Method of making a drug dispensing body
US4606118A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 27, 1985 |
| Grant date | Aug 19, 1986 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 27, 2005 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T29/4921
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A body implantable lead for the delivery of stimulation energy to a desired body site including a drug dispenser carried by the lead which retains a drug to be dispensed while allowing the dispensing of that drug at least adjacent the desired body stimulation site. The lead is provided with an electrode having a bore open to a drug storage chamber which contains an absorbent plug. The drug is loaded into the absorbent plug, prior to use, by soaking the electrode in a solution containing the drug.
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