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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.
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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.
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7244272 |
Vascular prosthesis and method for production thereof
A vascular prosthesis comprising a first layer having a predetermined first porosity and a second layer having a predetermined second porosity, wherein the first layer and the second layer are each...
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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...
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7147659 |
Expandable stent having a dissolvable portion
An expandable stent having a covering which exhibits the characteristic of upon being activated by applying an agent to the covering, dissolving to expose a portion of the underlying stent. The...
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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.
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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...
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7060684 |
Device for treating diabetes and methods thereof
A composite supported vascular graft comprising Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF) and/or Platelet Derived Growth Factor (PDGF) for enhanced site-specific angiogenesis and methods thereof...
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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.
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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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6994723 |
Medical device made from self-stiffening composite
Medical devices are made from a self-stiffening composite including a base material, a polymerizer and a corresponding activator for the polymerizer. The medical devices have an initial...
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6984243 |
Abrasion resistant vascular graft
A stent-graft fabricated from a thin-walled, high strength material provides for a more durable and lower profile endoprosthesis. The stent-graft comprises one or more stent segments covered with a...
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6945949 |
Left ventricular conduits to coronary arteries and methods for coronary bypass
A method of treating a heart may include providing an implant having a first end and a second end, placing the implant in a heart wall between a heart chamber and a blood vessel such that the first...
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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...
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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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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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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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6926690 |
Transmyocardial shunt and its attachment mechanism, for left ventricular revascularization
A conduit is provided to provide a bypass around a blockage in the coronary artery. The conduit is adapted to be positioned in the myocardium or heart wall to provide a passage for blood to flow...
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6908624 |
Coating for implantable devices and a method of forming the same
Coatings for implantable devices or endoluminal prosthesis, such as stents, are provided, including a method of forming the coatings. The coatings can be used for the delivery of an active...
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6814753 |
Implantable tubular prosthesis
The present invention provides a soft-tissue prosthesis which is formed from a tubular textile substrate and a liner. The liner is affixed to the intraluminal surface of the tubular textile portion...
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6770086 |
Stent covering formed of porous polytetraflouroethylene
A porous polytetrafluoroethylene substrate is used in an endoprosthesis device. An elongate radially expandable tubular stent is also included with the porous PTFE substrate, and form the...
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6746773 |
Coatings for medical devices
The present invention includes biocompatible coatings and films for use on implantable medical devices and medical devices containing such coatings and films applied to a surface thereof, which...
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6719783 |
PTFE vascular graft and method of manufacture
An implantable microporous ePTFE tubular vascular graft exhibits long term patency, superior radial tensile strength and suture hole elongation resistance. The graft includes a first ePTFE tube and...
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6592614 |
Cuffed endoluminal prosthesis
The present invention provides controlled expansion endoluminal prostheses and methods for their deployment and expansion. The present stent-grafts generally comprise a radially expansible tubular...
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6572642 |
Method for treating a prosthesis having an apertured structure and associated devices
A prosthesis having an apertured structure is located in a chamber ( 11 ) which is taken to sub-atmospheric pressure. Once sub-atmospheric pressure has been reached, a liquid, optionally containing...
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6547820 |
High profile fabric graft for arteriovenous access
A fabric graft having a high external velour profile is provided. The textile graft may be woven or knitted to form a tubular prosthesis. The high external velour profile is provided by outwardly...
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6541116 |
Superoxide dismutase or superoxide dismutase mimic coating for an intracorporeal medical device
A method of providing a therapeutic, diagnostic or lubricious hydrophilic coating on an intracorporeal medical device and the coated device produced thereby, wherein the coating is durable. In one...
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6527802 |
Clad composite stent
A body compatible stent is formed of multiple filaments arranged in at least two sets of oppositely directed helical windings interwoven with one another in a braided configuration. Each of the...
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6506398 |
Device for treating diabetes and methods thereof
A vascular graft comprising Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF) and/or Platelet Derived Growth Factor (PDGF) for enhanced site-specific angiogenesis and methods thereof are disclosed. At...
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6482227 |
Stent graft having improved attachment within a body vessel
In accordance with the present invention there is provided an improved stent graft for insertion into a body vessel of a patient. The stent graft includes a hollow substantially cylindrical stent...
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6436135 |
Prosthetic vascular graft
A prosthetic vascular graft with walls less than O.8B millimeters in thickness and formed of highly expanded polytetrafluoroethylene with a microscopic superstructure of nodes and interconnecting...
