Self-buffering medical implants

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8267992
APP PUB NO 20100222873A1
SERIAL NO

12715577

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A medical implant includes a bioerodible portion that includes a bioerodible polymer and a bioerodible metal. The bioerodible polymer matrix degrades under physiological conditions to form acidic degradation products. The bioerodible metal degrades under physiological conditions to form basic degradation products. The acidic degradation products and the basic degradation products buffer at least a portion of the medical implant. In one aspect, the bioerodible portion includes a bioerodible polymer matrix and a bioerodible metal within the bioerodible polymer matrix. In another aspect, the medical implant can include a body, a plurality of discrete deposits of the bioerodible polymer on the body, and a plurality of discrete deposits of the bioerodible metal on the body.

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  • BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Arney, Michael S Minneapolis, US 11 177
Atanasoska, Liliana Edina, US 93 3219
Feng, James Q Maple Grove, US 26 869
Flanagan, Aiden Co. Galway, IE 138 2565
Genovese, Frank Longboat, US 3 63
Holman, Tom Princeton, US 17 704
Schoenle, Victor Greenfield, US 13 245
Shippy,, III James Lee Wilmington, US 19 305
Weber, Jan Maastricht, NL 405 17339

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