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20090143820 | TISSUE REPAIR DEVICE AND FABRICATION THEREOF - A device for use in tissue repair procedures, a surgical tissue repair procedure, and a method of making the device. Specifically, the device is an assembly of a cannulated anchor member with a cord passed through it, and a stopper mounted to an end of the cord to prevent the cord from passing back through the anchor member. | 06-04-2009 |
20090149873 | USE OF COUPLING AGENTS TO IMPROVE THE INTERFACE IN ABSORBABLE POLYMER COMPOSITES - A composite having a poly(ethylene-co-acrylic acid) coupling agent, a filler, and a biocompatible, biodegradable polymer matrix is disclosed. The composites described herein are useful for biomedical applications such as, tissue engineering, drug delivery, and implantable medical devices. | 06-11-2009 |
20090275129 | TISSUE ENGINEERED BLOOD VESSELS - Compositions and methods of using tissue engineered blood vessels to repair and regenerate blood vessels of patients with vascular disease are disclosed. | 11-05-2009 |
20090326035 | Compositions and Methods for Preventing or Reducing Postoperative Ileus and Gastric Stasis in Mammals - Disclosed are compositions and methods for preventing or reducing postoperative ileus and gastric stasis. Such compositions include a combination of a carrier component and a bioactive component which acts to prevent or reduce post-operative ileus. Such methods include administering atherapeutically effective amount of the composition directly to the serosal surfaces of the gastrointestinal and other visceral organs. | 12-31-2009 |
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20120143228 | ADHESIVE STRUCTURE WITH STIFF PROTRUSIONS ON ADHESIVE SURFACE - A laminate and process of making the laminate is disclosed comprising: a surgical mesh having first and second surfaces; and an adhesive structure having adhesive and non-adhesive surfaces, wherein the non-adhesive surface of the adhesive structure is laminated to at least one of said first and second surfaces of said surgical mesh, and the adhesive surface of said adhesive structure has protrusions extending therefrom comprising a resin having a Young's modulus of greater than 17 MPa, which protrusions are of sufficiently low diameter to promote adhesion by increasing physical attractive forces between the adhesive structure and a target surface, as measured by shear adhesion. | 06-07-2012 |
20120251611 | SUPER-HYDROPHILIC STRUCTURES - A polydioxanone film comprising substantially cylindrical polydioxanone pillars on at least one side thereof, said pillars having diameters from about 0.2 μm to about 3 μm, and heights from about 2 μm to about 20 μm from the surface of the film, a process for adsorbing proteins using the film and medical devices incorporating the film. | 10-04-2012 |
20120302427 | POLYMERIC STRUCTURES FOR ADSORBING BIOLOGICAL MATERIAL AND THEIR METHOD OF PREPARATION - A biologic-adsorbent, e.g., protein-adsorbent, material is prepared by forming a polymeric substrate into structures having high surface area topography whose biologic adsorbing properties can be controlled. Biologic adsorption by these structures of optimized high surface area topography is increased by mild treating of the surfaces, e.g., by oxygen plasma, without substantially altering topography. Structures can have tailored geometric features including microstructures, e.g., pillars, with a diameter from 100 nm-50 μm and height greater than 1 μm. | 11-29-2012 |
20120302465 | POLYMERIC STRUCTURES FOR ADSORBING BIOLOGICAL MATERIAL AND THEIR METHOD OF PREPARATION - A biologic-adsorbent, e.g., protein-adsorbent, material is prepared by forming a polymeric substrate into structures having high surface area topography whose biologic adsorbing properties can be controlled. Biologic adsorption by these structures of optimized high surface area topography is increased by mild treating of the surfaces, e.g., by oxygen plasma, without substantially altering topography. Structures can have tailored geometric features including microstructures, e.g., pillars, with a diameter from 100 nm-50 μm and height greater than 1 μm. | 11-29-2012 |
