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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:
May. 24, 2011
Filed:
May. 06, 2010
Applicants:
Maria Curcio, Saluggia, IT;
Giovanni Rolando, Chivasso, IT;
Franco Vallana, Turin, IT;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Sorin Biomedica Cardio S.R.L., Saluggia (Vercelli), IT;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/06 (2006.01); B23P 25/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A stent has surface sculpturing, preferably on its outer surface only, having, for example, microspheres, having the function of increasing the actual geometric surface area of the stent, of creating undercuts and roughness to encourage the application of coatings of active or activatable agents, as well as of improving the attachment of the stent to the blood vessel wall.