IMPLANTABLE STIMULATION ELECTRODE WITH A COATING FOR INCREASING TISSUE COMPATIBILITY

• Main Authors: BORCK, ALEXANDER, BAYER, GERD
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 03.05.2006
• Edition: 7
• Subjects: ADHESIVES; CHEMICAL ASPECTS OF BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS, ORSURGICAL ARTICLES; CHEMICAL PAINT OR INK REMOVERS; CHEMISTRY; COATING COMPOSITIONS, e.g. PAINTS, VARNISHES ORLACQUERS; COMPOSITIONS BASED THEREON; COMPOSITIONS OF MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS; CORRECTING FLUIDS; DERIVATIVES THEREOF; DISINFECTION, STERILISATION, OR DEODORISATION OF AIR; DYES; ELECTROTHERAPY; FILLING PASTES; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; INKS; MAGNETOTHERAPY; MATERIALS FOR BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS, OR SURGICALARTICLES; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; METALLURGY; METHODS OR APPARATUS FOR STERILISING MATERIALS OR OBJECTS INGENERAL; MISCELLANEOUS APPLICATIONS OF MATERIALS; MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITIONS; NATURAL RESINS; ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS; PAINTS; PASTES OR SOLIDS FOR COLOURING OR PRINTING; POLISHES; POLYSACCHARIDES; PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL, OR TOILET PURPOSES; RADIATION THERAPY; THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-UP; ULTRASOUND THERAPY; USE OF MATERIALS THEREFOR; WOODSTAINS

An implantable stimulation electrode for use with an implantable tissue stimulator, especially a pacemaker, a defibrillator, a bone stimulator or a neurostimulator includes a metal base body, optionally one or more intermediate layers disposed on the base body and a coating covering the base body an...