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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:
Oct. 25, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 11, 2014
Applicant:
Abbott Cardiovascular Systems Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventors:
Stephen D. Pacetti, San Jose, CA (US);
O. Mikael Trollsas, San Jose, CA (US);
Alexander J. Sheehy, Redwood City, CA (US);
Assignee:
Abbott Cardiovascular Systems Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L 31/10 (2006.01); A61L 33/16 (2006.01); A61L 31/08 (2006.01); A61L 31/16 (2006.01); A61L 33/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L 31/10 (2013.01); A61L 31/08 (2013.01); A61L 31/16 (2013.01); A61L 33/128 (2013.01); A61L 2300/252 (2013.01); A61L 2300/42 (2013.01); A61L 2420/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
Coatings for medical devices, the coatings including albumin, the methods of forming the coatings, and the coated medical devices are disclosed. In preferred embodiments the medical device is a bioabsorbable stent. The albumin coating layer improves the thromboresistance of the device.