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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:
May. 22, 1990
Filed:
Apr. 19, 1989
Applicant:
Inventors:
Joel L Williams, Cary, NC (US);
David B Montgomery, Cary, NC (US);
Lillian P Baldwin, Durham, NC (US);
Assignee:
Becton, Dickinson and Company, Franklin Lakes, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
428 36 ; 427-2 ; 427 38 ; 427 39 ; 427230 ; 427330 ; 4273722 ; 427402 ; 428 64 ; 428364 ; 4284231 ; 428480 ; 428523 ; 435174 ; 4352401 ;
Abstract
Small diameter plastic tubing is plasma-treated on the lumen wall and endothelial cells are adhered thereto to give antithrombogenic small diameter conduits useful for vascular grafts and other articles intended to come in contact with blood.