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US 2003/0125787 A1Published application
Temporary pacing wire having a constrained anchor and method of producing same
AssigneeEthicon, Inc.
InventorSemyon Shchervinsky
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Abstract
A surgical electrode has an anchor which is constrained by a coating made from a bioabsorbable material. The anchor may have a barbed harpoon-like shape designed to enhance the retention strength of the anchor.
Claims24
In a surgical electrode having an anchor, the improvement wherein said anchor is coated with a bioabsorbable material.
In a surgical electrode having an anchor, the improvement wherein said anchor has a harpoon-like shape with a single barb.
A process for making a constrained anchor for a surgical electrode, comprising the steps of providing a bare electrode wire;
- shaping said electrode wire into a harpoon-like shape;
- and coating said electrode wire with a bioabsorbable material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.