Implantable medical device having pre-implant exoskeleton
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Abstract
The present application describes a method and apparatus for implanting a medical device within a living body. The apparatus includes an elongate sleeve positionable with a living body, such as within a blood vessel, and a medical device insertable into the sleeve. During use, the sleeve is retained with the body, and the medical device is sealed within the sleeve. The sleeve substantially avoids biological growth onto the medical device, and thus permits removal of the medical device independently of the sleeve.
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43 Claims
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1-30. -30. (canceled)
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31. A implantable intravascular medical system including:
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a elongate sleeve proportioned for implantation within a blood vessel in a body of a patient; and
an implantable medical device positionable within the sleeve, the medical device including a drug reservoir, a delivery port fluidly coupled to the drug reservoir, and a pump positioned to pump drug stored in the drug reservoir out the delivery port. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 43)
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41-42. -42. (canceled)
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