Cordis Corporation

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Ethicon, Inc. - USA

Alan Roy Pelton

Mark L Mathis

Thomas Duerig

James H Silver

Luis A Davila

David J Wilson

Dieter Stoeckel

Jorge Orlando Mendez

Karl K Scheidt

Christine Trepanier

Angelo G Scopelianos

Gerard H Llanos

Mark B Roller

Pallassana V Narayanan

John J Spaltro

David Christian Lentz

William D Shaw, Jr

William Douglas Shaw, Jr

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 the organism. The medical devices may be coated with any number of biocompatible materials. Therapeutic drugs, agents or compounds may be mixed with the biocompatible materials and affixed to at least a portion of the medical device. These therapeutic drugs, agents or compounds may also further reduce a biological organism's reaction to the introduction of the medical device to the organism. Various materials and coating methodologies may be utilized to maintain the drugs, agents or compounds on the medical device until delivered and positioned.

Medical devices, drug coatings and methods for maintaining the drug coatings thereon

A stent having marker tabs formed from a micro-alloyed combination of materials provides for more precise placement and post-procedural visualization in a vessel, by increasing the radiopacity of the stent under X-ray fluoroscopy. A unique micro-alloying process is utilized to form the tabs, comprising a first alloy and a second alloy, wherein one of these alloys is radiopaque. This substantially eliminates the possibility of galvanic action between the tab and the stent. This process is also applicable to other medical devices.

Intravascular device with improved radiopacity

A stent or other intraluminal medical device having markers formed from housings integral with the stent and marker inserts having a higher radiopacity than the stent provides for more precise placement and post-procedural visualization in a vessel, by increasing the radiopacity of the stent under X-ray fluoroscopy. The housings are formed integral to the stent and the marker inserts are made from a material close in the galvanic series to the stent material and sized to substantially minimize the effect of galvanic corrosion.

Radiopacity intraluminal medical device

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Alan Roy Pelton