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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:
Aug. 14, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 11, 2005
Applicants:
Stephen J. Chudzik, St. Paul, MN (US);
Dale G. Swan, St. Louis Park, MN (US);
Michael J. Burkstrand, Richfield, MN (US);
Inventors:
Stephen J. Chudzik, St. Paul, MN (US);
Dale G. Swan, St. Louis Park, MN (US);
Michael J. Burkstrand, Richfield, MN (US);
Assignee:
Surmodics, Inc, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 39/395 (2006.01); A61F 2/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Medical articles having a body member including natural biodegradable polysaccharides are described. The body member is formed from a plurality of natural biodegradable polysaccharides having pendent coupling groups. The body member can also include a bioactive agent which can be released to provide a therapeutic effect to a patient.