Biodegradable elastomeric patch for treating cardiac or cardiovascular conditions

KL Fujimoto, K Tobita, J Guan, WR Wagner… - US Patent …, 2015 - Google Patents
2007-09-24 Assigned to UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH-OF THE COMMONWEALTH
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Orthopaedic implant with porous structural member

PS Nebosky, GC Stalcup - US Patent 9,700,431, 2017 - Google Patents
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System and method of pivoted stent deployment

IJ Zacharias, D Aristizabal, M Mohn… - US Patent …, 2011 - Google Patents
The invention provides a stent-graft system comprising a graft member and a stent having a
connection end interconnected with the graft member and a free end opposed thereto. A belt …

Orthopaedic screws

PS Nebosky, SL Zimmerman, GC Stalcup - US Patent 8,475,505, 2013 - Google Patents
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Modular vascular graft for low profile percutaneous delivery

MV Chobotov, RG Whirley, JW Humphrey - US Patent 10,159,557, 2018 - Google Patents
A hybrid modular endovascular graft wherein a main graft is sized to span at least a portion
of a target vessel lesion in a large percentage of patients. Graft extensions may be secured …

Tissue scaffold having aligned fibrils and artificial tissue comprising the same

MJ Yost, CM Gore, L Terracio, RL Goodwin… - US Patent …, 2008 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A tubular tissue scaffold is described which comprises a tube having a wall,
wherein the wall includes biopolymer fibrils that are aligned in a helical pattern around the …

Drug delivery implants

PS Nebosky, SL Zimmerman, GC Stalcup - US Patent 9,616,205, 2017 - Google Patents
An orthopedic implant system includes an orthopedic implant implantable at a selected
location within a corporeal body and configured for delivering at least one therapeutic agent …

Porous tissue ingrowth structure

PS Nebosky, GC Stalcup, TD Knapp - US Patent 9,724,203, 2017 - Google Patents
A three-dimensional scaffold for a medical implant includes a plurality of layers bonded to
each other. Each layer has a top surface and a bottom surface and a plurality of pores …

Endovascular graft

MV Chobotov - US Patent 7,081,129, 2006 - Google Patents
An endovascular graft which is configured to conform to the morphology of the vessel to be
treated and which is made from an inflatable structure having a proximal end with a proximal …

Extracellular matrix-derived gels and related methods

SF Badylak, DO Freytes - US Patent 8,361,503, 2013 - Google Patents
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5,753,267 A 5/1998 Badylak et al. scaffolds. Also provided are compositions prepared …