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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:
Aug. 30, 1994
Filed:
Sep. 15, 1992
Applicant:
Inventor:
Robert P Eury, Cupertino, CA (US);
Assignee:
Advanced Cardiovascular Systems, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F / ; A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
424423 ; 424426 ; 424428 ; 424486 ; 604265 ; 604403 ;
Abstract
An anticoagulant releasably associated with a cell membrane mimicking substance is incorporated in a biomedical polymer or polymer coating and serves to both prevent the blood from recognizing the polymer as a foreign substance as well as actively interfere in any coagulation process that may occur.