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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:
May. 20, 2014
Filed:
May. 03, 2011
Applicants:
Julio C. Palmaz, Napa, CA (US);
Armando Garza, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Julio C. Palmaz, Napa, CA (US);
Armando Garza, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Palmaz Scientific, Inc., Dallas, TX (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/06 (2013.01); B05D 3/12 (2006.01); B05D 5/10 (2006.01); B32B 1/08 (2006.01); B44C 1/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of manufacturing an endoluminal implantable surface, stent, or graft includes the steps of providing an endoluminal implantable surface, stent, or graft having an inner wall surface, an outer wall surface, and a wall thickness and forming a pattern design into the endoluminal implantable surface, stent, or graft. At least one groove is created in the inner surface of the intravascular stent by applying a laser machining method to the inner surface.