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6402779 |
Balloon-assisted intraluminal stent graft
An intraluminal device such as a stent graft is formed of a conformable ePTFE tube and preferably a compressed self-expanding stent affixed to the tube. The conformable tube is made by a special...
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6368356 |
Medical devices comprising hydrogel polymers having improved mechanical properties
The invention provides a means of boosting the mechanical performance of shaped shaped medical devices comprising polymer hydrogels, such as stents, so that they may be more easily inserted into or...
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6358275 |
Tissue-derived vascular grafts and methods for making the same
Vascular grafts, and methods for making the same, are provided. The vascular grafts comprise a graft tissue derived from a biological source that is enclosed within an external synthetic sleeve....
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6319279 |
Laminated self-sealing vascular access graft
A vascular access graft that is radially supported and self-sealing upon puncture with, for example, a dialysis needle. The graft has at least one access segment that is formed by an inner layer,...
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6296863 |
Antimicrobial fabric and medical graft of the fabric
A medical graft, such as a vascular graft, made of a fabric containing an inorganic antimicrobial agent. The fabric has a coating material with the inorganic antimicrobial agent bonded to it, the...
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6287332 |
Implantable, bioresorbable vessel wall support, in particular coronary stent
An implantable, bioresorbable vessel wall support, in particular a coronary stent, comprises a combination of metal materials which dissolves in the human body without any harmful effects on the...
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6280760 |
Peptide-coated implants and methods for producing same
The invention describes the possibility of the biofunctionalization of biomaterials, in particular implants, by their made-to-measure coating with synthesized cell- or tissue-selective RGD peptides...
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6176875 |
Limited expansion endoluminal prostheses and methods for their use
The present invention provides controlled expansion endoluminal prostheses and methods for their deployment and expansion. The present stent-grafts generally comprise a radially expansible tubular...
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6171343 |
Ultra high molecular weight polyethylene components treated to resist shearing and frictional wear
The present invention provides methods for modifying surfaces made from metal alloy and/or UHMWPE, preferably surfaces which are frictionally engaged, e.g., in an orthopaedic implant. The methods...
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6124525 |
ACC synthase genes from pineapple, papaya and mango
New ACC synthase genes from pineapple, papaya and mango are disclosed which have utility as targets for the generation of transgenic plants in which the expression of ACC synthase is substantially...
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6120532 |
Graphite impregnated prosthetic vascular graft materials
The specification teaches thromboresistant compositions made of suitable biologically compatible plastic materials and a substance having a negative charge, e.g., graphite, incorporated therein in...
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6113627 |
Tubular stent consists of horizontal expansion struts and contralaterally attached diagonal-connectors
A circumferentially connected stent in a non-expanded state with a longitudinal axis, including a plurality of expansion struts forming a first expansion column, the first expansion column...
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6080198 |
Method for forming a yarn wrapped PTFE tubular prosthesis
An implantable microporous ePTFE tubular vascular graft exhibits long-term patency, superior radial tensile strength, reduction in tear propagation, and increases in suture retention strength and...
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6039755 |
Radially expandable tubular polytetrafluoroethylene grafts and method of making same
Tubular ePTFE materials which are capable of being radially expanded under the influence of a radially outward force applied from the lumen of the ePTFE tubular material to substantially uniformly...
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6027528 |
Composite material endoprosthesis
An endoprosthesis includes a body structure formed of a biocompatible material, the body structure including a first material having an average atomic number greater than 24 and a second material...
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5972441 |
Thin-wall polytetrafluoroethylene tube
A thin-wall PTFE (polytetrafluoroethylene) tube in the form of a tube of porous expanded PTFE film wherein the porous PTFE film has a microstructure containing a multiplicity of fibrils oriented...
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5863627 |
Hydrolytically-and proteolytically-stable polycarbonate polyurethane silicone copolymers
A biocompatible, biodurable polycarbonate polyurethane with internal polysiloxane segments and devices made therefrom.
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5800512 |
PTFE vascular graft
An implantable microporous ePTFE tubular vascular graft exhibits long term patency, superior radial tensile strength and suture hole elongation resistance. The graft includes a first ePTFE tube and...
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5609629 |
Coated implantable medical device
A coated implantable medical device 10 includes a structure 12 adapted for introduction into the vascular system, esophagus, trachea, colon, biliary tract, or urinary tract; at least one layer 18...
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