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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:
Jan. 16, 2001
Filed:
Sep. 23, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/06 ; A61L 2/716 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/06 ; A61L 2/716 ;
Abstract
A stent having long-term antithrombogenicity and radiopacity whose location and geometry can be radiographically confirmed is provided. The production method is also provided. The stent of the invention has an antithrombogenic agent covalently bonded on it surface, and the antithrombogenic agent is immobilized onto the stent surface through coupling agent having at least two amino groups and a crosslinking agent having at least two aldehyde and/or epoxy groups. The stent of the invention also has a radiopaque metal plated on at least a part thereof.