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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:
Apr. 30, 2002
Filed:
Nov. 19, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Julio C. Palmaz, San Antonio, TX (US);
Eugene A. Sprague, San Antonio, TX (US);
Cristina Simon, San Antonio, TX (US);
Denes Marton, San Antonio, TX (US);
Roger W. Wiseman, Bulverde, TX (US);
Christopher E. Banas, San Antonio, TX (US);
Assignee:
Advanced Bio Prosthetic Surfaces, Ltd., San Antonio, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/06 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/06 ;
Abstract
An implantable endoluminal device which is fabricated from materials which present a blood or body fluid and tissue contact surface which has controlled heterogeneities in material constitution. An endoluminal stent which is made of a material having controlled heterogeneities in the stent material along the blood flow surface of the stent and the method of fabricating the stent using vacuum deposition methods.
Published as:
US2001001834A1; CA2390942A1; WO0135865A1; AU1616501A; US6379383B1; EP1233725A1; JP2004500167A; US6820676B2; US2005072544A1; AU783336B2; CA2390942C; EP1233725B1; ATE401043T1; DE60039530D1; EP1990028A2; ES2311000T3; US7625594B2; EP1990028A3;