Class 623/1.54 - Fiber

Subclass of Class 623 - Prosthesis (i.e., artificial body members), parts thereof, or aids and accessories therefor
Definition: Subject matter wherein the material is formed from plurality
No. of patents: 38
Last issue date: 08/19/2008

Number	Title	Issue Date
7413575	Nanofibrous biocomposite prosthetic vascular graft The present invention provides a bioactive, small-diameter (typically less than 6 mm in internal diameter) vascular graft prosthesis, and is a textile conduit preferably manufactured using a novel electrospinning perfusion methodology. One preferred embodiment is a ...	08/19/2008
7367990	Thread for vascular stent and vascular stent using the thread A thread for forming a vascular stent implanted in vessels is provided. This thread is formed by melt-spinning a biodegradable polymer. On the surface of the thread, there is formed a layer of a drug-containing biodegradable polymer of the same sort as the biodegrad...	05/06/2008
7353066	Self-sealing insulation employed on a catheter or lead An implantable electrical medical lead for a pulse generator includes a distal electrode, a connector for electrical connection with the pulse generator, an electrical conductor within the lead extending between the connector and the distal electrode, and an insulat...	04/01/2008
7323233	Sheath materials and processes Sheath materials and processes are disclosed. For example, hypotube sheaths and processes of making hypotube sheaths are disclosed. Devices and systems, including medical devices and systems, such as catheters, containing hypotube sheaths are also disclosed. ...	01/29/2008
7318838	Smart textile vascular graft The smart textile vascular graft is used with an electrical control unit. The vascular graft includes a tube structure formed of a textile material. At least one active fiber is incorporated in the textile material. The active fiber provides electrical coupling ther...	01/15/2008
7309461	Ultrasonic crimping of a varied diameter vascular graft A method of crimping a varied diameter graft is includes the steps of (i) providing a flat-woven tubular graft having an enlarged woven bulbous portion disposed between flat-woven tubular ends, wherein the flat-woven diameter of the bulbous section is greater than t...	12/18/2007
7300662	Drug/drug delivery systems for the prevention and treatment of vascular disease A drug and drug delivery system may be utilized in the treatment of vascular disease. A local delivery system is coated with rapamycin or other suitable drug, agent or compound and delivered intraluminally for the treatment and prevention of neointimal hyperplasia f...	11/27/2007
7229473	Local delivery of rapamycin for treatment of proliferative sequelae associated with PTCA procedures, including delivery using a modified stent Methods of preparing intravascular stents with a polymeric coating containing macrocyclic lactone (such as rapamycin or its analogs), stents and stent graphs with such coatings, and methods of treating a coronary artery with such devices. The macrocyclic lactone-bas...	06/12/2007
7223286	Local delivery of rapamycin for treatment of proliferative sequelae associated with PTCA procedures, including delivery using a modified stent Methods of preparing intravascular stents with a polymeric coating containing macrocyclic lactone (such as rapamycin or its analogs), stents and stent graphs with such coatings, and methods of treating a coronary artery with such devices. The macrocyclic lactone-bas...	05/29/2007
7217286	Local delivery of rapamycin for treatment of proliferative sequelae associated with PTCA procedures, including delivery using a modified stent Methods of preparing intravascular stents with a polymeric coating containing macrocyclic lactone (such as rapamycin or its analogs), stents and stent graphs with such coatings, and methods of treating a coronary artery with such devices. The macrocyclic lactone-bas...	05/15/2007
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 copolymer coating according to the invention can serve as a carrier f...	05/01/2007
7147455	Method and apparatus for shape forming endovascular graft material Methods and devices for molding a desired configuration into an endovascular graft section that is made of a plurality of layers of fusible material. Layers of fusible material are disposed on a shape forming mandrel with seams in the layers that may be configured t...	12/12/2006
7083697	Porous spun polymeric structures and method of making same A non-woven polymeric matrix for separating leukocytes from a blood sample includes a non-woven three dimensional matrix formed from polymeric fibers having a predetermined pore volume fraction including a defined channel configuration, a predetermined pore size in ...	08/01/2006
7060087	Intraluminal lining The present invention is directed to a prosthesis for implantation within a body lumen. The prosthesis includes a biocompatible elongate intraluminal liner in the form of a graft, with a biocompatible adhesive being disposed on an exterior surface of the graft. The ...	06/13/2006
7037304	Implantable system for cell growth control An implantable infection shield and system for drug delivery in vascular tissue includes a relatively non-biodegradable porous linked fibrous biomaterial which controls and directs cell growth and angiogenesis from adjacent vascular tissue into the implant. Infectio...	05/02/2006
6939374	Stents, stenting systems, and related methods for agent delivery A stenting system for insertion into the lumen of a body duct or vessel for delivering a therapeutic agent to a treatment site on the duct or vessel. The stenting system includes an a tubular stent member having a lumen there through to allow the passage of material...	09/06/2005
6926735	Multi-lumen vascular grafts having improved self-sealing properties The present invention provides an implantable graft, including a primary tubular body having a first outer wall surface and a first inner wall surface defining a primary blood contacting lumen, and a secondary tubular body having a second outer wall surface and a se...	08/09/2005
6663667	Towel graft means for enhancing tissue ingrowth in vascular grafts A woven vascular graft having a texturized outer surface to promote tissue ingrowth into the graft. The outer surface of the graft is equipped with a plurality of threads that are woven into, and extend from, the outer surface. The threads may be arranged...	12/16/2003
