Medical devices having superhydrophobic surfaces
AssigneeBoston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
InventorMark Edin
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Abstract
According to an aspect of the invention, medical devices are provided, which have at least two superhydrophobic surface regions which engage one another when the medical device is deployed in vivo.
Claims17
A stent comprising a plurality of superhydrophobic surface regions which engage one another upon stent expansion in vivo, wherein the stent comprises a substantially two-dimensional stent element, which has a curvature and which forms all or a portion of a tubular structure, wherein the substantially two-dimensional stent element comprises a first superhydrophobic surface region on a first side and a second superhydrophobic surface region on a second opposite side, and wherein the first superhydrophobic surface region corresponds to a fraction of the first side and the second superhydrophobic surface region corresponds to a fraction of the second side.
A stent comprising first and second superhydrophobic surface regions which engage one another upon stent expansion in vivo, wherein the stent comprises a substantially two-dimensional stent element, which has a curvature and which forms all or a portion of a tubular structure, wherein the substantially two-dimensional stent element comprises said first superhydrophobic surface region on a first side and said second superhydrophobic surface region on a second opposite side.
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