Expandable fluoropolymer device for delivery of therapeutic agents and method of making
    52.
    发明授权
    Expandable fluoropolymer device for delivery of therapeutic agents and method of making 有权
    用于递送治疗剂的可扩展含氟聚合物装置和制备方法

    公开(公告)号:US07740793B2

    公开(公告)日:2010-06-22

    申请号:US11068680

    申请日:2005-02-28

    IPC分类号: A61M29/00

    摘要: A method of making a radially expandable fluid delivery device includes providing a tube of biocompatible fluoropolymer material with a predetermined porosity based on an extrusion and expansion forming process, applying a radial expansion force to the tube expanding the tube to a predetermined diameter dimension, and removing the radial expansion force. The tube is radially inelastic while sufficiently pliable to be collapsible and inflatable from a collapsed configuration to an expanded configuration upon introduction of an inflation force, such that the expanded configuration occurs upon inflation to the predetermined diameter dimension. The fluid delivery device is constructed of a microporous, biocompatible fluoropolymer material having a microstructure that can provide a controlled, uniform, low-velocity fluid distribution through the walls of the fluid delivery device to effectively deliver fluid to the treatment site without damaging tissue proximate the walls of the device.

    摘要翻译: 一种制造可径向膨胀的流体递送装置的方法包括:基于挤出和膨胀成形方法提供具有预定孔隙率的生物相容性氟聚合物材料管,向扩管管的管施加径向膨胀力至预定直径尺寸, 径向膨胀力。 该管是径向无弹性的,同时在引入膨胀力时足够柔软地可从折叠构型膨胀到膨胀构型,使得膨胀构型在膨胀到预定直径尺寸时发生。 流体输送装置由具有微结构的微孔生物相容性含氟聚合物材料构成,微结构可以通过流体输送装置的壁提供受控的,均匀的低速流体分配,以有效地将流体输送到治疗部位,而不会损伤邻近的 设备的墙壁。

    Method for forming expandable polymers having drugs or agents included therewith
    53.
    发明授权
    Method for forming expandable polymers having drugs or agents included therewith 失效
    形成含有药物或试剂的可发性聚合物的方法

    公开(公告)号:US06923927B2

    公开(公告)日:2005-08-02

    申请号:US10807709

    申请日:2004-03-23

    CPC分类号: A61F2/06

    摘要: The invention is directed to methods involving rewetting of expandable polymers with a wettable liquid to allow for enhanced expansion at or below room temperature without breakage, and in some cases, allows one to achieve a greater expansion ratio than that allowed at elevated temperatures using known methods. The wettable liquid can be formed of a drug and/or an agent, such that the resulting polymer contains and emits the drug upon positioning at a target location of a patient body. The expandable polymer can also have the drug or agent added to its structure at a polymer resin preparation stage, through use of an aqueous solution mixed with one or more fluoropolymers, or in a mixing stage. The present invention also allows one to achieve material with unique properties and handling characteristics. These properties included decreased material thickness, increased density, an altered node/fibril morphology, and a more consistent web in the case of flat material. This method is not limited to room temperature conditions and can be applied whenever the expandable polymer material is wet with a wettable liquid, and the expansion is performed at a temperature preferably below the vaporization or boiling points of that liquid.

    摘要翻译: 本发明涉及包括用可湿性液体再湿润可膨胀聚合物以允许在室温或低于室温下增强膨胀而不破裂的方法,并且在某些情况下允许使用已知方法获得比在升高的温度下更大的膨胀比 。 可湿性液体可以由药物和/或药剂形成,使得所得聚合物在定位在患者身体的目标位置时含有和释放药物。 可膨胀聚合物还可以通过使用与一种或多种含氟聚合物混合的水溶液,或在混合阶段中,在聚合物树脂制备阶段将药物或试剂加入到其结构中。 本发明还可以实现具有独特性质和处理特性的材料。 这些性质包括材料厚度减小,密度增加,节点/原纤维形态改变,以及在平坦材料情况下更一致的网。 该方法不限于室温条件,只要可膨胀聚合物材料用可湿性液体润湿,并且膨胀在优选低于该液体的蒸发或沸点的温度下进行。

    Expandable fluoropolymer device and method of making

    公开(公告)号:US07637886B2

    公开(公告)日:2009-12-29

    申请号:US10131396

    申请日:2002-04-22

    IPC分类号: A61M29/00

    摘要: A radially expandable device having a body constructed of a generally inelastic, expanded fluoropolymer material is described. The body is deployable upon application of a radial expansion force from a reduced diameter, collapsed configuration to an expanded configuration having a pre-defined and fixed increased diameter. The body has a singular, unitary construction of generally homogenous material that is characterized by a seamless construction of expanded fluoropolymer material, such as expanded polytetrafluoroethylene (ePTFE), and is preferably constructed through an extrusion and expansion process. The body is further characterized by a microstructure of nodes interconnected by fibrils in which substantially all the nodes of the body are oriented generally perpendicularly to the longitudinal axis of the body. The monolithic construction of the body and the orientation of the nodes, perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the body, yields a radially expandable device that predictably and dependably expands to a predefined, fixed maximum diameter that is generally independent of the expansion force used to radially expand the device. In addition, the microstructure of nodes interconnected by fibrils provides at least one predetermined flow rate of fluid therethrough over a range of fluid pressures.

