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AssigneeThe University of British Columbia
InventorsTomasz Troczynski, Doma Hakimi, Buhsung Hyun, Mehrdad Keshmiri, Mao-Jung Lien, Arc Rajtar, Douglas Smith, Pui Tsui, Quanzu Yang
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This invention relates to novel calcium phosphate-coated implantable medical devices and processes of making same. The calcium-phosphate coatings are designed to minimize the immune response to the implant (e.g. restenosis in stenting procedures) and can be used to store and release a medicinally active agent in a controlled manner. Such coatings can be applied to any implantable medical devices and are useful for a number of medical procedures including (but not limited to) balloon angioplasty in cardiovascular stenting, ureteral stenting and catheterisation. The calcium phosphate coatings can be applied to a substrate as one or more coatings by a sol-gel deposition process, an aerosol-gel deposition process, a biomimetic deposition process, a calcium phosphate cement deposition process, an electro-phoretic deposition process or an electrochemical deposition process. The coating can contain and elude a drug in an engineered manner.
An implantable medical device with a calcium phosphate coating comprising:
A process of coating an implantable medical device with a calcium phosphate coating comprising:
A process of coating a soft tissue implantable device with a calcium phosphate coating comprising:
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