Advanced Bio Prosthetic Surfaces, Ltd.

Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc.

Vactronix Scientific, Llc.

Impra, Inc.,

Advanced Bio Prosthetic Surfaces, Ltd., a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Palmaz Scientific, Inc.

C. R. Bard, Inc.

Impra, Inc., a Subsidiary of C.r. Bard, Inc.

Other

Advance Bio Prosthetic Surfaces, Ltd.

Advanced Bio Prothestic Surfaces, Ltd.

Impra, Inc., a Division of C.r. Bard, Inc.

Eugene A. Sprague

Roger W. Wiseman

Christopher T. Boyle

Steven R. Bailey

Christopher E Banas

Tarun J Edwin

Christopher T Boyle

Julio C Palmaz

Denes Marton

Brendan J McCrea

Steven Bailey

Eugene A Sprague

Roger W Wiseman

Scott Lee Randall

Rajagopal R Kowligi

Jeffrey N Steinmetz

Daniel D Sims

Conor P Mullens

Cristina Simon

David G Rosenbaum

Fariba Hurry

Alexander Parker Wood

Andrew Parker Wood

Steven R Bailey

Richard W Layne

John D McDermott

Roy H Tang

Cristina Fuss

David Renzi

Fariba Khalilifard

Mark T Gaterud

James M McHaney

David Dalessandro

Christina Fuss

Brendan Mccrea

James M Mchaney

Brendan J Mccrea

Roger Wiseman

An implantable expandable medical device in which selected regions of the device are in a martensite phase and selected regions are in an austenite phase. The martensitic regions exhibit pseudoplastic behavior in vivo and may be deformed without recovery under in vivo body conditions. In contrast the austenitic regions exhibit superelastic behavior in vivo and will recover their pre-programmed configuration upon deformation or release of an applied strain.

Implantable expandable medical devices having regions of differential mechanical properties and methods of making same

The invention relates to methods and apparatus for manufacturing intravascular stents wherein the intravascular stent has its inner surface treated to promote the migration of endothelial cells onto the inner surface of the intravascular stent. In particular, the inner surface of the intravascular stent has at least one groove formed therein.

Method of making recessed features on inner surface of tubular structure by thermal ablation

Method of making recessed features on inner surface of tubular structure by photolithography

Implantable in vivo sensors used to monitor physical, chemical or electrical parameters within a body. The in vivo sensors are integral with an implantable medical device and are responsive to externally or internally applied energy. Upon application of energy, the sensors undergo a phase change in at least part of the material of the device which is then detected external to the body by conventional techniques such as radiography, ultrasound imaging, magnetic resonance imaging, radio frequency imaging or the like. The in vivo sensors of the present invention may be employed to provide volumetric measurements, flow rate measurements, pressure measurements, electrical measurements, biochemical measurements, temperature, measurements, or measure the degree and type of deposits within the lumen of an endoluminal implant, such as a stent or other type of endoluminal conduit. The in vivo sensors may also be used therapeutically to modulate mechanical and/or physical properties of the endoluminal implant in response to the sensed or monitored parameter.

Method of using an in vivo sensor having differential material properties

The present invention relates to an implantable endoluminal graft. The implantable endoluminal graft is comprised of a microporous thin-film metal covering having a plurality of openings and a structural support element underlying and physically attached to the microporous thin-film metal covering, the microporous thin-film metal covering having shape memory properties.

Implantable graft and methods of making same

An implantable medical device that is fabricated from materials that present a blood or body fluid or tissue contact surface that has controlled heterogeneities in material constitution. An endoluminal stent-graft and web-stent that is made of a monolithic material formed into differentiated regions defining structural members and web regions extending across interstitial spaces between the structural members. The endoluminal stent-graft is characterized by having controlled heterogeneities at the blood flow surface of the stent.

Method of making implantable medical devices having controlled surface properties

A metal balloon catheter having a main tubular body, a metal balloon proximate a distal end of the main tubular body, a central annulus extending along an entire longitudinal aspect of the catheter for accommodating a guidewire therethrough and an inflation annulus adjacent the central annulus which extends along the longitudinal axis of the main tubular body and terminates in fluid flow communication with an inflation chamber of the metal balloon. The metal balloon catheter may be either unitary integral metal catheter in which the main tubular body and the balloon are fabricated of metal, or it may consist of a polymeric main tubular body and a metal balloon.

Balloon catheter having metal balloon and method of making same

All metal stent grafts and covered stents having either a single structural supporting stent member with concentrically positioned graft members on the luminal and abluminal surfaces of the stent member or a single graft member with concentrically positioned structural supporting stent members on the luminal and abluminal surfaces of the graft member are provided.

Stents with metallic covers and methods of making same

An endoluminal prosthesis including a radially expandable support member having interior and exterior surfaces and a wall with openings, a first covering member including a biocompatible polymer material at least partially positioned against the interior surface, and a second covering member including a biocompatible polymer material at least partially positioned against the exterior surface. The first covering member attaches to the second covering member at predetermined bonding locations within less than all of the openings thereby leaving unbonded regions.

Selective adherence of stent-graft coverings

Method for making grooves on a luminal surface of an intravascular stent

Implantable medical grafts fabricated of metallic or pseudometallic films of biocompatible materials having a plurality of microperforations passing through the film in a pattern that imparts fabric-like qualities to the graft or permits the geometric deformation of the graft. The implantable graft is preferably fabricated by vacuum deposition of metallic and/or pseudometallic materials into either single or multi-layered structures with the plurality of microperforations either being formed during deposition or after deposition by selective removal of sections of the deposited film. The implantable medical grafts are suitable for use as endoluminal or surgical grafts and may be used as vascular grafts, stent-grafts, skin grafts, shunts, bone grafts, surgical patches, non-vascular conduits, valvular leaflets, filters, occlusion membranes, artificial sphincters, tendons and ligaments.

Metallic implantable grafts and method of making same

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Christopher E Banas