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7378106 Biologically absorbable coatings for implantable devices and methods for fabricating the same  
Coatings for an implantable medical device and a method of fabricating thereof are disclosed, the coatings comprising a biologically degradable, biologically erodable, and/or biologically...
7377939 Highly convertible endolumenal prostheses and methods of manufacture  
Endolumenal prostheses that readily and extensively convert from a delivery configuration to a deployed configuration are disclosed. Endolumenal prostheses may be fabricated from one or more shape...
7374570 Polymer compositions for intraluminal stent  
A polymer composition for use in forming a stent is described. The composition includes a monomer of an aliphatic ester of acrylic acid which has a glass transition temperature less than 25° C....
7371257 Stent lining  
The invention features a catheter assembly and methods for delivering a hydrogel-lined stent to a body lumen, and methods for lining a stent with a hydrogel. The assembly includes a catheter which...
7365133 Blends of poly(ester amide) polymers  
Provided herein is a poly(ester amide) (PEA) polymer blend and coatings and medical devices formed of the blend.
7329431 Stent and method of manufacturing stent  
A stent to be implanted in a lumen in a living body comprises a stent main body, and a polymer layer provided on a surface of the stent main body, wherein the polymer layer comprises a first...
7324675 Quantification of aortoiliac endoluminal irregularity  
A method to quantify the radial endoluminal irregularity of aortoiliac arteries is provided. Radial endoluminal outlines of a vessel of interest are determined. The cross sectional area is...
7318945 Laminated drug-polymer coated stent having dipped layers  
The present invention provides a method of applying a drug-polymer coating on a stent. A stent framework is dipped into a first polymeric solution including a first polymer, a first therapeutic...
7318944 Extrusion process for coating stents  
The present invention provides a method of coating a stent. A stent framework is provided. A polymeric mixture is injected through at least one inlet port in an extrusion die, and the polymeric...
7312299 Bioabsorbabl, 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...
7311980 Polyactive/polylactic acid coatings for an implantable device  
A polymeric coating for a medical device that comprises poly(lactic acid) and a block copolymer including blocks of poly(ethylene glycol) and poly(butylene terephthalate) is provided.
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...
7306625 Balloon expandable stent  
The present invention relates to a balloon expandable stent mounted on a balloon catheter, the entire assembly being overcoated with a coherent polymer coating, which is preferably substantially...
7300461 Intravascular stent with expandable coating  
An intravascular stent ( 26 ) has a surface coated with a biocompatible layer. The layer contains a diamond like nanocomposite material. This nanocomposite material comprises carbon, hydrogen,...
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,...
7285132 Polymer coated stent  
A tubular intraluminal prosthesis includes a PTFE or ePTFE tubular structure such as a graft, and a tubular diametrically deformable stent circumferentially surrounding the tubular structure. The...
7278195 Method for producing a coated medical support device  
Method for producing a coated medical support device capable of insertion into the body, the method including the procedures of applying a coating to a section of a work-piece, positioning the...
7261735 Local drug delivery devices and methods for maintaining the drug coatings thereon  
Local drug delivery medical devices are utilized to deliver therapeutic dosages of drugs, agents or compounds directly to the site where needed. The local drug delivery medical devices utilize...
7247364 Coating for implantable medical devices  
An implantable medical device, such as a stent, is disclosed having a coating. The coating includes a poly(butylene terephthalate-co-ethylene glycol)polymer. The coating can also include a drug.
7238199 Method and apparatus for stent deployment with enhanced delivery of bioactive agents  
A stent for use in animals including humans is disclosed which includes unprotected and protected regions, each protected regions including a bioactive or biopenetrating agent containing therein...
7220276 Endovascular graft coatings  
An endovascular graft, having both an expandable stent portion and a stent cover portion positioned, the graft itself and/or a stent cover-portion coated with a bioactive agent adapted to promote...
7211108 Vascular grafts with amphiphilic block copolymer coatings  
One aspect of the invention relates to a graft, a surface of which is coated with an amphiphilic block copolymer that includes both hydrophobic and hydrophilic polymer chains. An amphiphilic block...
7208011 Implantable medical device with drug filled holes  
The present invention relates to implantable medical devices for delivery of therapeutic agents, such as drugs, to a patient. More particularly, the invention relates to a device having therapeutic...
