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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:
Jul. 01, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2010
Applicants:
Liam O'neill, Midleton, IE;
Caroline O'sullivan, Clonakity, IE;
Inventors:
Liam O'Neill, Midleton, IE;
Caroline O'Sullivan, Clonakity, IE;
Assignee:
Enbio Limited, Dublin, IE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L 33/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Disclosed herein are methods of treating an article surface. The method comprises delivering a polymer and drug to a medical implant having a porous surface and using at least one particle stream from at least one fluid jet to subsequently remove the polymer from the outer surface of the metal substrate, thereby retaining the therapeutic agent and polymer within the pores of the implant.