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7387836 |
Aziridine compounds and their use in medical devices
There are disclosed novel uses of aziridine compounds. The aziridine compounds can be formed into films by plasma deposition on a wide variety of substrates. The films prevent biofouling, impart...
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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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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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7294357 |
Plasma coated sutures
Suture filaments coated by a plasma polymerization process exhibit a good balance of knot run down and knot security characteristics, superior tissue drag characteristics, and improved fray...
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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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7172785 |
Process for deposition of metal on a surface
The invention relates to a process for depositing a metal on a material. The process comprises the steps of: immersing the material in deposition solution comprising the metal; inducing a material...
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7144976 |
Coumarin endcapped absorbable polymers
The present invention includes photocurable, liquid polymers incorporating coumarin ester endgroups into their molecular structure, which polymers are crosslinked upon irradiation with ultraviolet...
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7132122 |
Direct micro-patterning of lipid bilayers using UV light and selected uses thereof
This invention provides novel methods for creation of patterned lipid bilayer membranes as well as methods for refunctionalization of such patterned membranes with selected components. Such...
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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...
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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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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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6951463 |
Dental and oralogic composition
The first embodiment of present invention provides a composition, which includes: (a) a photocatalytic titanium oxide or a photocatalytic titanium oxide precursor; (b) at least one selected from...
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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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6936345 |
Method for providing fibers or non-woven fabric with an anti-microbial finish
A process for antibacterially finishing a polymeric substrate involving: (a) providing a polymeric substrate made from a compound selected from the group consisting of a polyolefin, a polyester,...
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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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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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6905724 |
Derivatization of support surfaces
The present invention relates to a process for derivatizing supports on a carriers, wherein a functional group is activated on a support surface by reaction with an activating reagent and then...
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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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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...
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6881434 |
Process for making sutures having improved knot tensile strength
A process for improving the knot tensile strength of a braided suture while maintaining its first throw holding characteristics includes the steps of applying a biocompatible co-polymer to the...
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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...
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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...
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6846508 |
Method for adhering substrates using adhesive devices containing silicone gels
A method for adhering a first substrate to a second substrate using a double sided adhesive device based on silicone gels. The method is particularly useful for adhering a medical prosthesis to a...
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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...
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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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6827966 |
Diffusion-controllable coatings on medical device
The present invention provides a method for forming on a medical device, preferably an ophthalmic lens, more preferably a contact lens, a diffusion-controllable coating capable of controlling the...
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6808739 |
Drying method for selectively removing volatile components from wet coatings
Method of selectively removing volatile components from a composition, comprising coating the composition onto a first substrate surface of a substrate, wherein the composition comprises a...
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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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6780504 |
Active substance-containing multi-layer film of hydrophilic polymers crosslinked in situ
A multi-layered film which contains an active substance and which is made of film-forming polymers. The film comprises at least one covering layer, at least one layer containing the active...
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6764710 |
Light emitting markers for use with substrates
A method of determining whether a substrate has been subjected to an energy source. In one embodiment, the method includes the steps of providing a polymeric surface, providing a light emitting...
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6730111 |
Surgical tipping apparatus
An apparatus and method for ultrasonically forming a surgical suture tip from a length of unfinished surgical suture material. The apparatus includes a first tipping die having a first face for...
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6712838 |
Braided suture with improved knot strength and process to produce same
The present invention discloses a process for producing a braided suture having an improved knot strength comprising heating a braided suture coated with a low molecular weight biocompatible...
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6676987 |
Coating a medical appliance with a bubble jet printing head
System and method for coating a medical appliance is provided. In accord with one embodiment, a system for applying a coating to a medical appliance having accessible patterned surfaces is...
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6673453 |
Coatings appropriate for medical devices
Biocompatible, lubricious, highly durable coatings for medical devices are formed from a highly adherent base coat and a hydrophilic top-coat which is chemically grafted to the base coat. The base...
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6669980 |
Method for spray-coating medical devices
A method for spray-coating a medical device by using a nozzle apparatus having a chamber that is connected to at least one opening for dispensing a coating formulation. Such method comprises (a)...
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6652902 |
Gels and multilayer surface structures from boronic acid containing polymers
Boronic acid containing polymers are used to form bioinert gels and multilayer surface structures. These polymers form crosslinked hydrogels, which are highly swollen in water. The crosslinking can...
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6632805 |
Methods for using water-stabilized organosilanes
A method of dyeing and treating a substrate using a water-stabilized organosilane. A method of antimicrobially treating a food article. A method of antimicrobially coating a fluid container. A...
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6632470 |
Methods for surface modification
A method of modifying surfaces of a device, for example, a medical device, is disclosed. The method includes modifying a surface of a device by providing a device, exposing the device to a reactive...
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6627258 |
Film for medical use, consisting of linear block polymers of polyurethane and a method for the production of such a film
Porous films for medical use are provided comprising linear block polymers of polyurethane and urea containing hydrolyzable ester groups which are spaced along the carbon chain backbone of the film...
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6627249 |
Method of enhancing blood absorbence by superabsorbent material
The blood absorbence properties, e.g., free swell blood absorbence capacity and after load blood absorbence capacity of superabsorbent materials is enhanced by combining the superabsorbent...
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6627246 |
Process for coating stents and other medical devices using super-critical carbon dioxide
This invention provides an improved process for coating medical and surgical devices and the like using super-critical fluids.
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6623786 |
Method for hydrogel surface treatment
A method of modifying the surface characteristics of a polymeric hydrogel, and a polymer article formed therefrom, without causing substantial swelling or distortion or the hydrogel. A preferred...
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6623785 |
Pharmaceutical dispensing apparatus and method
An apparatus and method for manufacturing a pharmaceutical dose which dispenses a variable selectable quantity of at least one pharmaceutical onto a pharmaceutical receiving medium. The quantity of...
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6616793 |
Production of multilayered thin plasters comprising a carrier material based on polyurethane
A process for producing multilayered thin plasters with a carrier material based on polyurethane with the steps of applying at least one layer of uncured polyurethane to a transfer layer, applying...
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6610350 |
Method of modifying ophthalmic lens surface by plasma generated at atmospheric pressure
A method of modifying a surface of an ophthalmic lens, includes the steps of: generating plasma at an atmospheric pressure between electrodes of a plasma generating device; and blowing the plasma...
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6589591 |
Method for treating medical devices using glycerol and an antimicrobial agent
A non-metallic medical device treated with a antimicrobial agents is provided. Different combinations of antimicrobial agents can be used for different types of non-metallic medical devices...
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6589590 |
Composite material and methods of making the same
A method of making artificial bone comprises providing a membrane of collagen with solutions of calcium ions and of phosphate ions on opposite sides of the membrane. The calcium ions and phosphate...
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