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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2014
Applicant:
Liquidia Technologies, Inc., Morrisville, NC (US);
Inventors:
Lloyd Mahlon Robeson, Macungie, PA (US);
Ginger Denison Rothrock, Durham, NC (US);
Assignee:
Liquidia Technologies, Inc., Morrisville, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L 27/16 (2006.01); H01L 29/06 (2006.01); A61B 17/34 (2006.01); A61F 2/00 (2006.01); A61L 27/50 (2006.01); A61L 31/04 (2006.01); A61L 31/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L 27/16 (2013.01); A61B 17/3417 (2013.01); A61F 2/0077 (2013.01); A61L 27/50 (2013.01); A61L 31/048 (2013.01); A61L 31/14 (2013.01); H01L 29/06 (2013.01); A61F 2002/0081 (2013.01); A61L 2400/12 (2013.01); A61L 2400/18 (2013.01); Y10S 977/84 (2013.01); Y10S 977/887 (2013.01);
Abstract
A medical device includes a textured surface having a predetermined nanostructure, wherein the nanostructure is less than about 500 nanometers in a broadest dimension. The textures nanostructure surface reduces friction between the medical device and biological tissue.