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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 24, 2011
Julio C. Palmaz, Napa, CA (US);
Eugene A. Sprague, Helotes, TX (US);
Christopher E. Banas, Brekenridge, CO (US);
Julio C. Palmaz, Napa, CA (US);
Eugene A. Sprague, Helotes, TX (US);
Christopher E. Banas, Brekenridge, CO (US);
Vactronix Scientific, LLC, Fremont, CA (US);
Abstract
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.