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US 2011/0034996 A1Published application
Medical implant containing an antioxidative substance
AssigneeBiotronik Vi Patent AG
InventorAlexander Borck
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Abstract
One embodiment of the invention concerns a medical implant with the basic body having an antioxidative substance.
Claims20
Medical implant having a basic body comprising the antioxidative substance squalene incorporated into the one or both of the basic body or a coating on at least a portion of the basic body in quantities of 0.4 μg to 2000 μg.
A medical implant comprising:
- a biocorrodible basic body;
- a coating covering at least a portion of the basic body including squalene in an amount of between about 0.4 μg to 2000 μg;
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- a pharmaceutically active material in a concentration of between about 0.2 to 3.5 μg/mm2, the coating having a thickness of between about 3 μm and about 15 μm.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.