Implantable medical device including an arrangement for measuring a blood property having a carbon reference electrode
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1. An implantable medical device comprising:
- means for making an electrochemical measurement of a blood property includinga reference electrode adapted for in vivo interaction with blood; and
said reference electrode consisting of activated pyrolytic carbon.
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Abstract
An implantable medical device for in vivo electrochemical measurements of blood properties, such as measurements of, inter alia, oxygen pressure, glucose and pH, avoids the problem with the reference electrodes currently in use which cause inflammatory reactions of tissue, by forming the reference electrode of carbon, preferably activated pyrolytic carbon.
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1. An implantable medical device comprising:
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means for making an electrochemical measurement of a blood property including a reference electrode adapted for in vivo interaction with blood; and said reference electrode consisting of activated pyrolytic carbon. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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