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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 08, 2005
Applicants:
Fredrik Carlgren, Lund, SE;
Rolf W. Guenther, Aachen, DE;
Inventors:
Fredrik Carlgren, Lund, SE;
Rolf W. Guenther, Aachen, DE;
Assignee:
Cook Incorporated, Bloomington, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/055 (2006.01); A61F 2/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A magnetically opaque medical device is disclosed wherein a contrast agent is incorporated into the actual device. The medical device is generally comprised of a base material forming the structure of the device and a contrast agent, such as tocopherol and tocopherol derivative solutions or suspensions, gadolinium, or nickel sulfate integrated into the base material itself or posited on a substantial portion of an exterior surface of the device. The device may include other additional functional agents and layers.