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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 12, 2017
Applicant:
Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Inventors:
John Kummailil, Sherborn, MA (US);
Paul V. Grosso, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Joseph T. Delaney, Jr., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Assignee:
Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc., St Paul, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L 29/06 (2006.01); A61L 29/08 (2006.01); A61L 29/14 (2006.01); A61L 31/10 (2006.01); A61L 31/14 (2006.01); B05D 1/00 (2006.01); B05D 1/02 (2006.01); B05D 1/18 (2006.01); C08J 7/04 (2006.01); C09D 139/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L 29/085 (2013.01); A61L 29/06 (2013.01); A61L 29/14 (2013.01); A61L 31/10 (2013.01); A61L 31/14 (2013.01); B05D 1/005 (2013.01); B05D 1/02 (2013.01); B05D 1/18 (2013.01); C08J 7/042 (2013.01); C08J 7/047 (2013.01); C09D 139/06 (2013.01); A61L 2400/10 (2013.01); A61L 2420/02 (2013.01); A61L 2420/08 (2013.01); C08J 2377/02 (2013.01); C08J 2439/06 (2013.01);
Abstract
A medical device for insertion or implantation in a body includes a polymer substrate and a layer of poly(vinyl pyrrolidone-alt-maleic anhydride) formed on a surface of the polymer substrate. Polymer chains of the poly(vinyl pyrrolidone-alt-maleic anhydride) are entangled with the polymer substrate.