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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 05, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 01, 2011
Daniel S. Levi, Pacific Palisades, CA (US);
Gregory P. Carman, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Youngjae Chun, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Fernando Vinuela, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Daniel S. Levi, Pacific Palisades, CA (US);
Gregory P. Carman, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Youngjae Chun, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Fernando Vinuela, Los Angeles, CA (US);
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, Oakland, CA (US);
Abstract
A vascular implant, comprising a sheet comprising thin film nickel titanium (NiTi), wherein the sheet has at least one super-hydrophilic surface having a water contact angle of less than approximately 5 degrees. The sheet is configured to have a compacted form having a first internal diameter and a deployed form having a second internal diameter larger than the first internal diameter. The sheet may be delivered into a blood vessel in the compacted form and expanded to its deployed form at a treatment location within the blood vessel, wherein the stent is configured to expand onto an internal surface of the blood vessel and exert a radial force on said internal surface.