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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:
Mar. 23, 2010
Filed:
Nov. 03, 2003
Applicants:
NI Ding, San Jose, CA (US);
Deborra Sanders Millare, San Jose, CA (US);
Syed F. A. Hossainy, Fremont, CA (US);
Inventors:
Ni Ding, San Jose, CA (US);
Deborra Sanders Millare, San Jose, CA (US);
Syed F. A. Hossainy, Fremont, CA (US);
Assignee:
Advanced Cardiovascular Systems, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L 33/00 (2006.01); B05D 1/02 (2006.01); B05D 3/06 (2006.01); C08F 2/46 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method is provided for forming a polymeric coating on a stent. The method can comprise applying a prepolymer or a combination of prepolymers to the stent and initiating polymerization to form a polymeric coating on the stent. The coating material can optionally contain a biologically active agent or combination of agents.