Invention Application
- Patent Title: IMPLANTABLE DEVICE WITH POROUS MEMBRANE RENDERED HYDROPHILIC
- Patent Title (中): 具有多孔膜的可植入装置
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Application No.: PCT/US2003/016865Application Date: 2003-05-23
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Publication No.: WO2003101505A1Publication Date: 2003-12-11
- Inventor: COOK, Alonzo, D. , CUTRIGHT, Warren, J. , KRALL, Robert, S. , MONTGOMERY, William, D.
- Applicant: GORE ENTERPRISE HOLDINGS, INC.
- Applicant Address: 551 Paper Mill Road, P.O. Box 9206, Newark, DE 19714-9206 US
- Assignee: GORE ENTERPRISE HOLDINGS, INC.
- Current Assignee: GORE ENTERPRISE HOLDINGS, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: 551 Paper Mill Road, P.O. Box 9206, Newark, DE 19714-9206 US
- Agency: CAMPBELL, John, S.
- Priority: US10/159,836 20020531
- Main IPC: A61L31/06
- IPC: A61L31/06
Abstract:
An implantable medical device including a porous membrane of expanded polytetrafluoroethylene that is treated with a hydrophilic polyvinyl alcohol to render said membrane transparent to technology for viewing inside a mammalian body. These technologies include ultrasound echocardiography and video imaging such as that used during laparoscopic procedures.
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