Patents Assigned to Design & Performance-Cyprus Limited
  • Non-thrombogenic stent jacket
    Patent number: 8882822
    Abstract: Disclosed is the use of serous tissue, such as pericardium, as a component of intracorporeal implants. Particularly, disclosed is a jacketed stent assembly comprising an expandable stent provided with a jacket of processed serous tissue which, in some embodiments, is impregnated with a therapeutic or diagnostic agent. In a preferred embodiment, the jacket of the expandable stent is formed of pericardial tissue, preferably bovine or porcine pericardial tissue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Design & Performance-Cyprus Limited
    Inventor: Carlos Vonderwalde
  • Stent with cover connectors
    Patent number: 6929658
    Abstract: A stent for maintaining the patency of a bodily lumen has a tubular body with at least one cover connector integrally formed on the tubular body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2005
    Assignee: Design & Performance-Cyprus Limited
    Inventors: Carlos Vonderwalde Freidberg, Daniel Capuano