WO2007143116A3 - Implantable medical devices fabricated from branched polymers - Google Patents

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WO2007143116A3
WO2007143116A3 PCT/US2007/012981 US2007012981W WO2007143116A3 WO 2007143116 A3 WO2007143116 A3 WO 2007143116A3 US 2007012981 W US2007012981 W US 2007012981W WO 2007143116 A3 WO2007143116 A3 WO 2007143116A3
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implantable medical
branched polymers
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Yunbing Wang
David C Gale
Bin Huang
Mikael O Trollsas
Thierry Glauser
Florian N Ludwig
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Abbott Cardiovascular Systems
Yunbing Wang
David C Gale
Bin Huang
Mikael O Trollsas
Thierry Glauser
Florian N Ludwig
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Priority to AT07795624T priority patent/ATE481990T1/en
Priority to JP2009513302A priority patent/JP2009538702A/en
Priority to DE602007009388T priority patent/DE602007009388D1/en
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    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61LMETHODS OR APPARATUS FOR STERILISING MATERIALS OR OBJECTS IN GENERAL; DISINFECTION, STERILISATION OR DEODORISATION OF AIR; CHEMICAL ASPECTS OF BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS OR SURGICAL ARTICLES; MATERIALS FOR BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS OR SURGICAL ARTICLES
    • A61L27/00Materials for grafts or prostheses or for coating grafts or prostheses
    • A61L27/14Macromolecular materials
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61LMETHODS OR APPARATUS FOR STERILISING MATERIALS OR OBJECTS IN GENERAL; DISINFECTION, STERILISATION OR DEODORISATION OF AIR; CHEMICAL ASPECTS OF BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS OR SURGICAL ARTICLES; MATERIALS FOR BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS OR SURGICAL ARTICLES
    • A61L27/00Materials for grafts or prostheses or for coating grafts or prostheses
    • A61L27/14Macromolecular materials
    • A61L27/18Macromolecular materials obtained otherwise than by reactions only involving carbon-to-carbon unsaturated bonds
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61LMETHODS OR APPARATUS FOR STERILISING MATERIALS OR OBJECTS IN GENERAL; DISINFECTION, STERILISATION OR DEODORISATION OF AIR; CHEMICAL ASPECTS OF BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS OR SURGICAL ARTICLES; MATERIALS FOR BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS OR SURGICAL ARTICLES
    • A61L31/00Materials for other surgical articles, e.g. stents, stent-grafts, shunts, surgical drapes, guide wires, materials for adhesion prevention, occluding devices, surgical gloves, tissue fixation devices
    • A61L31/04Macromolecular materials
    • A61L31/06Macromolecular materials obtained otherwise than by reactions only involving carbon-to-carbon unsaturated bonds
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    • C08ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS; THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-UP; COMPOSITIONS BASED THEREON
    • C08LCOMPOSITIONS OF MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS
    • C08L67/00Compositions of polyesters obtained by reactions forming a carboxylic ester link in the main chain; Compositions of derivatives of such polymers
    • C08L67/04Polyesters derived from hydroxycarboxylic acids, e.g. lactones

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Implantable medical devices fabricated from branched polymers are disclosed.
PCT/US2007/012981 2006-06-01 2007-06-01 Implantable medical devices fabricated from branched polymers WO2007143116A2 (en)

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EP07795624A EP2035049B1 (en) 2006-06-01 2007-06-01 Implantable medical devices fabricated from branched polymers
AT07795624T ATE481990T1 (en) 2006-06-01 2007-06-01 IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICES MADE OF BRANCHED POLYMERS
JP2009513302A JP2009538702A (en) 2006-06-01 2007-06-01 Implantable medical devices made from branched polymers
DE602007009388T DE602007009388D1 (en) 2006-06-01 2007-06-01 IMPLANTABLE MEDICINE PRODUCTS FROM BRANCHED POLYMERS

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