6605294	Methods of using in situ hydration of hydrogel articles for sealing or augmentation of tissue or vessels Pharmaceutically acceptable hydrogel polymers of natural, recombinant or synthetic origin, or hybrids thereof, are introduced in a dry, less hydrated, or substantially deswollen state and rehydrate in a physiological environment to undergo a volumetric ex...	08/12/2003
6190407	Medical article with adhered antimicrobial metal A variety of new ways can be used for associating antimicrobial elemental metal with a medical article. The associated antimicrobial metal reduces the risk of infection associated with the medical use of the medical article. New medical articles are produ...	02/20/2001
5653747	Luminal graft endoprostheses and manufacture thereof A luminal endovascular graft or endoprosthesis having a tubular support which expands between a first diameter and a second, larger diameter is provided with an expandable porous coating which is applied over either or both of the internal cylindrical sur...	08/05/1997
5476507	Vascular prostheses A vascular prosthesis is disclosed which excels in expansibility and allows satisfactory attachment thereto of cells and tissues. This vascular prosthesis is obtained by air-jet entangling a mass of yarns containing in at least a part thereof an elastic b...	12/19/1995
5415619	Method of manufacturing a vascular graft impregnated with polysaccharide derivatives A vascular graft fabricated of a polyester fiber, the surface of which is impregnated with biodegradable blood-compatible materials, characterized in that the surface of the said vascular graft comprises carboxylate groups and is impregnated with polysacc...	05/16/1995
5413598	Vascular graft A vascular graft fabric containing air jet textured yarns. The woven, knitted or braided fabric possesses a beneficial combination of strength, tissue infiltratability, handling and permeability....	05/09/1995
5413597	Three-layer vascular prostheses The invention relates to three-layer vascular prostheses comprising an internal layer 1, a middle layer 2 and an external layer 3 which is characterized in that the middle layer 2 is made from a physiologically non-resorbable, porous material, and the int...	05/09/1995
5133742	Crack-resistant polycarbonate urethane polymer prostheses An especially crack-resistant yet elastomeric and pliable polyurethane is provided as a polymer which is especially suitable for medical prostheses, implants, roofing insulators and the like. The polymer is a polycarbonate urethane polymer which is substa...	07/28/1992
5024671	Microporous vascular graft A vascular graft at least partially formed from porous hollow fibers, with at least some of the porous hollow fibers being located adjacent an inner surface of the vascular graft. The vascular grafts of the invention have a relatively small pore size for ...	06/18/1991
4878908	Fibrillar product The disclosure relates to a prosthetic device and method for repairing a damaged blood vessel comprising a mat of fibers adjacent the bore of a tube having a disposition substantially parallel to the inner surface of the tube, the mat having a thickness o...	11/07/1989
4804383	Temporary prosthesis for tendons and ligaments, and a method of fitting same New prostheses for ligaments and tendons in humans or animals intended to replace deficient original organs and induce the growth of new-formed tissue, which tissue, in turn, replaces such a prosthesis and reconstitutes an analogue of the original organ, ...	02/14/1989
4695280	Artificial vascular graft The present invention relates to an artificial vascular graft having ultra fine fibers smaller than 0.5 denier in fineness as part of the inner wall. The artificial vascular graft of this invention is very flexible and produces very low blood leakage. The...	09/22/1987
4552707	Synthetic vascular grafts, and methods of manufacturing such grafts A synthetic vascular graft is made by electrostatically spinning an organic polymeric material or a precursor thereof and collecting the spun fibres on a rotating mandrel (13), the method comprising the step of controlling the speed of rotation of the man...	11/12/1985
4483339	Vascular surgery roll For use in vascular surgery a roll of wound strand having an outer predetermined size diameter corresponding to the inside diameter of an opened blood conduit into which it is temporarily inserted with a pigtail of one end of the roll of strand extending ...	11/20/1984
4475972	Implantable material Porous polymeric material, which, in tubular form, is suitable for use as a vascular graft, is made by a procedure wherein polymeric fibres are wound on a mandrel while overlying fibres are simultaneously bonded together. In one preferred embodiment, a vi...	10/09/1984
4474630	Method for the production of synthetic blood vessel prostheses A blood vessel prosthesis and a method of producing such a prosthesis in which single fibers having a sticky surface are sprayed onto a rod to form a tube from which the rod is subsequently removed, the fibers being formed in at least one layer, the fiber...	10/02/1984
4345414	Shaping process A process for setting in a desired shape a product at least a portion of which comprises electrostatically spun fibres is disclosed. The process comprises maintaining the product in the desired shape at a temperature below the melding temperature of the e...	08/24/1982
4074366	Poly(N-acetyl-D-glucosamine) products Poly(N-acetyl-D-glucosamine) is soluble in hexafluoroisopropyl alcohol and hexafluoracetone sesquihydrate. The solutions formed may be wet or dry spun into filaments, or cast into films or solid articles, which may be used as absorbable surgical sutures, ...	02/21/1978
4044404	Fibrillar lining for prosthetic device A lining for a prosthetic device such as an artificial internal organ comprises a mat of fibres prepared by electrostatically spinning an organic material and collecting the spun fibres on a receiver....	08/30/1977
3993078	Insert for use preferably in vascular surgery An insert for use preferably in vascular surgery which includes an unperforated, hollow body of substantially circular cross-section. The body is provided with a spiral line of fracture extending about the periphery of the body and defining continuous spi...	11/23/1976

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