Patent ID: 8597948
Filing Date: 2013-12-03
Classification: A61F,A61K,A61L,A61M,A61P

Abstract:
1. A medical device, said medical device, comprising: a first component having a non-biological material; a second component having a cloned biological material, said second component being attached to said first component; and wherein said first component and said second component are operatively associated in a non-living medical device for at least one of treatment, diagnosis, cure, mitigation and prevention of disease, injury, handicap or condition in a living organism; wherein said non-living medical device is a cardiac assist device, the cardiac assist device comprising a housing, said housing having a controller, a plurality of leads for sensing and receiving signals, an electrode for stimulating electrical pacing pulses to a heart, an outer sheath surrounding said housing, and the cloned biological material surrounding said outer sheath for protecting a human body from immunological reactions to said outer sheath that may occur from contact with said outer sheath of said cardiac assist device.