Medical devices with echogenic coatings
CA 2340746 A1 · Owner: Medtronic, Inc. · Inventors: Halverson, Eileen L.; Sarkis, Randall G.; Tapsak, Mark A.
Overview
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A medical device for insertion into human body having an echogenic portion of enhanced visibility in an ultrasound scan. The echogenic portion includes an echogenic material comprising a plastic impregnated with sonically reflective particles, the particles having an average size of less than 500 nanometers and formed of a substance having a specific gravity of 5 or greater. Preferably the particles have an average size of less than 100 nanometers and the sonically reflective particles are 5 % to 40 % of the echogenic material.
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Why it's free to use
- Filed July 29, 1999. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended July 29, 2019.
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