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Implantable device having substances impregnated therein and a method of impregnating the same

US7384660B2 · kind B2 · utility

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67Claims
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Filing dateApr 10, 2003
Grant dateJun 10, 2008
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Expiry dateDec 14, 2023

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61L2300/00
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A method of impregnating an implantable device, such as a vasclar graft or a covering adapted to be disposed over a prosthesis, is provided. The substances may be impregnated within the implantable device as a passive coating or as a delivery matrix for a matrix for a therapeutic substance. Also provided is an implantable device having such substances impregnated therein.

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