Endoluminal device exhibiting improved endothelialization and method of manufacture thereof
AssigneeAdvanced Bio Prosthetic Surfaces, Ltd.
InventorsJulio C. Palmaz, Eugene A. Sprague, Cristina Simon, Denes Marton, Roger W. Wiseman, Christopher E. Banas
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Abstract
An implantable endoluminal device which is fabricated from materials which present a blood or body fluid and tissue contact surface which has controlled heterogeneities in material constitution. An endoluminal stent which is made of a material having controlled heterogeneities in the stent material along the blood flow surface of the stent and the method of fabricating the stent using vacuum deposition methods.
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An endoluminal stent capable of radially expanding from a first diameter to a second diameter, comprising a tubular member having luminal and abluminal surfaces thereof, at least the luminal surface having controlled heterogeneities thereupon.
An endoluminal stent capable of radially expanding from a first diameter to a second diameter, comprising a tubular member, having luminal and abluminal surfaces thereof, fabricated from a bulk material which forms the luminal and abluminal surfaces of the tubular member, at least the luminal surface of the bulk material having controlled heterogeneities thereupon.
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