THIN FILM VASCULAR STENT AND BIOCOMPATIBLE SURFACE TREATMENT

Title:

THIN FILM VASCULAR STENT AND BIOCOMPATIBLE SURFACE TREATMENT

Document Type and Number:

WIPO Patent Application WO/2010/102254

Kind Code:

A3

Abstract:

A vascular implant, comprising a sheet comprising thin film nickel titanium (NiTi), wherein the sheet has at least one super-hydrophilic surface having a water contact angle of less than approximately 5 degrees. The sheet is configured to have a compacted form having a first internal diameter and a deployed form having a second internal diameter larger than the first internal diameter. The sheet may be delivered into a blood vessel in the compacted form and expanded to its deployed form at a treatment location within the blood vessel, wherein the stent is configured to expand onto an internal surface of the blood vessel and exert a radial force on said internal surface.

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Inventors:

LEVI DANIEL S (US)
CARMAN GREGORY P (US)
CHUN YOUNGJAE (US)

Application Number:

PCT/US2010/026430

Publication Date:

January 20, 2011

Filing Date:

March 05, 2010

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Assignee:

UNIV CALIFORNIA (US)
LEVI DANIEL S (US)
CARMAN GREGORY P (US)
CHUN YOUNGJAE (US)

International Classes:

A61F2/82; A61F2/06; A61F2/84; A61L27/04; A61L27/28; A61F2/91; A61F2/92

Foreign References:

US20020165600A1	2002-11-07
US20050186241A1	2005-08-25
US6245102B1	2001-06-12
US20090093871A1	2009-04-09

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