Title: Implantable medical devices incorporating chemically conjugated polymers and oligomers of L-arginine
Abstract: An implantable medical device, such as a stent, is disclosed comprising an amino acid or a polypeptide bonded to a plasma polymerized film layer formed on the device. A method of manufacturing the same is also disclosed.
Patent Number: 7,056,523 Issued on 06/06/2006 to Claude, et al.
| Inventors: |
Claude; Charles D. (San Jose, CA); Michal; Eugene T. (San Francisco, CA) |
| Assignee: |
Advanced Cardiovascular Systems, Inc.
(Santa Clara,
CA)
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| Appl. No.:
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176506 |
| Filed:
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June 21, 2002 |
| Current U.S. Class: |
424/426 |
| Current International Class: |
A61F 2/02 (20060101) |
| Field of Search: |
424/426
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