7198675 Stent mandrel fixture and method for selectively coating surfaces of a stent  
A stent mandrel fixture for supporting a stent during the application of a coating substance is provided. A method supporting a stent during the application of a coating substance is also provided.
7195640 Coated medical devices for the treatment of vulnerable plaque  
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...
7195628 Atrial fibrillation therapy with pulmonary vein support  
A system and method for treatment of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation by destruction of conductive pathways between the pulmonary veins and the left atrium. A stent is delivered by catheter to the...
7186789 Bioabsorbable, biobeneficial polyester polymers for use in drug eluting 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...
7175658 Artificial vascular grafts, their construction and use  
The present invention relates to artificial vascular grafts, methods for manufacturing and uses for them. The grafts are coated on their lumen with UP50. The grafts comprise an inner surface on...
7172624 Medical device with magnetic resonance visibility enhancing structure  
A medical device that inhibits distortion of medical resonance images taken of the device. In particular, various structures are utilized to allow visibility proximate, and inside of, a tubular...
7144419 Drug-polymer coated stent with blended phenoxy and 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 polymeric blend of...
7118592 Covered stent assembly for reduced-shortening during stent expansion  
A polymeric material such as polyurethane, PET, or ePTFE is used to cover an intravascular stent. The cover material has an overlapping portion which is slidable upon itself so that when the stent...
7115691 Polymer compositions for intraluminal stent  
A polymer composition for use in forming a stent is described. The composition includes a monomer of an aliphatic ester of acrylic acid which has a glass transition temperature less than 25° C....
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.
7063884 Stent coating  
A stent comprising a coating layer is disclosed. The coating layer has a hydrophobic component and a hydrophilic component, wherein a region of the coating layer on or about the outermost surface...
7063720 Covered stent with controlled therapeutic agent diffusion  
A covered stent includes a generally tubular stent body having inner and outer stent body surfaces. A sleeve of porous material encloses the stent body and has inner and outer portions opposed to...
7056591 Hydrophobic biologically absorbable coatings for drug delivery devices and methods for fabricating the same  
A polymer coating for medical devices based on polyorthoesters and methods for fabricating the coating are disclosed.
7056339 Drug delivery platform  
A stent based drug delivery system. A biological agent of interest is entrapped within a matrix, which is loaded into channels on the surface of a stent. The matrix allows for release, usually...
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,...
7052512 Fluorescent dyed lubricant for medical devices  
A composition and method for detecting the presence, location and uniformity of a lubricious coating on a medical device. The method includes the steps of preparing a mixture of a biocompatible...
7037332 Medical device with coating that promotes endothelial cell adherence  
A medical device coated with one or more antibodies and one or more layers of a matrix is disclosed. The antibodies or fragments thereof react with an endothelial cell surface antigen. Also...
7022135 Film with highly porous vascular graft prostheses  
A vascular graft prosthesis having ingrowth-permissive lumenal wall features with a thin film or layer of sealant-like material placed at a lumenal wall location to promote improved transmural...
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.
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...
6981987 Removable stent for body lumens  
A removable stent for implantation into a lumen in a human body. The stent is made from a soft, flexible fiber having an outer surface. An outer bioabsorbable/degradable coating is applied to the...
6979346 System and method for improved stent retention  
An implantable medical device, such as a stent, having roughened areas on an inner surface of the device for enhancing frictional contact between the medical device and a delivery system, such as a...
6974475 Angioplasty stent  
A prosthesis for use in preventing restenosis after angioplasty is formed of plastic or sheet metal, and is expandable and contractable for placement. The prosthesis can be inserted while in a...
6972054 Coupling device for a stent support fixture  
A coupling device to connect a stent support fixture to a processing apparatus is provided.
6955723 Mandrel for supporting a stent and method of using the mandrel to coat a stent  
A device for supporting a stent is disclosed. The device includes a mandrel and a gear. The gear allows for rotation of the stent during a coating process.
6939377 Coated vascular grafts and methods of use  
A vascular graft, such as an AAA stent graft, includes a core zone of PET fabric with a non-porous coating comprising a polyurethane, such as Thoralon®, disposed on at least one surface. The...
6938668 Manufacturing medical devices by vapor deposition  
A method of forming a medical device, the method including the steps of providing a substrate, depositing a metallic layer on the substrate by a vapor deposition process, and removing the metallic...
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