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Implantable medical device with anti-infection agent

  • US 8,086,313 B2
  • Filed: 08/05/2009
  • Issued: 12/27/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/09/2002
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An implantable medical device comprising:

  • a module comprising a housing that contains at least a portion of electronics for providing monitoring of or therapy to a brain of a patient;

    an anti-infection agent coated on or impregnated in at least a first portion of the housing; and

    a lubricious material coated on or impregnated in at least a second portion of the housing, wherein the first and second portions of the housing are different sides, and wherein at least one of the anti-infection agent or the lubricious material is only coated on or impregnated in one side of the housing.

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