Overmolded components for implantable medical leads and related methods

US8463399B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Jeannette C. Polkinghorne · La Petite Bellangeraie, US
• Joseph A. Cihlar · East Bethel, US
• Mitchell L. Horn-Wyffels · New Hope, US
• Joseph Nelsen · Forest Lake, US
• Raymond Gessler · Roberts, US
• Erin Kristen Webb · Minneapolis, US
• Joseph J. Schachtner · Windom, US
• Arienne P. Simon · Lino Lakes, US
• Andrew L. De Kock · Ham Lake, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 28, 2009
• Grant date: Jun 11, 2013
• Expiry date: Mar 2, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61N1/05
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

The various embodiments disclosed herein relate to medical electrical leads. More specifically, certain embodiments relate to leads having one or more drug-eluting components that are overmolded or otherwise positioned on the lead. Other embodiments relate to leads having one or more patterned surfaces, including some leads with one or more patterned surfaces over which one or more drug-eluting components are positioned. Further implementations relate to leads having one or more overmolded patterned surfaces, including some embodiments in which the overmolded surfaces contain at least one drug-eluting component.