Abstract:
A stent assembly, comprising: a. a stent jacket, comprising an expansible mesh structure, having a retracted state and a deployed state, and further wherein in the deployed state, the expansible mesh structure defines apertures, and the expansible mesh structure is formed of fibers of a diameter between about 5 micrometers and about 25 micrometers, the diameter having a property of forming a substantially stable layer of endothelial cells, covering the fibers, thus reducing platelet aggregation; and b. an expansible stent, operatively associated with the stent jacket, the stent jacket being located on the exterior of the expansible stent.
Abstract:
A surgical staple cartridge is disclosed comprising a plurality of staples removably stored within the surgical staple cartridge. The staples comprise staple legs which extend from a staple base portion. The staple legs comprise staple tips configured to pierce tissue and contact a corresponding forming pocket of an anvil of surgical stapling instrument.
Abstract:
The invention is related to a biodegradable stent for vascular placement comprising, a tubular biodegradable metal structure, a biodegradable organic layer covering the surfaces of the structure, and optionally a biodegradable polymer coating covering the organic surface layer. The organic layer is a derivative of a monomer vapor injected plasma and is applied in a plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition process. Thereby the biodegradable organic layer is an organosilane layer and the biodegradable polymer coating contains a therapeutic drug.
Title translation:VERFAHREN ZUR HERSTELLUNG EINEROBERFLÄCHENBESCHICHTUNGMIT REDUZIERTER ABBAUGESCHWINDIGKEIT EINESGEFÄSSSTENTSAUS EINER BIOLOGISCH ABBAUBAREN MAGNESIUMLEGIERUNG
Abstract:
Disclosed is a method for preparing a surface coating with a reduced degradation rate of a biodegradable magnesium alloy vascular stent, comprising firstly grafting a silane coupling agent to the surface of a magnesium ally by dip coating, heat curing, and forming a silane coupling agent coating on the surface of the magnesium alloy; and then coating a polymer on the surface of the silane coupling agent coating by spin coating, and drying under vacuum to form a polymer coating. The polymer coating on the surface of the magnesium alloy and pretreated by a silane coupling agent can enhance the bonding force with the surface of the magnesium alloy vascular stent to suppress excessive degradation of the magnesium alloy matrix, and improve the biocompatibility of the vascular stent.
Title translation:MEDIZINISCHE METALLVORTHHTUNG MITSCHMIERFÄHIGKEITUND NIEDRIGER EIWEISSADSORPTION UND / ODER NIEDRIGER ZELLADSORPTION SOWIE VERFAHREN ZUR HERSTELLUNG DAVON
Abstract:
A composite wire product includes a biodegradable parent material which forms the bulk of the cross-sectional area of the wire, and a central fiber or filament of a slower-degrading or non-biodegradable material runs throughout the length of the wire. This central filament promotes the mechanical integrity of an intraluminal appliance or other medical device made from the wire product throughout the biodegradation process by preventing non-absorbed parent material from dislodging from the central filament. Thus, the present wire design enables the creation of medical devices that are designed to improve in flexibility toward a more natural state over the course of healing, while also controlling for the possibility of non-uniform in vivo erosion.