Stimulation electrode and its use

US6901297B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• W.C. Heraeus GmbH & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

• Matthias Frericks · Hanau, DE
• Frank Krüger · Könnern, DE
• Heiko Specht · Hanau, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 19, 2003
• Grant date: May 31, 2005
• Expiry date: Nov 19, 2023

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61N1/0565
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A stimulation electrode has an electrode surface at least partially covered with a coating of titanium nitride, the titanium nitride having on its side remote from the electrode surface a larger surface than the region of the electrode surface covered by the titanium nitride. The titanium nitride is covered with at least one oxidation protection layer on its surface remote from the electrode surface. The stimulation electrode is useful, for example, in cardiac pacemakers, neuro-stimulation devices and other human implants.