Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Fred Rosenbaum
  • Metal composite tube for biomedical applications
    Patent number: 6364902
    Abstract: Metal composite tubes offer advantages in constructing biomedical device components such as stents. The composite tube comprises a cylindrical wall made of a biocompatible metal matrix with a filament or filaments of other metals that add radiopacity, and/or other advantageous mechanical or physical properties. The filaments are generally oriented along the length of the tube and are surrounded by the wall of the tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2002
    Assignee: Noble-Met, Ltd.
    Inventors: Roger C. Dickenson, John Freeland