Polymeric materials with improved dielectric breakdown strength
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1. An electrically insulating material comprising a polymeric component and at least one linked voltage stabilizing agent, wherein the voltage stabilizing agent is covalently linked to or within the polymeric component.
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Abstract
A novel polymeric electrically insulating material that includes a linked voltage stabilizing agent. Also provided are methods of making the novel material and articles and devices that incorporate the novel material, particularly implantable medical devices.
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- 1. An electrically insulating material comprising a polymeric component and at least one linked voltage stabilizing agent, wherein the voltage stabilizing agent is covalently linked to or within the polymeric component.
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11. A method for making an electrically insulating material comprising covalently attaching at least one voltage stabilizing agent pendant to a polymeric backbone to yield a polymeric electrically insulating material.
- 12. An article comprising an electrically insulating material comprising a polymeric component and at least one linked voltage stabilizing agent, wherein the voltage stabilizing agent is covalently linked to or within the polymeric component.
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17. An implantable medical device comprising an electrically insulating material having at least one voltage stabilizing agent and wherein the implanted medical device is selected from the group consisting of an implantable cardioverter/defibrillator (ICD), an implantable medical lead, an implantable pulse generator (IPG), a pacemaker-cardioverter-defibrillator (PCD), an neurostimulator, and nerve stimulator, a muscle stimulator, an implantable monitoring device, an implantable fluid handling device, a defibrillator, an implantable gastric stimulator, an implantable drug pump, and an implantable hemodynamic monitoring device.
- 18. An implantable medical device comprising an electrically insulating material having comprising a polymeric component and at least one voltage stabilizing agent, wherein the voltage stabilizing agent is covalently linked to or within the polymenc components.
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20. A device comprising an electrically insulating material comprising a polymeric component and at least one linked voltage stabilizing agent, wherein the device is selected from the group consisting of a transformer, a capacitor, a high voltage cable, and a lead, and wherein the voltage stabilizing agent is covalently linked to or within the polymeric component.
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21. A high voltage cable comprising an electrically insulating material comprising a polymeric component and at least one linked voltage stabilizing agent, wherein the voltage stabilizing agent is covalently linked to or within the polymeric component.
- 22. A polymer blend comprising a first polymer comprising at least one linked voltage stabilizing agent and a second polymer, wherein the first polymer comprises a polymer selected from the group consisting of a silicone, a polyurethane, a polyolefin, a polyacetal, a polycarbonate, a polyvinyl, a polyamide, a polyimide, a polyacrylic, a polystyrene, a polysulfone, a polyetherketone, a cellulosic, a polyester, a polyether, a fluoropolymer, and copolymers thereof, wherein the polymer blend forms an interpenetrating polymer network.
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