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 INCONE SCIMED PLACE MAPLE GROVE MN 55311-1566

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Arney, Michael S Minneapolis, US 11 196
Atanasoska, Liliana Edina, US 93 3322
Feng, James Q Maple Grove, US 26 947
Flanagan, Aiden Co. Galway, IE 147 2748
Genovese, Frank Longboat, US 3 70
Holman, Tom Princeton, US 17 733
Schoenle, Victor Greenfield, US 13 270
Shippy,, III James Lee Wilmington, US 19 317
Weber, Jan Maastricht, NL 409 18257

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