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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:
Oct. 28, 2003
Filed:
Jun. 20, 2001
Joan E. Sanders, Kirkland, WA (US);
University of Washington, Seattle, WA (US);
Abstract
One aspect of the present invention provides implantable medical devices that comprise: (a) a device body; and (b) a surface layer attached to at least a portion of the device body, the surface layer comprising: (1) a surface layer body that defines an internal surface attached to the device body, and an external surface; and (2) a multiplicity of blood vessels disposed within the surface layer body, the blood vessels opening onto the external face of the surface layer body. The present invention also provides synthetic biocompatible materials, methods for making synthetic biocompatible materials, and methods for making implantable medical devices.
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