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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5728751 | Bonding bio-active materials to substrate surfaces A medical device having a bio-active coating is prepared by providing a polymeric substrate having hydroxyl and/or amine functionality on a surface thereof and applying the bio-active coating to the surface. The bio-active coating is the reaction product ... | 03/17/1998 |
| 5718723 | Artificial blood vessel and process for producing the same This invention provides a more functionalized artificial blood vessel which can be organized by independently designing its inner and outer surfaces and endowing them with respectively different biocompatibilities, as well as a process for producing the s... | 02/17/1998 |
| 5713949 | Microporous covered stents and method of coating A coated microporous stent and method of coating are disclosed. The inventive stent consists of a tubular member made from a flat sheet assembled together in a tube with the ends of the sheet assembled together through a technique such as surface fusing. ... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5634946 | Polymeric endoluminal paving process A method for applying a paving material to a tissue surface is described. The method involves positioning a non-fluent polymeric material at the surface to be paved, rendering the material fluent, contacting the fluent polymer with the tissue surface, and... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5464449 | Internal graft prosthesis and delivery system A resilient tubular graft is delivered into place within a body passage by elongating the graft to reduce its diameter and then directing the graft to the desired position while in the elongated condition. The graft is carried into position by a pair of e... | 11/07/1995 |
| 5443496 | Intravascular radially expandable stent A radially expandable stent for implantation within a body lumen having a generally cylindrical body with open proximal and distal ends, the cylindrical body comprising a plurality of metal elements joined to allow flexing of the cylindrical body along th... | 08/22/1995 |
| 5423886 | Cyclically deformable haemocompatible and biocompatible devices coated with biocompatible carbonaceous material There are disclosed devices for conditioning a blood flow which include at least one element with portions which are exposed to the blood and are deformable cyclically at a frequency comparable to the frequency of the heartbeat, in which the cyclically de... | 06/13/1995 |
| 5370684 | Prosthesis of polymeric material coated with biocompatible carbon A prosthetic device which includes a turbostratic biocompatible carbon film firmly adherent to a substrate and having a density of at least 2.1 g/cm3. The carbon preferably is very thin, e.g. , less than about one micron. The thin carbon biocom... | 12/06/1994 |
| 5316023 | Method for bilateral intra-aortic bypass A bilateral intra-aortic bypass graft and method and apparatus for repairing an abdominal aortic aneurysm includes two tubular grafts which are intraluminally delivered to the aorta and secured to the aorta by the expansion and deformation of two expandab... | 05/31/1994 |
| 5207706 | Method and means for gold-coating implantable intravascular devices Implantable vascular prostheses, formed of synthetic, woven fibers are coated with a thin layer of metallic gold sufficient to create a continuous coating over the surfaces of the fibers that come into contact with blood. The coating is applied by vapor d... | 05/04/1993 |
| 5152782 | Non-porous coated PTFE graft A non-porous coated PTFE graft includes a PTFE tube having a conventional porous inner cylindrical wall and a non-porous elastomeric coating applied over at least a portion of the outer cylindrical wall of the PTFE tube to render such portion of the outer... | 10/06/1992 |
| 5015253 | Non-woven endoprosthesis A generally tubular endoprosthesis or stent that includes a non-woven structure formed by two or more generally helically shaped cylinders of stiff strand material is provided. The strand material forming the non-woven structure is preferably secured toge... | 05/14/1991 |
| 4990158 | Synthetic semiabsorbable tubular prosthesis A composite yarn possessing a nonabsorbable, elastic core yarn component and an absorbable, relatively inelastic sheath yarn component is employed in the manufacture of a porous tubular prosthesis useful, e.g., in vascular reconstruction.... | 02/05/1991 |
| 4955899 | Longitudinally compliant vascular graft A longitudinally compliant PTFE graft is provided by compressing at least a portion of a porous PTFE tube along its longitudinal axis and coating at least the outer wall of the compressed portion of the PTFE tube with a biocompatible elastomer for allowin... | 09/11/1990 |
| 4871366 | Soft tissue implants for promoting tissue adhesion to same A soft tissue implant comprises a flexible main body portion, having tissue-facing surfaces and a thin layer of pure titanium covering the tissue-facing surfaces. A method of promoting tissue adhesion of a soft tissue host to the tissue-facing surfaces of... | 10/03/1989 |
| 4776337 | Expandable intraluminal graft, and method and apparatus for implanting an expandable intraluminal graft An expandable intraluminal vascular graft is expanded within a blood vessel by an angioplasty balloon associated with a catheter to dilate and expand the lumen of a blood vessel. The graft may be a wire mesh tube, having a biologically inert coating there... | 10/11/1988 |
| 4739762 | Expandable intraluminal graft, and method and apparatus for implanting an expandable intraluminal graft An expandable and deformable intraluminal vascular graft is expanded within a blood vessel by an angioplasty balloon associated with a catheter to dilate and expand the lumen of a blood vessel. The graft may be a thin-walled tubular member having a plural... | 04/26/1988 |
| 4711820 | Method of siliconization of surfaces with lower alkyl silanes A method of treating a surface to be contacted by a protein-containing fluid reduces protein adsorption to the surface. The method comprises coating or siliconizing the surface with a lower alkyl silane selected from the group consisting of monoalkyl sila... | 12/08/1987 |
| 4537791 | Carbon coating of grafts or catheters An internally carbon coated graft or catheter and method of coating said grafts and catheters through the use of a carbon rod or a metal rod having a carbon pellet at its end coaxially positioned within the substrate's lumen. The graft may be concentrical... | 08/27/1985 |
| 4378224 | Coating for bioprosthetic device and method of making same A coating and integral treatment for improving the biophysical stability of bioprosthetic devices after implantation, particularly with respect to calcification, and, specifically, a method for treating animal tissues, such as heart valves, to provide imp... | 03/29/1983 |
| 4304010 | Tubular polytetrafluoroethylene prosthesis with porous elastomer coating A tubular prosthesis comprising a porous tubing of polytetrafluoroethylene having a micro structure composed of fibers and nodes connected to one another by said fibers, said fibers being radially distributed, and a porous coating on the outside surface o... | 12/08/1981 |
| 4182339 | Anastomotic device and method An anastomotic device and method for receiving the free ends of flexible tubing to be anastomosed, the device has a pliable sleeve with its opposite ends rolled outwardly upon themselves to form relatively firm ring members to engage and secure the free e... | 01/08/1980 |
| 3975350 | Hydrophilic or hydrogel carrier systems such as coatings, body implants and other articles Improved active agent systems with novel carriers as membrane, release, and coating polymers for said active agents; the polymers are water absorptive polyurethane polymers prepared from resins having a low ratio of carbon to oxygen to nitrogen or having ... | 08/17/1976 |