Medical devices and coating method
AssigneeSuzhou Lavamed Co., Ltd.
InventorsXin Hua, Liam Farrissey, Brendan Cunniffe, Quan Shen
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Abstract
A medical device is provided, comprising: an expandable tubular member comprising a plurality of elements forming a sidewall, wherein each of the elements crosses one or more other elements and a plurality of pores are formed among the elements in the sidewall; wherein an antithrombogenic material is coated over the tubular member such that there is inherently no webbing of the antithrombogenic material between any two elements.
Claims22
A medical device, comprising:
- an expandable tubular member comprising a plurality of elements forming a sidewall, wherein each of the elements crosses one or more other elements and a plurality of pores are formed among the elements in the sidewall;
- wherein an antithrombogenic material is coated over the tubular member such that there is inherently no webbing of the antithrombogenic material between any two elements.
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A method for coating a medical device, which has a plurality of elements crossing with each other, comprising:
- preparing a solution of antithrombogenic material;
- nebulizing the solution to form a liquid aerosol;
- generating plasma with a plasma source;
- introducing the liquid aerosol into the plasma;
- and
- depositing the medical device with a coating of the antithrombogenic material by exposing the medical device to the liquid aerosol and the plasma, so that there is inherently no webbing of the antithrombogenic material between any two elements of the medical device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.