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Antithrombogenic surface

US5342621A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 15, 1992
Grant dateAug 30, 1994
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Expiry dateSep 15, 2012

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61L33/0029
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An anticoagulant releasably associated with a cell membrane mimicking substance is incorporated in a biomedical polymer or polymer coating and serves to both prevent the blood from recognizing the polymer as a foreign substance as well as actively interfere in any coagulation process that may occur.

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