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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:
Aug. 19, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2008
Applicant:
Stephen R. Hanson, Beaverton, OR (US);
Inventor:
Stephen R. Hanson, Beaverton, OR (US);
Assignee:
Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 31/00 (2006.01); A61M 5/142 (2006.01); A61F 2/06 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 31/002 (2013.01); A61F 2/064 (2013.01); A61M 5/14276 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0067 (2013.01); A61F 2/06 (2013.01);
Abstract
Embodiments provide a drug delivery cuff including a drug reservoir. In an embodiment, an integrated drug pump may be provided. A drug delivery cuff in accordance with an embodiment may be placed around any suitable vascular graft (e.g., ePTFE) or directly around any natural tissue conduit (e.g., perivascularly), at any position along the graft/conduit or overlapping a graft and conduit, either at the time of graft surgical placement or separate therefrom.