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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 20, 2016
Applicant:
The University of Greenwich, London, GB;
Inventors:
Assignee:
The University of Greenwich, London, GB;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/06 (2013.01); B29C 64/112 (2017.01); A61F 2/90 (2013.01); A61F 2/91 (2013.01); A61F 2/915 (2013.01); B33Y 80/00 (2015.01); B33Y 10/00 (2015.01); B33Y 30/00 (2015.01); B33Y 40/00 (2015.01); B33Y 50/02 (2015.01); B29C 64/188 (2017.01); B29C 64/209 (2017.01); B29C 64/393 (2017.01); A61L 31/06 (2006.01); A61L 31/14 (2006.01); A61L 31/16 (2006.01); B29K 91/00 (2006.01); B29K 101/12 (2006.01); B29K 105/00 (2006.01); B29L 31/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 64/112 (2017.08); A61F 2/90 (2013.01); A61F 2/91 (2013.01); A61F 2/915 (2013.01); A61L 31/06 (2013.01); A61L 31/148 (2013.01); A61L 31/16 (2013.01); B29C 64/188 (2017.08); B29C 64/209 (2017.08); B29C 64/393 (2017.08); B33Y 10/00 (2014.12); B33Y 30/00 (2014.12); B33Y 40/00 (2014.12); B33Y 50/02 (2014.12); B33Y 80/00 (2014.12); A61F 2210/0004 (2013.01); A61F 2240/001 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0067 (2013.01); B29K 2091/00 (2013.01); B29K 2101/12 (2013.01); B29K 2105/0035 (2013.01); B29K 2105/0097 (2013.01); B29K 2995/0056 (2013.01); B29K 2995/0077 (2013.01); B29K 2995/0097 (2013.01); B29L 2031/7534 (2013.01);
Abstract
The invention provides a method of manufacturing a stent () using a three dimensional (3D) printer. The invention also extends to 3D printed stents and second medical uses of such stents. The invention also extends to electric signals carrying computer-executable instructions adapted to cause a 3D printer to print a stent, computer-readable programs and computer-readable mediums.