Implantable medical devices having microporous surface layers and method for reducing foreign body response to the same

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8647393
APP PUB NO 20130236502A1
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13718847

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This disclosure provides implantable devices coated with microporous surface layers with macrotopographic features that improve bio-integration at the interface of the implantable devices and the surrounding tissue.

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HEALIONICS CORPORATIONSEATTLE WA 98103

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Alvarez, Michel Seattle, US 33 1194
Maginness, Max Seattle, US 9 182
Marshall, Andrew J Seattle, US 10 235

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