Medical device
First Claim
1. A coated substrate assembly having a magnetic susceptibility comprising a stent adapted for maintaining an open lumen in a duct in a living organism, said stent comprising a tubular skeletal structure comprised of an electrically conducting material and having a plurality of apertures defining a plurality of closed loop conducting paths in said electrically conducting material;
- a plurality of coated layers disposed on at least a portion of at least one of said closed loop conducting paths, said plurality of coated layers arranged so that said coated substrate assembly has low magnetic susceptibility to radio frequency electromagnetic radiation;
said coated substrate assembly has a saturization magnetization of at least 20,000 Gauss, said plurality of coated layers is comprised of particulates having an average particle size of less than about 100 nanometers; and
said plurality of coated layers comprising a first layer comprising a magnetic material having a thickness of from about 100 angstroms to about 10,000 angstroms disposed continuously on at least 90 percent of the surface of said tubular skeletal structure.
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Abstract
An implantable medical device comprised of a lumen. When the device is, at different points in time, exposed to two different radio frequency electromagnetic radiations, one of whose frequencies differs from the other by a factor of at least 1.5, at least 90 percent of each of the radio frequency electromagnetic radiations penetrates to the lumen of the device.
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1. A coated substrate assembly having a magnetic susceptibility comprising
a stent adapted for maintaining an open lumen in a duct in a living organism, said stent comprising a tubular skeletal structure comprised of an electrically conducting material and having a plurality of apertures defining a plurality of closed loop conducting paths in said electrically conducting material; -
a plurality of coated layers disposed on at least a portion of at least one of said closed loop conducting paths, said plurality of coated layers arranged so that said coated substrate assembly has low magnetic susceptibility to radio frequency electromagnetic radiation;
said coated substrate assembly has a saturization magnetization of at least 20,000 Gauss, said plurality of coated layers is comprised of particulates having an average particle size of less than about 100 nanometers; and
said plurality of coated layers comprising a first layer comprising a magnetic material having a thickness of from about 100 angstroms to about 10,000 angstroms disposed continuously on at least 90 percent of the surface of said tubular skeletal structure. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44)
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45. A coated substrate assembly comprising a substrate coated with a coating comprising at least four layers, said layers comprising particulates wherein
(a) said substrate has a top surface, a bottom surface, a first end and a second end; -
(b) said particulates have an average particle size of less than about 100 nanometers;
(c) said layers comprise at least a first layer, a second layer, a third layer and a fourth layer;
(d) said first layer is comprised of a magnetic material;
(e) said first layer has a thickness less than about 10,000 Angstroms, (f) said first layer is disposed continuously on at least 90%, and optionally on substantially all surfaces of said top surface and said bottom surface and joined at said first end and said second end; and
(g) said coated substrate assembly has a saturization magnetization of at least 20,000 Gauss. - View Dependent Claims (46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70)
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