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Zirconium oxide and zirconium nitride coated vascular grafts
Assignee: Smith and Nephew Inc
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Filing: 1995-06-06
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Granted: 1997-05-27
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Expires: 2015-06-06
Abstract
Abstract Vascular grafts fabricated from a substrate of a low modulus metal coated with blue to black zirconium oxide or zirconium nitride. The coating provides enhanced thrombogenicity, biocompatibility, blood compatibility, corrosion-resistance, friction and microfretting resistance, durability, and electrical insulation, where applicable. The coatings may be applied to low modulus metallic substrates by physical or chemical vapor deposition as well as other ion-beam assisted methods. Preferably, however, for optimizing attachment strength, the vascular grafts are fabricated from zirconium or zirconium-containing alloys and the coatings are formed by oxidizing or nitriding through an in situ method that develops a coating from and on the metal surface of the vascular graft, without need for depositing a coating on the metal surface.
Inventors
- 👤 James A. Davidson
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-06 00:03
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61L; A61L33/00; A61L33/02; A61L33/027; A61F; A61F2/00; A61F2/0077; A61F2/02; A61F2/04; A61F2/06; A61F2/07; A61F2/24; A61F2/2442; A61F2/2445; A61F2/2448; A61F2/30; A61F2/30767; A61F2/82; A61F2/86; A61F2/90; A61F2/91; A61L27/00; A61L27/02; A61L27/04; A61L27/047; A61L27/28; A61L27/30; A61L27/306; A61L27/50; A61L27/507; A61L29/00; A61L29/02; A61L29/08; A61L29/10; A61L29/106; A61L31/00; A61L31/02; A61L31/022; A61L31/08; A61L31/082; A61L31/088; A61F2/38; A61F2/88; A61F2/95; A61F2/958; A61F2002/30001; A61F2002/30003; A61F2002/3006; A61F2002/30107; A61F2210/00; A61F2210/0009; A61F2230/00; A61F2230/0002; A61F2230/0028; A61F2230/0054; A61F2310/00; A61F2310/00005; A61F2310/00011; A61F2310/00035; A61F2310/00089; A61F2310/00389; A61F2310/00592; A61F2310/00598; A61F2310/00634; A61F2310/00856; A61F2310/00892
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 11
Claim 1
Independent Claim
100 words
A woven vascular graft for replacing an artery, vein or blood vessel in a living body, said woven vascular graft comprising: (a) a cylindrical substrate of a woven low elastic modulus metallic composition with a bore therethrough, said substrate having surfaces and sized to replace an artery, vein or blood vessel in a living body; and (b) a corrosion-resistant, biocompatible, hemocompatible, durable, stable coating selected from the group consisting of essentially zirconium oxides, ranging in color from blue to black, and essentially zirconium nitrides, ranging in color from yellow to orange; said coating disposed on said surfaces of the substrate.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
100 words
A woven vascular graft for replacing an artery, vein or blood vessel in a living body, said woven vascular graft comprising: (a) a cylindrical substrate of a woven low elastic modulus metallic composition with a bore therethrough, said substrate having surfaces and sized to replace an artery, vein or blood vessel in a living body; and (b) a corrosion-resistant, biocompatible, hemocompatible, durable, stable coating selected from the group consisting of essentially zirconium oxides, ranging in color from blue to black, and essentially zirconium nitrides, ranging in color from yellow to orange; said coating disposed on said surfaces of the substrate.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
19 words
The woven vascular graft of claim 1, wherein the coating is from about 0.1 to about 20 microns thick.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
23 words
The woven vascular graft of claim 1, wherein the substrate comprises a metal selected from the group consisting of zirconium and zirconium-containing alloys.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
18 words
The woven vascular graft of claim 3, wherein said substrate further includes a sub-surface zone containing diffused oxygen.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
20 words
The woven vascular graft of claim 3 or claim 4, wherein the coating includes diffusion-bonded blue to black zirconium oxides.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
19 words
The woven vascular graft of claim 5, wherein the coating is from about 0.1 to about 20 microns thick.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
35 words
The woven vascular graft of claim 1, further comprising a second coating selected from the group consisting of antibiotics and anticoagulants, wherein said second coating is disposed on said corrosion-resistant, biocompatible, hemocompatible, durable, stable coating.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
21 words
The woven vascular graft of claim 1 further comprising a silver-doped overlay coating over the corrosion-resistant, biocompatible, hemocompatible, durable, stable coating.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
32 words
The woven vascular graft of claim 1, further comprising overlay coatings over the coating, said overlay coatings selected from the group consisting of amorphous diamond-like carbon, cubic zirconia, and white tetragonal zirconia.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
22 words
The woven vascular graft of claim 1 further includes a lubricous boronated overlay coating over the corrosion-resistant, biocompatible, hemocompatible, durable, stable coating.
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