20130006349 | TISSUE ENGINEERED BLOOD VESSELS - Compositions and methods of using tissue engineered blood vessels to repair and regenerate blood vessels of patients with vascular disease are disclosed. | 01-03-2013 |
20130172927 | ADHESIVE STRUCTURE WITH TISSUE PIERCING PROTRUSIONS ON ITS SURFACE - An implant having an adhesive structure comprising a planar surface having two sides and rectangular cuboid-based protrusions having pyramidal tips extending from at least one of said sides, optionally having a porous basic supporting structure, and methods of making and using such implants. | 07-04-2013 |
20130196431 | TISSUE ENGINEERED BLOOD VESSEL - Compositions and methods of using tissue engineered blood vessels to repair and regenerate blood vessels of patients with vascular disease are disclosed. | 08-01-2013 |
20130196438 | TISSUE ENGINEERED BLOOD VESSELS - Compositions and methods of using tissue engineered blood vessels to repair and regenerate blood vessels of patients with vascular disease are disclosed. | 08-01-2013 |
20130196439 | TISSUE ENGINEERED BLOOD VESSEL - Compositions and methods of using tissue engineered blood vessels to repair and regenerate blood vessels of patients with vascular disease are disclosed. | 08-01-2013 |
20130196440 | TISSUE ENGINEERED BLOOD VESSEL - Compositions and methods of using tissue engineered blood vessels to repair and regenerate blood vessels of patients with vascular disease are disclosed. | 08-01-2013 |
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20130206330 | ADHESIVE STRUCTURE WITH STIFF PROTRUSIONS ON ADHESIVE SURFACE - A laminate and process of making the laminate is disclosed comprising: a surgical mesh having first and second surfaces; and an adhesive structure having adhesive and non-adhesive surfaces, wherein the non-adhesive surface of the adhesive structure is laminated to at least one of said first and second surfaces of said surgical mesh, and the adhesive surface of said adhesive structure has protrusions extending therefrom comprising a resin having a Young's modulus of greater than 17 MPa, which protrusions are of sufficiently low diameter to promote adhesion by increasing physical attractive forces between the adhesive structure and a target surface, as measured by shear adhesion. | 08-15-2013 |
20130266761 | SUPER-HYDROPHOBIC HIERARCHICAL STRUCTURES, METHOD OF FORMING THEM AND MEDICAL DEVICES INCORPORATING THEM - Synthetic polymer substrates comprising a hierarchical surface structure of multiple domes and multiple pillars on said domes, wherein said substrate is a synthetic polymer film, said domes have diameters in the range from about 5 μm to about 400 μm, heights in the range from about 2.5 μm and about 500 μm, and said pillars have diameters in the range from about 20 nm to about 5 μm and aspect ratios of from about 2 to about 50, and methods of making and using them. | 10-10-2013 |
20130267880 | BLOOD CLOTTING SUBSTRATE AND MEDICAL DEVICE - A blood clotting substrate and device which has a plurality of oxygen plasma-treated polypropylene pillars extending from the surface of a polypropylene film. | 10-10-2013 |
20130288225 | METHOD FOR SEPARATING WHOLE BLOOD - A method of separating blood by providing a horizontal substrate having a plurality of oxygen plasma-treated polypropylene pillars extending from the surface of a polypropylene film, depositing a whole blood sample on an upper surface of the substrate, collecting red blood cells on the upper surface of the pillars and permitting remaining components of said whole blood sample to flow downward and through the pillars. | 10-31-2013 |
20140120314 | SUPER-HYDROPHOBIC HIERARCHICAL STRUCTURES, METHOD OF FORMING THEM AND MEDICAL DEVICES INCORPORATING THEM - Synthetic polymer substrates comprising a hierarchical surface structure of multiple domes and multiple pillars on said domes, wherein said substrate is a synthetic polymer film, said domes have diameters in the range from about 5 μm to about 400 μm, heights in the range from about 2.5 μm and about 500 μm, and said pillars have diameters in the range from about 20 nm to about 5 μm and aspect ratios of from about 2 to about 50, and methods of making and using them. | 05-01-2014 |