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7387810 |
Method of forming rate limiting barriers for implantable devices
A method is disclosed for forming a coating on implantable medical devices including an interpenetrating polymer network that serves as a rate limiting barrier.
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7384794 |
Micro-devices and analytical procedures for investigation of biological systems
Fibres with an extraction phase coated thereon in combination with a positioning device are described to perform adsorption of components of interest from an animal or animal tissue for the...
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7384661 |
Electrostatic application of powder material to solid dosage forms in an electric field
A method of electrostatically applying a powder material to a solid dosage form comprises the following steps: applying a bias voltage to generate an electric field between a source ( 1 ) of the...
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7348182 |
Directed microwave chemistry
The present invention concerns a novel means by which chemical preparations can be made. Reactions can be accelerated on special chips using microwave energy. The chips contain materials that...
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7344749 |
Method for coating a substrate with calcium phosphate
A method for coating substrates with calcium phosphate. The aim of the method is to be able to carry out a simple coating for all materials as well as for particles. To this end, the substrate to...
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7344601 |
Integrated cross-wire fixture for coating a device, a method of using the fixture, and a device made using the fixture
A fixture is provided for holding a hollow, cylindrical device from an inside surface that includes a plastic collar component and a main frame fixture insert molded into the plastic collar...
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7335391 |
Method for coating implantable devices
A method of forming a coating for an implantable medical device, such as a stent, is provided which includes applying a composition to the device in an environment having a selected pressure.
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7326433 |
Method of cryogenically coating a device
The present invention is directed to a method for coating a surface of a medical device with a coating composition. The method involves chilling the surface to be coated to below the freezing point...
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7309353 |
Use of platinum group metals in vascular devices and method of texturing platinum group metals
A method of texturing polycrystalline iridium includes the steps of cold/warm working of the polycrystalline iridium at equal to or below its re-crystallization temperature to break up the...
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7285580 |
Methods of using primer molecules for enhancing the mechanical performance of tissue adhesives and sealants
The present invention concerns novel methods for enhancing the mechanical performance of tissue adhesives and sealants which comprises employing a primer molecule in association with a tissue...
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7273896 |
Compositions and methods of using a transient colorant
This invention relates generally to compositions and systems for forming biomaterials containing a transient colorant for visualizing tissue or surgical materials coated with such biomaterials, to...
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7267847 |
Hydrophobic coating of individual components of hearing aid devices
For the liquid impervious sealing of smallest crevices, chinks, capillaries and/or openings within a housing wall, in particular of electronic or electrical devices, it is proposed to provide the...
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7261914 |
Method and apparatus for forming a nitride layer on a biomedical device
This invention is a method of forming a nitride layer on at least one metal or metal alloy biomedical device, comprising: providing a vacuum chamber with at least one biomedical device positioned...
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7258891 |
Stent mounting assembly and a method of using the same to coat a stent
A stent mounting device and a method of coating a stent using the device are provided.
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7247337 |
Method and apparatus for microarray fabrication
The invention provides a method and apparatus for micro array fabrication exclusive from the impact of a gas. A housing with a gas free chamber provides for improved micro array fabrication with a...
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7241478 |
Process for coating three-dimensional substrates with thin organic films and products
The present invention relates to an apparatus and process for producing a thin organic film on a substrate using an ultrasonic nozzle to produce a cloud of micro-droplets in a vacuum chamber. The...
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7238669 |
Phage-display peptides as novel antimicrobial agents against Haemophilus influenzae
Whole cell phage-display techniques were used to identify several peptides that bound preferentially to a non-typeable strain of Haemophilus influenzae . These peptides were able to inhibit growth...
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7226612 |
Coating for medical devices
The invention relates to a coating for medical devices. The coating comprises a specific copolymer of which the composition may be adjusted such as to achieve an excellent adhesion to a wide range...
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7220473 |
Absorbing agents and cover layer which is impermeable to active substances and which contains channel-formers or removable protective layer of a transdermal therapeutic system
This present invention concerns a cover layer that is impermeable to the active substances and/or a removable protective layer of a transdermal therapeutic system, comprising a thermoplastic film...
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7214262 |
Temporary cosmetic dental surface coating
A temporary cosmetic dental coating has a transparent resin matrix containing embedded glass microspheres. The refractive index of the microspheres is at least 0.03 greater than the refractive...
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7208190 |
Method of loading beneficial agent to a prosthesis by fluid-jet application
An interventional device for delivery of beneficial agent to a lumen and methods of loading and manufacture of the same, which include a prosthesis loaded with beneficial agent to provide a...
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7201935 |
Plasma-generated coatings for medical devices and methods for fabricating thereof
Coatings for implantable medical devices, such as stents, and methods of coating the devices are disclosed. The method includes forming a coating by plasma polymerization of a monomer or a blend of...
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7198855 |
Methods of surface modification of a flexible substrate to enhance cell adhesion
The present invention provides methods of producing a surface with enhanced cell-adhesive properties comprising applying a stress to a polymeric matrix. The strained matrix is then modified by...
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7198813 |
Method and device for manipulating small amounts of liquid on surfaces
The invention relates to methods and devices for manipulation of small amounts of liquid on surfaces, preferably on chip surfaces. According to the present invention, a quantity of liquid held...
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RE39438 |
Thromboresistant coated medical device
Coatings are provided in which biopolymers may be covalently linked to a substrate. Such biopolymers include those that impart thromboresistance and/or biocompatibility to the substrate, which may...
