Patent ID: 6129752
Filing Date: 2000-10-10
Classification: A61N

Abstract:
In an implantable electrode cable having a cable sheath with a distal sheath end and containing an electrical conductor terminating in a helical anchoring element projecting from said distal end and adapted for insertion into cardiac tissue for affixing said electrical conductor to cardiac tissue, the improvement comprising:a protection body composed of porous, resilient, spongy material disposed coaxially with said helical anchoring element beyond said distal sheath end, said protection body having a distal protection body end initially projecting beyond a tip of said anchoring element and being pierceable by said tip, said protection body having interstices at least partially filled with medication and being compressible by said distal sheath end against said cardiac tissue as said anchoring element is inserted into said cardiac tissue to express said medication from said interstices.