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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2016
Applicant:
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Inventors:
Peter G. Edelman, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Mark W. Boden, Harrisville, RI (US);
Joseph Thomas Delaney, Jr., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Assignee:
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/24 (2006.01); A61L 27/00 (2006.01); A61L 27/14 (2006.01); A61F 2/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/2412 (2013.01); A61L 27/00 (2013.01); A61L 27/14 (2013.01); A61F 2002/009 (2013.01); A61F 2310/00389 (2013.01);
Abstract
A prosthetic heart valve includes a plurality of synthetic polymeric leaflets. Each leaflet has a base polymer and a polymer coating at least partially disposed over the base polymer, wherein the polymer coating includes polymerized units of a monomer comprising a zwitterionic group when the polymer coating is exposed to an aqueous environment at a pH of about 7.4.