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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 13, 1999
Applicants:
Avrom M. Brendzel, Roseville, MN (US);
Richard Rodriguez, White Bear Lake, MN (US);
Michelle Lund Toy, North St. Paul, MN (US);
Inventors:
Avrom M. Brendzel, Roseville, MN (US);
Richard Rodriguez, White Bear Lake, MN (US);
Michelle Lund Toy, North St. Paul, MN (US);
Assignee:
St. Jude Medical, Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Medical devices can be formed from improved composite materials that include a composition that has at least about 50 percent by volume pyrolytic carbon and a second composition having at least about 50 percent by volume metal/metalloid carbide. The composite material can optionally include a substrate. Some embodiments of the composite material have the pyrolytic carbon material at exposed surfaces.