Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods to create medical devices and medical devices including bioactive composite structures. The methods include using template-assisted electro- or electroless deposition or codeposition methods for providing implantable medical devices coated with bioactive composite structures and also include layering deposited or codeposited metal layers with layers of bioactive materials. In one use, the implantable medical devices of the present invention include stents with bioactive composite structure coatings.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 12, 2005
Date of Patent:
August 17, 2010
Assignee:
Medlogics Device Corporation
Inventors:
Michael E. Gertner, Nazila Dadvand, Richard L. Klein, Nathan Christopher Maier