Thromboresistant plastic article and method of manufacture
US6050980A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 3, 1998 |
| Grant date | Apr 18, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 3, 2018 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61L33/0029
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Antithrombotic agents having reactional functional groups are reacted with a base polymer also having reactive functional groups to form a surface coating for a medical material. The medical materials are used in medical devices in contact with blood or blood products such as artificial hearts, heart lung machines, pacemakers, vascular graft tubing, intra-aortic balloons, blood bags, soft or hard tissue prostheses, catheters, sutures, artificial organs, and the like.
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