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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 17, 2013
Applicant:
Crux Biomedical, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);
Inventors:
Eric Johnson, Woodside, CA (US);
Thomas J. Fogarty, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Frank Arko, Plano, TX (US);
Jeff Elkins, Woodside, CA (US);
Martin Seery, San Rafael, CA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/01 (2006.01); A61B 17/221 (2006.01); A61M 25/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/221 (2013.01); A61F 2/01 (2013.01); A61F 2002/011 (2013.01); A61F 2002/016 (2013.01); A61F 2002/018 (2013.01); A61F 2230/001 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0008 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0067 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0095 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0067 (2013.01); A61M 25/007 (2013.01); A61M 25/0021 (2013.01); A61M 2025/004 (2013.01); A61M 2025/0037 (2013.01);
Abstract
In one embodiment of the present invention there is provided a biodegradable implantable device. The biodegradable implant device can include one or more elongate spiral support structures that can be biodegradable. Some embodiments can further include a material capture structure that can be biodegradable. A pharmacological agent can also be incorporated into the elongate spiral support structures and/or the material capture structure.