CROSS-LINKED POLYETHYLENE OXIDE COATINGS TO IMPROVE THE BIOCOMPATIBILITY OF IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICES - Patent 0739218

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EP 0 739 218 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	30.10.1996 Bulletin 1996/44

(21)	Application number: 95939997.0

(22)	Date of filing: 16.11.1995

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

A61L 27/ 00^{( . )}
A61L 27/ 34^{( . )}
A61L 33/ 00^{( . )}

A61L 2/ 20^{( . )}
A61L 29/ 08^{( . )}
A61L 33/ 06^{( . )}

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US1995/014912

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 1996/014887 (23.05.1996 Gazette 1996/23)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH DE DK ES FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE

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Priority:

16.11.1994 US 19940340671
16.11.1994 US 19940340681

(71)	Applicant: ALCON LABORATORIES, INC.
	Fort Worth Texas 76134-2099 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	Llanos, Gerard Forth Worth, TX 76109 (US) KARAKELLE, Mutlu Fort Worth, TX 76132 (US) HARRIS, Joe, Milton Huntsville, AL 35801 (US)

(74)	Representative: Keller, Günter, Dr., et al
	Lederer, Keller & Riederer Patentanwälte Prinzregentenstrasse 16 80538 München 80538 München (DE)

(54)	CROSS-LINKED POLYETHYLENE OXIDE COATINGS TO IMPROVE THE BIOCOMPATIBILITY OF IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICES