the monolithic controlled release device includes a polymer, a steroid mixed in the polymer, and an antimicrobial mixed in the polymer.