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7115300 Method of coating implantable medical devices  
A method of coating a medical device, such as a stent is provided.
7105199 Methods of adhering drugs to the surface of medical devices through ion beam surface modification  
Methods of implanting, applying, or adhering various drug molecules directly into or onto the surface of medical devices through gas cluster ion beam (GCIB) and/or monomer ion beam surface...
7105198 Method for coating stent  
A method of coating a stent includes immersing a portion of the stent into a coating liquid, and withdrawing the immersed portion of the stent from the coating liquid. The stent is simultaneously...
7094256 Coatings for implantable medical device containing polycationic peptides  
Coatings for implantable medical devices and methods for fabricating the same are disclosed. The coatings include carboxylated acrylates and polycationic peptides, for example R7.
7090888 Sustained release ophthalmological device and method of making and using the same  
A method of making an ophthalmological implant by applying a layer of pharmaceutical agent and an overlying layer of a bioerodible material, a biodegradable material, a bloavailable material or a...
7066904 Triggered release hydrogel drug delivery system  
The invention features a method for triggering release of a drug from a hydrogel polymer to tissue at a desired location of the body using a catheter. A portion of the catheter is coated on its...
7060319 method for using an ultrasonic nozzle to coat a medical appliance  
A method for coating a medical appliance includes suspending the medical appliance with a fluidizing gas flow and directing a coating onto an ultrasonic nozzle. The ultrasonic nozzle is directed...
7056550 Medical devices, drug coatings and methods for maintaining the drug coatings thereon  
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...
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,...
7048767 Nano-crystalline, homo-metallic, protective coatings  
The present invention provides orthopedic prosthesis having at least one metallic component that includes a metallic substrate on which an integrally formed nano-crystalline coating is formed. The...
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...
7048963 Layered aligned polymer structures and methods of making same  
This invention includes a method of producing a thin, oriented layer of polymer material. The material is preferably produced by the method of introducing a shearing flow to a free surface in a...
7037552 Coating dispensing system and method using a solenoid head for coating medical devices  
System and method for coating a medical appliance are provided. In accord with one embodiment, a system for applying a coating to a medical appliance having accessible patterned surfaces is...
7029688 Methods and compositions to prevent formation of adhesions in biological tissues  
The invention discloses materials that adsorb readily to the surfaces of body tissues in situ and provide a steric barrier between such tissues, so that tissue adhesions, which typically form...
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.
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,...
7001672 Laser based metal deposition of implant structures  
A method of depositing a hard wear resistant surface onto a porous or non-porous base material of a medical implant. The medical implant device formed by a Laser Based Metal Deposition (LBMD)...
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...
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...
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...
6984411 Method for roll coating multiple stents  
An improved method for high-volume production of coated stents with highly uniform stent coatings using a roll coating technique is provided. In a first embodiment, uncoated stents are placed onto...
6979348 Reflowed drug-polymer coated stent and method thereof  
The present invention provides a method of forming a drug-polymer coated stent. A polymeric coating is applied onto at least a portion of a stent framework and dried. A jet of heated gas is...
6979473 Method for fine bore orifice spray coating of medical devices and pre-filming atomization  
A method for spray deposition of small targets, such as medical devices like stents. The method includes the steps of positioning a spray nozzle body, which has a fine bore diameter to pressurize...
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...
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...
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...
6951664 Method of manufacturing an implantable device feedthrough assembly  
An implantable component including a feedthrough assembly and a method for forming the feedthrough assembly wherein a coating forming a fluid barrier over an insulator, an insulator-to-terminal pin...
6951053 Method of manufacturing a prosthesis  
The present invention provides a lumen support prosthesis composed of interlocking radial modules which is fabricated fully assembled from a signal piece shape, without welding or bonding. The...
6949266 Hydrophilic, lubricious medical devices having contrast for magnetic resonance imaging  
Disclosed are medical devices having lubricious coatings which are capable of producing magnetic resonance image in the presence of a suitable magnetic field. The medical devices are easy to...
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...
6936298 Antithrombogenic membrane mimetic compositions and methods  
The present Specification describes materials and methods which provide for improved performance of medical prostheses, including vascular graft material, artificial heart valves, and other...
6929818 Methods and clinical devices for the inhibition or prevention of mammalian cell growth  
Certain embodiments of the invention set forth materials and methods for inhibiting mammalian cell growth by use of a chemical material containing at least one biguanide group,...
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...
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...
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 ,...
6904658 Process for forming a porous drug delivery layer  
The present invention is directed to a process for forming a drug delivery device by electroplating onto a substrate a porous layer having pores of a controlled size and density and loading a drug...
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...
6896926 Method for applying an LbL coating onto a medical device  
The present invention provides an improved LbL-coating process for modifying the surface of a medical device, preferably an ophthalmic device, more preferably a contact lens. An LbL coating on a...
6887510 Method of using a stent mounting device to coat a stent  
A stent mounting device and a method of coating a stent using the device are provided.
6878399 Method for modifying the surface of biomedical articles  
The invention relates to a process for coating a material surface, comprising the steps of: (a) providing an inorganic or organic bulk material; (b) providing one or more polyionic materials at...
6875461 Method for coating of biotissue substrates  
In a method for coating a calcium phosphate compound on a biotissue substrate or, particularly, in case the biotissue substrate is biotissue, there is provided a method for coating of biotissue...
6865810 Methods of making medical devices  
A method of making a stent includes providing a tubular member having a first layer, the first layer and the tubular member having different compositions, removing a portion of the tubular member,...
6859986 Method system for loading a self-expanding stent  
A system for loading self-expanding stents into a stent delivery system that comprises a lubricious coating on one or more components to substantially reduce the frictional forces associated with...
6860600 Edge coated ophthalmic lenses  
The disclosure relates to the provision of a lens having front and back optical surfaces bound by a peripheral edge, wherein the peripheral edge is coated with an edge coating that strongly bonds...
6861087 Preparation method of biodegradable porous polymer scaffolds having an improved cell compatibility for tissue engineering  
A method for modifying surface of biodegradable porous polymer scaffold for tissue engineering using a low temperature plasma discharge apparatus, and particularly, a method for inducing the...
6855366 Nitric oxide-modified linear poly(ethylenimine) fibers and uses therefor  
A novel coating for medical devices provides nitric oxide delivery using nanofibers of linear poly(ethylenimine)diazeniumdiolate. Linear poly(ethylenimine)diazeniumdiolate releases nitric oxide...
6844023 Alumina insulation for coating implantable components and other microminiature devices  
A protective, biocompatible coating or encapsulation material protects and insulates a component or device intended to be implanted in living tissue. The coating or encapsulation material comprises...
6844024 Methods for coating implants  
A method of coating a polymer onto an implant having at least one interstice. The method includes (1) providing a solution containing a polymer; (2) applying the solution onto the implant; (3) and...
6835410 Bottle-brush type coatings with entangled hydrophilic polymer  
The invention relates to a process for coating a material surface comprising the steps of: (a) providing an inorganic or organic bulk material having covalently bound to its surface initiator...
6833153 Hemocompatible coatings on hydrophobic porous polymers  
The present invention relates to coating a porous, hydrophobic polymer with a hemocompatible coating and to the materials produced thereby. One embodiment of the present invention relates to the...
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