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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6652581 | Medical device with porous surface for controlled drug release and method of making the same The medical devices of the invention have a portion with a porous surface for release of at least one biologically active agent therefrom. The porous surface is made of a material such as a polymer having a plurality of voids. To load the porous surface w... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6627209 | Surgical stent and method for preventing occlusion of stented vessels and conduits after implantation of stents The invention is of the design for, and a method of use of, an improved surgical stent. The stent is coated with a slow-release calcium channel blocker agent which interrupts the accumulation or deposition of fibrotic tissue as occurs in the process of re... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6585765 | Implantable device having substances impregnated therein and a method of impregnating the same The present invention provides a method of impregnating an implantable device, such as a vascular graft or a covering adapted to be disposed over a prosthesis. The substances may be impregnated within the implantable device as a passive coating or as a de... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6547812 | Radiation therapy using a radioactive implantable device and a radiosensitizer agent A method and apparatus for inhibiting vascular restenosis using a radioactive implantable medical device and a radiosensitizer agent. In one embodiment, the method of the invention includes implanting a medical device at a blood vessel site that has under... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6530951 | Silver implantable medical device A silver 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 of a bioactive material posited on one surface of structure... | 03/11/2003 |
| 6485512 | Two-stage light curable stent and delivery system An expandable stent including a light and water curable resin embedded in a stent wall wherein the wall is formed to be transmissive to light for curing the resin and transmissive to fluid for further curing of the resin. A catheter delivery system may be... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6461665 | Process for preparing surface modification substances The present invention relates to a process for preparing surface modifications having an improved antithrombogenic activity, whereby the improvement is achieved by treating heparin at a temperature above 40° C. or a pH in the rage of 9-14 or in contact w... | 10/08/2002 |
| 5383927 | Non-thromogenic vascular prosthesis The present invention provides vascular prostheses free of any substance that counteracts an anticoagulant comprising a base material, the base material having inner and outer surfaces, wherein the outer surface has a layer of a material capable of reduci... | 01/24/1995 |
| 5197977 | Drug delivery collagen-impregnated synthetic vascular graft A collagen impregnated vascular graft including drug materials complexed with the collagen to be released slowly from the graft following implant. The graft is a porous synthetic vascular graft substrate having collagen fixed to the graft substrate and cr... | 03/30/1993 |
| 5035708 | Endothelial cell procurement and deposition kit The invention is an endothelial cell procurement and deposition kit for collecting fat from a patient, processing said fat to produce an endothelial cell deposition product, and depositing said product on the surface of a graft, all under sterile conditio... | 07/30/1991 |
| 4804381 | Artificial vessel The arterial vessel is made of a microporous membrane having pores which are filled with a permeable gel or which are closed over by a thin porous layer. A monolayer of endothelial cells is provided on the internal surface for exposure to the blood flow a... | 02/14/1989 |
| 4784659 | Vessel and prosthesis impregnated with diisocyanate crosslinked gelatin The invention relates to vessel prostheses formed from a porous vascular prosthesis impregnated with diisocyanate crosslinked gelatin for sealing the pores.... | 11/15/1988 |
