Double component mandrel for electrospun stentless, multi-leaflet valve fabrication
AssigneesUniversity of Pittsburgh—Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education, Ri.MED Foundation
InventorsVinay Badhwar, Young Jae Chun, Antonio D'Amore, William R. Wagner
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Abstract
A method of making a valve structure includes a step of rotating a mandrel and an electrodeposition target attached to the mandrel about a rotational axis of the mandrel. The target includes an exterior surface having at least one conductive surface portion and at least one non-conductive surface portion. The method also includes a step of electrodepositing a polymer matrix of a biodegradable, biocompatible polymer composition onto the at least one conductive surface portion and the at least one non-conductive surface portion of the exterior surface of the rotating electrodeposition target to form the valve structure.
Claims14
A method of making a valve structure comprising:
- rotating a mandrel and an electrodeposition target attached to the mandrel about a rotational axis of the mandrel, the target comprising an exterior surface comprising at least one conductive surface portion and at least one non-conductive surface portion;
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- electrodepositing a polymer matrix of a biodegradable, biocompatible polymer composition onto the at least one conductive surface portion and the at least one non-conductive surface portion of the exterior surface of the rotating electrodeposition target to form the valve structure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.