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7390524 Method for electrostatic spraying of an abluminal stent surface  
A method for electrostatic spraying of an abluminal surface of a stent is provided.
7390523 Method of forming a diffusion barrier layer for implantable devices  
A method of forming a diffusion barrier for an implantable medical device carrying a therapeutic or bioactive substance is disclosed. The diffusion barrier reduces the rate at which the therapeutic...
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.
7384660 Implantable device having substances impregnated therein and a method of impregnating the same  
A method of impregnating an implantable device, such as a vasclar graft or a covering adapted to be disposed over a prosthesis, is provided. The substances may be impregnated within the implantable...
7374791 Method for making and measuring a coating on the surface of a medical device using an ultraviolet laser  
This invention relates to a method for manufacturing an implantable medical device, having a surface covered with a coating that can include a desired amount of a biologically active material,...
7371424 Method and apparatus for coating a medical device using a coating head  
Methods and apparatuses for coating surface of medical devices using coating heads are disclosed. In one embodiment, the invention includes a coating method using a coating head, wherein the...
7357793 Polymers of fluorinated and hydrophilic monomers  
A polymer blend that contains a polymer of fluorinated monomers and another biocompatible polymer. The polymer blend can form a coating on a medical device. The medical device can be used for...
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.
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...
7323210 Method for depositing a coating onto a surface of a prosthesis  
A patterned coating on a prosthesis, for example a stent, and a method for forming the coating are disclosed. Additionally, an apparatus for forming the patterned coating is disclosed.
7323209 Apparatus and method for coating stents  
An apparatus and method is provided for forming coatings on stents. The apparatus includes a temperature adjusting element that can increase or decrease the temperature of the stent. The apparatus...
7301001 Bioabsorbable, biobeneficial polyester polymers for stent coatings  
This disclosure covers polymers, some of which are useful in medical device applications. Some of these medical devices are implantable within a mammalian body, such as in a body lumen. The...
7297159 Selective coating of medical devices  
Methods for coating different regions of an implantable device are disclosed. An embodiment of the method includes dipping a first portion of the implantable device into a first coating substance,...
7285304 Fluid treatment of a polymeric coating on an implantable medical device  
A method of manufacturing an implantable medical device including applying a composition to an implantable medical device, the composition including a polymer, an active agent and a solvent;...
7276271 Polymer fiber tubular structure having kinking resistance  
An apparatus for forming a tubular structure from a liquefied polymer, the apparatus comprising: (a) a dispenser for dispensing the liquefied polymer; (b) a precipitation electrode being at a first...
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...
7255891 Method for coating implantable medical devices  
A method for coating an implantable medical device that has the steps of applying a polymer composition onto the device, the polymer composition including a solution of a polymer in a solvent, and...
7175874 Apparatus and method for coating implantable devices  
A coating for implantable devices, such as stents, and a method of making the same is disclosed. Moreover, an apparatus for depositing the coating is disclosed.
7175873 Rate limiting barriers for implantable devices and methods for fabrication thereof  
A method of coating an implantable medical device, such as a stent, is disclosed. The method includes applying a formulation on a first polymer layer containing a therapeutic substance to form a...
7151139 Antimicrobial polymeric surfaces  
Bactericidal compositions are disclosed that comprise a polymeric compound immobilized on a material. Medical devices are also disclosed which comprise such a bactericidal composition. Methods are...
7115300 Method of coating implantable medical devices  
A method of coating a medical device, such as a stent is provided.
7115299 Balloon catheter for delivering therapeutic agents  
A method for making a drug delivery device, wherein a composition is applied onto a porous inflatable member, the porous inflatable member integrated at a distal end of a catheter-based device, and...
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...
7083822 Overlapping coated stents  
The present invention avoids a patient receiving a double dose of a therapeutic agent when a coated stent is overlapped with another coated stent within a vessel. A stent having a therapeutic...
7077860 Method of reducing or eliminating thrombus formation  
An implantable stent is coated with a material that attracts heparin and with which heparin forms a bond. The stent is exposed to a heparin containing solution just prior to implantation or is...
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...
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...
7022372 Compositions for coating implantable medical devices  
A method for coating an implantable medical device, comprising dissolving a polymer in a solvent mixture which includes co-solvents having low viscosity, low surface energy or low dielectric constant.
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.
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...
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...
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...
6918929 Drug-polymer coated stent with pegylated styrenic block copolymers  
The present invention provides a system for treating a vascular condition, including a catheter, a stent coupled to the catheter, a drug-polymer coating on the stent including a grafted styrenic...
6908622 Optimized dosing for drug coated stents  
The inventors have found that both the drug dose and drug release profiles are significant factors for the safety and efficacy of drug coated stents. The inventors have identified optimum dosing...
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...
6837903 Vascular biomaterial devices and methods  
Vascular biomaterial structures may be coated with a plasma-induced layer on their surface. Vascular biomaterial structures may include cardiovascular devices such as heart valves, stents, vascular...
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...
6821549 Process for coating a surface of a stent  
The invention relates to a method of coating a surface of a stent by contacting the stent with a coating solution containing a coating material, inserting a thread through the lumen of the stent,...
6818247 Ethylene vinyl alcohol-dimethyl acetamide composition and a method of coating a stent  
A composition comprising an ethylene vinyl alcohol copolymer and a dimethyl acetamide solvent is provided for forming a coating on prostheses such as stents. The composition can include an active...
6808738 Method of making anti-microbial polymeric surfaces  
The present invention is a method for the modification of the surfaces of polymeric materials with polymer coatings that may be subsequently treated to be lubricious and anti-microbial. The method...
6805898 Surface features of an implantable medical device  
An implantable medical device, such as a stent or graft, having asperities on a designated region of its outer surface is disclosed. The asperities can serve to improve retention of one or more...
6803069 Method for imparting a bio-active coating  
Disclosed are implantable medical devices with enhanced patency. Expanded polytetrafluoroethylene small caliber vascular grafts coated with polymer bound bio-active agents that exhibit enhanced...
6797311 Process for impregnating a porous material with a cross-linkable composition  
A process for impregnating a porous material with a cross-linkable composition is disclosed. The degree of impregnation and placement of the cross-linkable composition within the pores of the...
6787179 Sterilization of bioactive coatings  
The invention provides a method for single-step surface modification, grafting and sterilization for bio-active coating on materials and biomaterials used in medical devices, such as catheters,...
6776792 Coated endovascular stent  
An implantable stent is coated with a material that attracts heparin and with which heparin forms a bond. The stent is exposed to a heparin containing solution just prior to implantation or is...
6764505 Variable surface area stent  
A stent of variable surface area as determined by stent struts. The stent can have a variable surface area per unit length which accommodates a therapeutic agent. A patterned distribution of...
6723373 Device and process for coating stents  
A stent is positioned on an undersized mandrel and the stent is coated with an excess of a polymer and drug solution. The stent is rotated to spin off the excess of the coating. The stent is then...
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