Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Superhydrophobic coating for airway mucus plugging prevention
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Application No.: US14210612Application Date: 2014-03-14
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Publication No.: US09764067B2Publication Date: 2017-09-19
- Inventor: Sean P. Fleury , Mark D. Wood , Dane T. Seddon , Laura Elizabeth Firstenberg , Paul Smith , Gary J. Leanna , Claude O. Clerc , James Weldon , Steven E. Walak
- Applicant: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US MN Maple Grove
- Assignee: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
- Current Assignee: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US MN Maple Grove
- Agency: Seager, Tufte & Wickhem, LLP
- Main IPC: A61F2/00
- IPC: A61F2/00 ; A61L31/14 ; A61F2/82 ; A61L31/10 ; A61F2/07 ; A61F2/86 ; A61F2/04

Abstract:
A method for reducing mucus accumulation in an airway including disposing an implantable device within an airway, wherein the implantable device has a first end, a second end, and an inner surface defining a lumen extending from the first end to the second end; wherein at least a portion of the inner surface has a hydrophobic polymer coating thereon, wherein a polymer coating surface has dynamic water contact angles of 145 degrees or greater; and wherein the implantable device is constructed and arranged to maintain patency of the airway; wherein accumulation of mucus is reduced as compared to a similar implantable device without the hydrophobic portion of the inner surface. An implantable medical device having a superhydrophobic surface and a method of making an implantable medical device having a superhydrophobic surface are also provided. An implantable medical device having a micropatterned surface with enhanced adhesion to tissue, optionally in combination with other region(s) having a superhydrophobic surface and a method of making such a device. Methods and devices for prevention of bacterial adhesion to implanted medical devices.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140277443A1 SUPERHYDROPHOBIC COATING FOR AIRWAY MUCUS PLUGGING PREVENTION Public/Granted day:2014-09-18
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