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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 08, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 05, 2014
Applicant:
Orbusneich Medical, Inc., Fort Lauderdale, FL (US);
Inventors:
Robert J. Cottone, Davie, FL (US);
G. Lawrence Thatcher, Chelmsford, MA (US);
Assignee:
OrbusNeich Medical, Inc., Fort Lauderdale, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/06 (2013.01); B29C 47/00 (2006.01); A61F 2/915 (2013.01); A61L 31/04 (2006.01); A61L 31/14 (2006.01); B29K 67/00 (2006.01); B29L 31/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 47/0026 (2013.01); A61F 2/915 (2013.01); A61L 31/041 (2013.01); A61L 31/048 (2013.01); A61L 31/148 (2013.01); B29C 47/0004 (2013.01); A61F 2002/91591 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0054 (2013.01); B29K 2067/046 (2013.01); B29K 2995/006 (2013.01); B29K 2995/0088 (2013.01); B29L 2031/7532 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for fabricating an embodiment of a medical device comprising the steps of: preparing a biodegradable polymeric structure; coating the biodegradable polymeric structure with a polymeric coat including a pharmacological or biological agent; cutting the structure into patterns configured to allow for crimping of the cut structure and expansion of the cut structure after crimping into a deployed configuration.