Patent ID: 11925723
Assignee: SILVER BULLET THERAPEUTICS, INC.
Field: Pharmaceuticals (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC A  C | IPC A  C

Claim 15:
16. An implantable device comprising:
a device body formed of a bioabsorbable substrate;
a coating on the device body, the coating comprising a mixture of an anodic metal and a cathodic metal, wherein the mixture of the anodic metal and the cathodic metal comprises a plurality of microregions or microdomains of anodic metal in a matrix of cathodic metal or a plurality of microregions or microdomains of cathodic metal in a matrix of anodic metal, the microregions or microdomains forming interconnected veins of anodic metal through a thickness of the coating, or interconnected veins of cathodic metal through the thickness of the coating, so that the anodic metal is galvanically released as antimicrobial ions when the device body is exposed to a bodily fluid, wherein the coating has a thickness that is greater than 10 microinches.