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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. 28, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 02, 2012
Applicants:
Xiaoxia Zheng, Mountain View, CA (US);
John Yan, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Vinayak Bhat, Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Xiaoxia Zheng, Mountain View, CA (US);
John Yan, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Vinayak Bhat, Cupertino, CA (US);
Assignee:
Elixir Medical Corporation, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/82 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The disclosure provides biodegradable implantable devices such as a stent comprising a biodegradable polymeric wherein the polymeric material is treated to control crystallinity and/or Tg. The stent is capable to expand at body temperature from a crimped configuration to a deployed diameter and have sufficient strength to support a body lumen.