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US 2006/0224237 A1Published application
Fragile structure protective coating
AssigneeICON Medical Corp.
InventorsJoseph Furst, William Brodbeck
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Abstract
A medical device that includes at least one surface structure and/or micro-structure that is at least partially coated with a protective coating.
Claims22
A medical device that includes at least one surface structure and/or micro-structure that is at least partially coated with a protective material.
A method of delivering at medical device in a body passageway comprising:
- a. selecting a medical that includes at least one micro-structure extending from a surface of said medical device, at least one of said micro-structures at least partially coated with a protective coating;
- b. positioning said medical device in a body passageway, said protective coating reducing incidence of damage to said at least one of said micro-structures as said medical device is positioned in said body passageway;
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- c. expanding said stent until said micro-structure at least partially breaks from or penetrates through said protective coating and penetrates or engages an inner surface of said body passageway.
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