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US 2020/0390571 A1Published application
Biodegradable supporting device
AssigneeQ3 Medical Devices Limited
InventorEric K. MANGIARDI
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Abstract
A biodegradable in vivo supporting device is disclosed. The in vivo supporting device comprises a biodegradable metal scaffold and a biodegradable polymer coating covering at least a portion of the biodegradable metal scaffold, wherein the biodegradable polymer coating has a degradation rate that is faster than the degradation rate of the biodegradable metal scaffold.
Claims14
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A method for producing a biodegradable in vivo supporting device, comprising,
- (a) producing a biodegradable metal scaffold, wherein the biodegradable metal scaffold comprises metal struts;
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- (b) coating at least a portion of said biodegradable metal scaffold with a biodegradable polymer coating so that the biodegradable polymer coating coats the metal struts of the biodegradable metal scaffold but does not cover openings between struts, thereby forming coated metal struts;
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- wherein said biodegradable polymer coating has a thickness of 10-200 μm and a degradation rate that is different than the degradation rate of the biodegradable metal scaffold.
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