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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2024
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2018
Applicant:
Poly-med, Inc., Anderson, SC (US);
Inventors:
Jennifer Cartledge, Seneca, SC (US);
Kenneth W. Clinkscales, Easley, SC (US);
Elizabeth Elvington, Plainview, TX (US);
James Hyde, Anderson, SC (US);
Brad Johns, Clemson, SC (US);
Michael Scott Taylor, Anderson, SC (US);
Assignee:
Poly-Med, Inc., Anderson, SC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/04 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/04 (2013.01); A61F 2002/048 (2013.01); A61F 2210/0004 (2013.01); A61F 2220/0008 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0091 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0067 (2013.01);
Abstract
Implantable medical devices have zones of high in vivo stability that are adjacent to zones of relatively low in vivo stability, so that when these medical devices are implanted into a host, the zones of low in vivo stability degrade first and allow the formation of independent segments of relatively intact high in vivo stability bands that are sufficiently small that they may pass from the host in a non-harmful manner.