Surgery – Blood transferred between different bodies along continuous...
Reexamination Certificate
2008-09-19
2011-10-25
Lucchesi, Nicholas D (Department: 3763)
Surgery
Blood transferred between different bodies along continuous...
Reexamination Certificate
active
08043246
ABSTRACT:
A nitric oxide gas-releasing conduit configured for surgical implantation through a patient's tympanic membrane. The nitric oxide gas-releasing conduit comprises a gas-permeable cured resin material configured for releasably sequestering therein gas. The gas-permeable cured resin material is charged with nitric oxide gas. The nitric oxide gas-releasing conduit may be optionally coated with an antimicrobial gas-releasing composition. The gas-releasing coating composition may be configured to release nitric oxide.
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Av-Gay Yossef
Greenberg David
Enox Biopharma, Inc.
Lucchesi Nicholas D
Patel Pritesh
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