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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 19, 2014
Applicant:
Palmaz Scientific, Inc., Dallas, TX (US);
Inventor:
Julio C. Palmaz, Napa, CA (US);
Assignee:
Palmaz Scientific, Inc., Fremont, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L 31/16 (2006.01); A61F 2/00 (2006.01); A61F 2/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L 31/16 (2013.01); A61F 2/0077 (2013.01); A61F 2/02 (2013.01);
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.