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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 15, 2015
Applicant:
Abbott Cardiovascular Systems Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventor:
Lothar W. Kleiner, Los Altos, CA (US);
Assignee:
Abbott Cardiovascular Systems Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 47/06 (2006.01); B29C 47/00 (2006.01); A61F 2/06 (2013.01); B29C 49/04 (2006.01); B29C 47/26 (2006.01); B29C 55/24 (2006.01); B29C 55/04 (2006.01); B29C 49/22 (2006.01); B32B 27/00 (2006.01); A61L 31/06 (2006.01); A61L 31/14 (2006.01); C08L 67/04 (2006.01); C08L 71/02 (2006.01); B29C 47/14 (2006.01); B29C 47/56 (2006.01); B29C 47/70 (2006.01); B32B 27/36 (2006.01); B29K 96/00 (2006.01); B29L 31/00 (2006.01); A61F 2/82 (2013.01); A61F 2/915 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 47/0004 (2013.01); A61F 2/06 (2013.01); A61L 31/06 (2013.01); A61L 31/148 (2013.01); B29C 47/0009 (2013.01); B29C 47/0023 (2013.01); B29C 47/0054 (2013.01); B29C 47/0057 (2013.01); B29C 47/06 (2013.01); B29C 47/145 (2013.01); B29C 47/26 (2013.01); B29C 47/56 (2013.01); B29C 47/707 (2013.01); B29C 49/04 (2013.01); B29C 49/22 (2013.01); B29C 55/04 (2013.01); B29C 55/24 (2013.01); B32B 27/00 (2013.01); B32B 27/36 (2013.01); C08L 67/04 (2013.01); C08L 71/02 (2013.01); A61F 2/82 (2013.01); A61F 2002/91566 (2013.01); A61F 2210/0004 (2013.01); A61F 2210/0076 (2013.01); B29K 2096/00 (2013.01); B29L 2031/7546 (2013.01); Y10T 428/1393 (2015.01);
Abstract
A bioabsorbable scaffold composed of a multilayer structure of alternating layers of different polymers is disclosed. The multilayer structure can have 20 to 1000 layers and the individual thickness of the layers can be 0.2 to 5 microns. A method of making the scaffold including a layer multiplying extrusion process is disclosed.