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7125577 |
Method and apparatus for coating of substrates
The invention relates to methods and apparatuses that reduce problems encountered during coating of a device, such as a medical device having a cylindrical shape. In an embodiment, the invention...
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7087263 |
Rare limiting barriers for implantable medical devices
A coating for a medical device, particularly for a drug eluting stent, is described. The coating comprises a polymer having a weight-average molecular weight between about 200,000 and about 250,000...
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7087135 |
Process for the manufacture of interpenetrating polymer network sheeting and useful articles thereof
A novel method of producing interpenetrating polymer network (“IPN”) sheeting. Particularly, an improved method of producing such sheeting and bonding it to a backing layer for use as various...
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7055237 |
Method of forming a drug eluting stent
The present invention provides a method of forming a drug eluting stent, the method comprising coupling a stent framework to a mandrel, inserting the mandrel with stent framework into an open die,...
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7048962 |
Stent coating device
The present invention is a method and device, which is suitable for use in an operating theater just prior to implantation, for selectively applying a medical coating to an implantable medical...
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7015262 |
Hydrophilic coatings for medical implements
Compositions, methods, devices and kits utilizing water-based hydrophilic coating formulations on medical implements. The composition for applying a coating comprises a sulfonated polyester, water,...
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7014913 |
Rate-reducing membrane for release of an agent
A membrane that reduces the rate at which a therapeutic substance is released from an implantable medical device, such as a stent, is disclosed.
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7000305 |
Method for manufacturing a wire stent coated with a biocompatible fluoropolymer
A method for manufacturing a stent includes heating a plurality of wire strands to impart a desired shape to the wire strands, coating each wire strand with a biocompatible polymer in an extruder...
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6994883 |
Method for applying a bioactive coating on a medical device
The invention relates to the field of medical devices. More in particular, the invention relates to a method for coating by depositing inorganic ions and a bioactive agent to provide sterile...
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6984410 |
Process for antibiotic coating of elements with interconnecting microcavities, elements thus coated as well as their usage
The invention concerns the manufacture of an antibiotic coating of elements with interconnecting microcavities, elements thus coated as well as their use. In a preferred embodiment, a homogenous...
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6977095 |
Process for producing rigid reticulated articles
A process for producing a rigid reticulated article involves coating a reticulated substrate which has open, interconnected porosity with a first dispersion comprising a ceramic or metal powder to...
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6977094 |
Process for producing articles with anti-allergic surfaces
A process for producing anti-allergic surfaces, and articles which comprise these anti-allergic surfaces. The process of the invention produces anti-allergic surfaces. The basis of the...
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6958169 |
Surface treatment of medical device
A method for improving the wettability of a medical device involves: (a) providing a medical device formed from a monomer mixture comprising a hydrophilic device-forming monomer including a...
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6955832 |
Colored printing ink for contact lenses
The present invention provides novels inks and methods for making a colored polymeric substrates, preferably a contact lens. In the inventive method at least a portion of a surface of a lens is...
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6953602 |
Pattern coated adhesive article
The invention relates to a adhesive article comprising at least one backing layer with a first and second surface and a pressure sensitive adhesive layer adhered first surface of the backing layer...
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6946156 |
Process for enrobing a core
A process for enrobing a core, such as a tablet core, uses a coating that is made of a patterned film having portions that are visually distinct (e.g, differently colored) from one another and...
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6943204 |
Process for the modification of elastomers with surface interpenetrating polymer networks and elastomers formed therefrom
A process for forming a surface modification on a polymer substrate and polymer substrates having such surface modifications. The process comprises the steps of absorbing a swelling monomer into...
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6936297 |
Siliconized surgical needles and methods for their manufacture
A siliconized surgical needle is provided which requires significantly less force to effect tissue penetration than a standard siliconized needle.
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6929819 |
Process for manufacturing a toilet training article containing effervescent agent
A toilet training article in the form of a toilet training pad containing an effervescent agent is disclosed. The toilet training pad, which may be an insertable pad or integrated directly into an...
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6926919 |
Method for fabricating a coating for a medical device
Methods for fabricating coatings for implantable medical devices are disclosed. The coatings include blends of hydrophilic and hydrophobic polymers. The methods provide for treatment of the...
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6921811 |
Bioactive coating composition and methods
The present invention provides a bioactive coating composition, method and devices for bodily fluid-contacting surfaces. The coating comprises a complex of Formula II: wherein R 1 is an C 1-18...
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6919100 |
Method for coating medical devices
Medical devices, and in particular implantable medical devices, may be coated to minimize or substantially eliminate a biological organism's reaction to the introduction of the medical device to...
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6913779 |
Process for the preparation of accelerated release formulations using compressed fluids
The following description refers to a process for the impregnation of cross-linked polymers with an active ingredient. The process is based on the used of compressed fluids, in particular CO 2 ,...
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6899914 |
Method of applying a marker element to an implant and an implant provided with a marker element
A method of applying a marker element ( 6; 6′; 6″; 25; 25′; 26; 28 ) to an implant ( 1; 1′; 1″; 1′″; 20; 20′ ), in particular a stent, intended for implantation in the human or...
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6897349 |
Silver-containing compositions, devices and methods for making
The present invention comprises methods and compositions for making a silver-containing antimicrobial hydrophilic material. More particularly, the present invention comprises methods and...
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