PACING LEADS WITH ULTRATHIN ISOLATION LAYER BY ATOMIC LAYER DEPOSITION

• Main Authors: WEBER JAN, BYRON MARY M
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 05.02.2015
• Subjects: AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING; CHEMICAL SURFACE TREATMENT; CHEMISTRY; COATING BY VACUUM EVAPORATION, BY SPUTTERING, BY ION IMPLANTATIONOR BY CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION, IN GENERAL; COATING BY VACUUM EVAPORATION, BY SPUTTERING, BY IONIMPLANTATION OR BY CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION, IN GENERAL; COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING METALLIC MATERIAL; DIFFUSION TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL; ELECTROTHERAPY; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASS B29C, RELATING TO PARTICULARARTICLES; INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES B29B, B29C OR B29D, RELATING TO MOULDING MATERIALS; INHIBITING CORROSION OF METALLIC MATERIAL OR INCRUSTATION INGENERAL; MAGNETOTHERAPY; MAKING GRANULES OR PREFORMS; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; METALLURGY; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PREPARATION OR PRETREATMENT OF THE MATERIAL TO BESHAPED; RADIATION THERAPY; RECOVERY OF PLASTICS OR OTHER CONSTITUENTS OF WASTE MATERIALCONTAINING PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDEDFOR; SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SURFACE TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL BY DIFFUSION INTO THESURFACE, BY CHEMICAL CONVERSION OR SUBSTITUTION; TRANSPORTING; ULTRASOUND THERAPY; WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL

An implantable medical lead includes a substrate extending from a distal end to a proximal end of the medical lead. The substrate includes at least one polymer material and particles dispersed throughout the polymer material. In one embodiment, the particles are of at least one of nanoclay material and nanodiamond material.