Degradable implantable medical devices

US10350093B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Elixir Medical Corporation · US

Inventors

• John Yan · Los Gatos, US
• Motasim Sirhan · Sunnyvale, US
• Brett Cryer · Fremont, US
• Vinayak Bhat · Cupertino, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 23, 2015
• Grant date: Jul 16, 2019
• Expiry date: Dec 23, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B23K2103/50
• WIPO field: Machine tools
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

Devices and methods are provided for an implantable medical device which is degradable over a clinically relevant period of time. The medical devices may have the form of implants, graft implants, vascular implants, non vascular implants, wound closure implants, sutures, drug delivery implants, biologic delivery implants, urinary tract implants, inter-uterine implants, organ implants, bone implants including bone plates, bone screws, dental implants, spinal disks, or the like. In preferred embodiments, the implantable medical device comprises an implantable luminal prosthesis, such as vascular and non-vascular stents and stents grafts.