Medical devices with definable porosity produced by bacterial polymer bio-synthesis
US8679779B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 6, 2009 |
| Grant date | Mar 25, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 18, 2030 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02E50/10
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method of forming an implantable medical device comprising: culturing polymer-producing bacteria preferably Acetobacter xylinum in the presence of a degradable support; and removing the degradable support to recover an implant having pores of a configuration determined at least in part by the configuration of the degradable support. The invention also relates to a medical device obtained by such a method.
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