    Application of a therapeutic substance to a tissue location using an expandable medical device
    58.
    发明授权
    Application of a therapeutic substance to a tissue location using an expandable medical device 有权
    使用可扩张医疗装置将治疗物质施用于组织位置

    公开(公告)号:US07572245B2

    公开(公告)日:2009-08-11

    申请号:US10942764

    申请日:2004-09-15

    IPC分类号: A61M31/00

    摘要: A non-polymeric or biological coating applied to radially expandable interventional medical devices provides uniform drug distribution and permeation of the coating and any therapeutic agents mixed therewith into a targeted treatment area within the body. The coating is sterile, and is capable of being carried by a sterile medical device to a targeted tissue location within the body following radial expansion. The therapeutic coating transfers off the medical device due in part to a biological attraction with the tissue and in part to a physical transference from the medical device to the targeted tissue location in contact with the medical device. Thus, atraumatic local tissue transference delivery is achieved for uniform therapeutic agent distribution and controlled bio-absorption into the tissue after placement within a patient's body with a non-inflammatory coating.

    摘要翻译: 施加到可径向扩张的介入医疗装置的非聚合或生物涂层提供了涂层和与其混合的任何治疗剂的均匀的药物分布和渗透到体内的目标治疗区域。 涂层是无菌的,并且能够在径向膨胀后由无菌医疗装置携带到身体内的目标组织位置。 治疗涂层部分地由于与组织的生物吸引而部分地转移离开医疗装置,并且部分地从医疗装置到与医疗装置接触的目标组织位置的物理转移。 因此,在用非炎性涂层放置在患者体内之后,实现了不均匀的局部组织转移递送,用于均匀的治疗剂分布和对组织的受控生物吸收。

    Method for treating expandable polymer materials
    59.
    发明授权
    Method for treating expandable polymer materials 有权
    处理可膨胀聚合物材料的方法

    公开(公告)号:US06890463B2

    公开(公告)日:2005-05-10

    申请号:US10131446

    申请日:2002-04-22

    CPC分类号: A61F2/06

    摘要: The invention is directed to methods involving rewetting of expandable polymers with a wettable liquid to allow for enhanced expansion at or below room temperature without breakage, and in some cases, allows one to achieve a greater expansion ratio than that allowed at elevated temperatures using known methods. The wettable liquid can be formed of a drug and/or an agent, such that the resulting polymer contains and emits the drug upon positioning at a target location of a patient body. The present invention also allows one to achieve material with unique properties and handling characteristics. These properties included decreased material thickness, increased density, an altered node/fibril morphology, and a more consistent web in the case of flat material. This method is not limited to room temperature conditions and can be applied whenever the expandable polymer material is wet with a wettable liquid, and the expansion is performed at a temperature preferably below the vaporization or boiling points of that liquid.

    摘要翻译: 本发明涉及包括用可湿性液体再湿润可膨胀聚合物以允许在室温或低于室温下增强膨胀而不破裂的方法,并且在某些情况下允许使用已知方法获得比在升高的温度下更大的膨胀比 。 可湿性液体可以由药物和/或药剂形成,使得所得聚合物在定位在患者身体的目标位置时含有和释放药物。 本发明还可以实现具有独特性质和处理特性的材料。 这些性质包括材料厚度减小,密度增加,节点/原纤维形态改变,以及在平坦材料情况下更一致的网。 该方法不限于室温条件,只要可膨胀聚合物材料用可湿性液体润湿,并且膨胀在优选低于该液体的蒸发或沸点的温度下进行。

    Multi-stage prosthesis
    60.
    发明授权
    Multi-stage prosthesis 有权
    多期假体

    公开(公告)号:US06416537B1

    公开(公告)日:2002-07-09

    申请号:US09604382

    申请日:2000-06-27

    IPC分类号: A61F206

    摘要: A porous tube suitable for use as a vascular graft prosthesis and a method of making it is disclosed. It has a structure of porous polytetrafluoroethylene having a fibrous structure of nodes and fibers connecting the nodes together and an integrated intrawall circumferential support adjacent to areas of variable porosity. This invention provides a polytetrafluoroethylene polymer in a porous form useful as artificial internal organs for, for example vascular bypass, vascular access, and endovascular prosthesis. PTFE walls are found with radial zones of differing porosity are described.

    摘要翻译: 公开了适合用作血管​​移植假体的多孔管及其制造方法。 它具有多孔聚四氟乙烯的结构,其具有连接节点的节点和纤维的纤维结构,以及与可变孔隙度区域相邻的整体的内部周向支撑。 本发明提供一种多孔形式的聚四氟乙烯聚合物,其用作例如血管旁路,血管通路和血管内假体的人造内脏。 发现PTFE壁具有不同孔隙率的径向区域。