Drug-delivery accessory for an implantable medical device
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1. A kit of implantable drug-delivery sleeves for a tapered elongate component of an implantable medical device, the kit comprising:
- one or more first drug-delivery sleeves; and
one or more second drug-delivery sleeves, wherein each of the first and second sleeves comprises a substrate releasably carrying at least one drug and having a lumen configured to receive the elongate component so as to allow relative displacement of the substrate and the elongate component, and wherein the substrate is shaped so as to be retained stationary at a desired position along the elongate component; and
wherein the first and second sleeves differ in one or more characteristics selected from the group comprising;
the at least one drug releasably carried by the sleeves;
a dosage of the at least one drug;
resorbability; and
lumen diameter.
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Abstract
An implantable drug-delivery sleeve for an elongate component of an implantable medical device. The sleeve includes a tubular substrate having a lumen configured to receive the elongate component so as to allow relative displacement of the substrate and the elongate component, wherein the substrate is shaped so as to be retained stationary at a desired position along the elongate component, and a drug releasably carried by the substrate.
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1. A kit of implantable drug-delivery sleeves for a tapered elongate component of an implantable medical device, the kit comprising:
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one or more first drug-delivery sleeves; and one or more second drug-delivery sleeves, wherein each of the first and second sleeves comprises a substrate releasably carrying at least one drug and having a lumen configured to receive the elongate component so as to allow relative displacement of the substrate and the elongate component, and wherein the substrate is shaped so as to be retained stationary at a desired position along the elongate component; and wherein the first and second sleeves differ in one or more characteristics selected from the group comprising; the at least one drug releasably carried by the sleeves; a dosage of the at least one drug; resorbability; and lumen diameter. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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