Patent ID: 8430852

Claim:
A therapeutic sleeve disposable about a therapy delivery element, the therapy delivery element having an outer diameter and an outer surface about which the sleeve is disposable, the sleeve comprising: a first opening; a second opening; a body member disposed between the first and second opening, the body member being formed from elastic material; a lumen extending though the body member from the first opening to the second opening, the lumen being configured to be disposed about at least a portion of the outer surface of the therapy delivery element; and a therapeutic agent releasable from the body member when implanted in a patient, wherein at least a portion of the body member has a first inner diameter defined by the lumen in a relaxed state and a second inner diameter defined by the lumen in a radially stretched state, wherein the first inner diameter is smaller than the second inner diameter, and wherein the first inner diameter is smaller than the outer diameter of the therapy delivery element, and the second inner diameter is larger than the outer diameter of the therapy delivery element, wherein the therapeutic agent is an antimicrobial agent and wherein the sleeve is configured to elute substantially all of the antimicrobial agent within one week of being implanted in a patient.