Medical device applications of nanostructured surfaces
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1. A medical device comprising a body structure having one or more surfaces having a plurality of nanostructured components associated therewith.
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Abstract
This invention provides novel nanofiber enhanced surface area substrates and structures comprising such substrates for use in various medical devices, as well as methods and uses for such substrates and medical devices.
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- 1. A medical device comprising a body structure having one or more surfaces having a plurality of nanostructured components associated therewith.
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5. The device of claim 3, wherein the plurality of nanofibers comprise an average diameter of from about 5 nm to at least about 1 micron, from about 5 nm to at least about 500 nm, from about 20 nm to at least about 250 nm, from about 20 nm to at least about 200 nm, from about 40 nm to at least about 200 nm, from about 50 nm to at least about 150 nm, or from about 75 nm to at least about 100 nm.
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- 14. A vascular stent comprising a plurality of nanostructured components associated with one or more surfaces of the stent.
- 24. An aneurysm repair device comprising a graft member which is configured to be positioned within a patient'"'"'s body in a region of an aneurysm, the graft member comprising a plurality of nanostructured components associated with one or more surfaces of the graft member.
- 36. A device for creating an anastomosis in a patient by coupling a first vessel to a second vessel in an end-to-end or end-to-side anastomosis, the device comprising a tubular member comprising a plurality of nanostructured components associated with one or more surfaces of the tubular member.
- 49. An implantable orthopedic device comprising a body structure comprising a plurality of nanostructured components associated with one or more surfaces of the body structure.
- 59. A bioengineered scaffold device for providing a scaffold for nerve regeneration comprising a base membrane or matrix having a plurality of nanostructured components associated therewith.
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65. A medical device for implantation in the uterus or fallopian tubes comprising a surface and a plurality of nanofibers associated with the surface.
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66. A medical device in which one or more surfaces are adapted to resist crystallization of body fluids comprising a surface and a plurality of nanofibers associated with the surface.
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67. A medical device in which one or more surfaces are adapted to resist thrombus formation comprising a surface and a plurality of nanofibers associated with the surface.
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68. A medical device in which one or more surfaces are adapted to resist tissue in-growth comprising a surface and a plurality of nanofibers associated with the surface, said nanofibers adapted to be hydrophobic.
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69. A method of therapeutically treating a patient comprising contacting a region of said patient with a medical device comprising a surface and plurality of nanofibers associated with said surface.
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70. A method of administering a drug compound to a body of a patient comprising:
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providing a drug-eluting device comprising at least one surface, a plurality of nanofibers associated with the surface, and a drug compound associated with the plurality of nanofibers;
introducing the drug-eluting device into a body of a patient; and
delivering the drug compound into the body of the patient. - View Dependent Claims (71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81)
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