IMPLANTABLE CATHETER FOR MEDICATION DELIVERY AND ANALYTE SENSING

An implantable catheter for medication delivery and analyte sensing is provided. In embodiments, a permanent catheter portion for use in an implanted delivery device, includes a permanent tube with an inner lumen, a sleeve attached to the permanent tube, the sleeve having outer coating that is at le...

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Hauptverfasser:	Cohen, Donald M, Lord, Peter C, Minaie, Pedrum
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 DIAGNOSIS HUMAN NECESSITIES HYGIENE IDENTIFICATION MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE SURGERY
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Zusammenfassung:	An implantable catheter for medication delivery and analyte sensing is provided. In embodiments, a permanent catheter portion for use in an implanted delivery device, includes a permanent tube with an inner lumen, a sleeve attached to the permanent tube, the sleeve having outer coating that is at least one of: non-inflammatory or preventative of foreign body response. The permanent tube further includes an opening to receive a distal catheter portion that extends into the sleeve, such that the inner lumen of the permanent tube is fluidly connected to a distal inner lumen of the distal catheter portion.