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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 03, 2012
Applicant:
Atoosa Lotfi, Valencia, CA (US);
Inventor:
Atoosa Lotfi, Valencia, CA (US);
Assignee:
Advanced Bionics AG, Staefa, CH;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L 2/14 (2006.01); B29C 71/00 (2006.01); B29C 59/14 (2006.01); B65B 55/16 (2006.01); B65B 55/22 (2006.01); A61N 1/375 (2006.01); A61N 1/05 (2006.01); B65B 55/04 (2006.01); B65B 55/18 (2006.01); A61N 1/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L 2/14 (2013.01); A61N 1/05 (2013.01); A61N 1/0541 (2013.01); A61N 1/375 (2013.01); B29C 59/14 (2013.01); B29C 71/0009 (2013.01); B65B 55/04 (2013.01); B65B 55/16 (2013.01); B65B 55/18 (2013.01); B65B 55/22 (2013.01); A61L 2202/21 (2013.01); A61L 2400/18 (2013.01); A61N 1/36032 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for sterile packaging of a surface modified implantable device includes irradiating a surface of the device such that the hydrophobicity of the surface is decreased and, optionally, the device is simultaneously sterilized. The surface of the sterile, surface-modified implantable device is then covered in a polar solution to prevent hydrophobic recovery of the surface.