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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 19, 2007
Applicants:
NI Ding, San Jose, CA (US);
Gene Michal, San Francisco, CA (US);
Stephen D. Pacetti, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Ni Ding, San Jose, CA (US);
Gene Michal, San Francisco, CA (US);
Stephen D. Pacetti, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Abbott Cardiovascular Systems Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/01 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A carbon coating on a stent having a bioactive agent covalently attached thereto and methods of making the same are described. The covalent attachment may be achieved via a photo-reactive chemical or a thermo-reactive chemical. In some embodiments, the carbon coating includes a diamond-like material. The bioactive agent may be heparin or superoxide dismutase enzyme or a mimetic thereof.