Abstract: A surface of a foreign body exposed to the flowing blood of a living being which normally would promote the aggregation of platelets in that blood to form a layer affixed to that surface and thus restrict the flow of blood past that surface or to form a blood clot detachable from that surface which when detached could trigger a stroke, heart attack or partial loss of organ function, such as plastic tubing, a balloon or the end of a catheter surgically inserted in a blood vessel or a stent implanted therein, e.g.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 27, 1996
Date of Patent:
August 25, 1998
Assignee:
Novovasc LLC
Inventors:
Gerald M. Rosen, William R. Herzog, Jr., Sovitj Pou
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