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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2014
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Sean P. Fleury, Brighton, MA (US);
Mark D. Wood, Shrewsbury, MA (US);
Dane T. Seddon, Boston, MA (US);
Laura Elizabeth Firstenberg, Worcester, MA (US);
Paul Smith, Smithfield, RI (US);
Gary J. Leanna, Holden, MA (US);
Claude O. Clerc, Marlborough, MA (US);
James Weldon, Newton, MA (US);
Steven E. Walak, Natick, MA (US);
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Abstract
A method for reducing mucus accumulation in an airway including disposing an implantable device within an airway, wherein the implantable device has a first end, a second end, and an inner surface defining a lumen extending from the first end to the second end; wherein at least a portion of the inner surface has a hydrophobic polymer coating thereon, wherein a polymer coating surface has dynamic water contact angles of 145 degrees or greater; and wherein the implantable device is constructed and arranged to maintain patency of the airway; wherein accumulation of mucus is reduced as compared to a similar implantable device without the hydrophobic portion of the inner surface. An implantable medical device having a superhydrophobic surface and a method of making an implantable medical device having a superhydrophobic surface are also provided. An implantable medical device having a micropatterned surface with enhanced adhesion to tissue, optionally in combination with other region(s) having a superhydrophobic surface and a method of making such a device. Methods and devices for prevention of bacterial adhesion to implanted medical devices.