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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.
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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...
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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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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...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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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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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.
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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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;...
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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...
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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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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...
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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.
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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...
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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...
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7115300 |
Method of coating implantable medical devices
A method of coating a medical device, such as a stent is provided.
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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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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.
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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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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...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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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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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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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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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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,...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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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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