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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 2014
Filed:
May. 13, 2011
Implantable materials having engineered surfaces made by vacuum deposition and method of making same
Applicant:
Julio C. Palmaz, Napa, CA (US);
Inventor:
Julio C. Palmaz, Napa, CA (US);
Assignee:
Palmaz Scientific, Inc., Dallas, TX (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/04 (2013.01); A61F 2/06 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An implantable biocompatible material includes one or more vacuum deposited layers of biocompatible materials deposited upon a biocompatible base material. At least a top most vacuum deposited layer includes a homogeneous molecular pattern of distribution along the surface thereof and comprises a patterned array of geometric physiologically functional features.