The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
Oct. 08, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 26, 2007
John Burghard, Vernonia, OR (US);
Carmen Campbell, Portland, OR (US);
Todd R. Younkin, Portland, OR (US);
Markus Kuhn, Portland, OR (US);
David Shykind, Sherwood, OR (US);
Jose Maiz, Portland, OR (US);
John Burghard, Vernonia, OR (US);
Carmen Campbell, Portland, OR (US);
Todd R. Younkin, Portland, OR (US);
Markus Kuhn, Portland, OR (US);
David Shykind, Sherwood, OR (US);
Jose Maiz, Portland, OR (US);
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
Biocompatible coatings for implantable medical devices are disclosed. Embodiments of the invention provide methods for coating an object with a biocompatible coating wherein the device is suspended using a flowing gas during the coating process. Embodiments of the invention provide tropoelastin coatings and methods of creating tropoelastin coatings for implantable medical devices. Optionally, the biocompatible coating can be a drug eluting coating.