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US 8,911,427 B2Granted
Therapeutic agent reservoir delivery system
AssigneeMedtronic, Inc.
InventorsPeter M. Seiler, Kenneth E. Cobian, Genevieve L. Gallagher, Zhongping C. Yang
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Abstract
A therapeutic agent reservoir comprises a reservoir body comprising a polymer and a therapeutic agent mixed within the polymer, and an outer coating enclosing the reservoir body, wherein at least a portion of the outer coating comprises a rate-controlling membrane configured to provide a predetermined release rate of the therapeutic agent through the rate-controlling membrane.
Claims12
A system comprising:
- a disc-shaped, sleeve-shaped or pouch-shaped therapeutic agent reservoir comprising a reservoir body comprising a polymer and a therapeutic agent mixed within the polymer and an outer coating enclosing the reservoir body;
- wherein at least a portion of the outer coating comprises a rate-controlling membrane configured to provide a predetermined release rate of the therapeutic agent through the rate-controlling membrane;
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- an implantable medical device comprising a housing, wherein the therapeutic agent reservoir is adhered to the housing of the implantable medical device and wherein the implantable medical device is an implantable cardiac device, an implantable monitoring device, an implantable neurostimulator, a cardiac or neurological lead, or an orthopedic device.
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