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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:
Jan. 14, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 08, 2010
Applicants:
John Thao to, Newark, CA (US);
Charles M. Blaha, San Francisco, CA (US);
Inventors:
John Thao To, Newark, CA (US);
Charles M. Blaha, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
PLS Technologies, LLC, Ambler, PA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 13/00 (2006.01); A61F 2/00 (2006.01); A61F 2/04 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The teachings are directed to a medical device having a drug-retaining coating that at least substantially delays the initial elution of a drug for a time effective at forming a functional endothelium over a surface of the medical device.