A medical device with anti-microbial properties to prevent infections.
This medical device, such as an in-dwelling catheter, has a portion that
is insertable into the body of a patient and accessible from outside the
body once the portion is inserted. The portion has an outer wall, a first
active lumen within the outer wall, and a false lumen within the outer
wall in which the false lumen has a distal portion and a proximal
portion. The false lumen contains an anti-microbial agent that provides
the outer wall with anti-microbial properties. The distal portion of the
false lumen is sealed. The false lumen may be adjacent to the first
active lumen. The medical device may also contain a second active lumen,
wherein the first active lumen is an inlet lumen and the second active
lumen is an outlet lumen. Alternatively, the false lumen may surround the
first active lumen.