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US 2014/0180395 A1Published application
Bioactive spiral coil coating
AssigneeThe Regents of the University of California
InventorsBenjamin M. Wu, Arnold Suwarnasarn, Fernando Vinuela, Ichiro Yuki
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Abstract
An endovascular spiral coil coating and methods of making and using the same.
Claims16
1-40. (canceled)
A method of forming a coating on an endovascular coil having a plurality of coil segments each separated by grooves, the method comprising:
- providing a solution comprising a polymeric coating;
- stretching the coil to expose the grooves;
- depositing the polymeric coating on the coil surface such that the grooves of the coil remain substantially free of coating.
An endovascular device, comprising:
- a metallic spiral coil comprising a plurality of coil segments each separated by grooves;
- a polymeric coating disposed on an external surface of the coil segments;
- wherein the grooves of the coil are substantially free of the polymeric coating.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.