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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2015
Elixir Medical Corporation, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
John Yan, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Motasim Sirhan, Los Altos, CA (US);
Brett Cryer, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Vinayak Bhat, Cupertino, CA (US);
Elixir Medical Corporation, Milpitas, CA (US);
Abstract
Devices and methods are provided for an implantable medical device which is degradable over a clinically relevant period of time. The medical devices may have the form of implants, graft implants, vascular implants, non vascular implants, wound closure implants, sutures, drug delivery implants, biologic delivery implants, urinary tract implants, inter-uterine implants, organ implants, bone implants including bone plates, bone screws, dental implants, spinal disks, or the like. In preferred embodiments, the implantable medical device comprises an implantable luminal prosthesis, such as vascular and non-vascular stents and stents grafts.