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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 16, 2021
University of Pittsburgh—of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Ri.med Foundation, Palermo, IT;
Vinay Badhwar, Washington, PA (US);
Young Jae Chun, Wexford, PA (US);
Antonio D'Amore, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
William R. Wagner, Gibsonia, PA (US);
University of Pittsburgh—Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Ri.MED Foundation, Palermo, IT;
Abstract
A method of making a valve structure includes a step of rotating a mandrel and an electrodeposition target attached to the mandrel about a rotational axis of the mandrel. The target includes an exterior surface having at least one conductive surface portion and at least one non-conductive surface portion. The method also includes a step of electrodepositing a polymer matrix of a biodegradable, biocompatible polymer composition onto the at least one conductive surface portion and the at least one non-conductive surface portion of the exterior surface of the rotating electrodeposition target to form the valve structure.