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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 16, 2018
Applicant:
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Inventors:
Greg Carman, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Daniel S. Levi, Pacific Palisades, CA (US);
Mohanchandra Kotekar Panduranga, North Hills, CA (US);
Fernando Vinuela, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Abdon E. Sepulveda, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Assignee:
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, Oakland, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/07 (2013.01); A61F 2/915 (2013.01); A61F 2/90 (2013.01); C23C 14/35 (2006.01); A61F 2/91 (2013.01); A61F 2/82 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/915 (2013.01); A61F 2/07 (2013.01); A61F 2/90 (2013.01); C23C 14/35 (2013.01); A61F 2/91 (2013.01); A61F 2002/072 (2013.01); A61F 2002/823 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus and method for a micro-patterned thin film Nitinol (TFN) that is used as a cover for an expandable stent structure, and has elongation/expansion properties that are configured to match the elongation/expansion properties of the expandable stent structure is presented.