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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2014
Ali Hussain, Cape Coral, FL (US);
Linda Cahalan, Cape Coral, FL (US);
Greg Johnson, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Mark Gartner, Wexford, PA (US);
Patrick Cahalan, Cape Coral, FL (US);
Brian J Fill, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Jeffrey W. Speakman, Saxonburg, PA (US);
Ali Hussain, Cape Coral, FL (US);
Linda Cahalan, Cape Coral, FL (US);
Greg Johnson, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Mark Gartner, Wexford, PA (US);
Patrick Cahalan, Cape Coral, FL (US);
Brian J Fill, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Jeffrey W. Speakman, Saxonburg, PA (US);
ENSION, INC., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Abstract
A variety of medical devices including staples sutures and dental floss with surface treatment on at least one tissue-facing surface to improve biologic function such as to control tissue adhesion are disclosed including heparin surface treatment which provides heparin present in an amount to yield heparin bioactivity of at least one of i) an ATIII binding of at least 2 pmol/cm, and ii) a thrombin deactivation of at least 0.2 IU/cm; an acrylic surface treatment for coupling thereto of a heparin surface treatment, a collagen surface treatment or both; and an amino-functional polysiloxane surface treatment for coupling thereto of a heparin surface treatment.