A method of modifying a surface of a medical device for implantation or disposition inside a patient is described. The medical device comprises a structure having at least one surface. The method includes the steps of: placing the medical device into a plasma chamber substantially free from contaminants and substantially sealing the plasma chamber from the atmosphere; removing at least an outermost layer of any oxide layer from the at least one surface of the structure by a plasma oxide-removal process, whilst maintaining the plasma chamber under seal from the atmosphere; and subsequently forming a new oxide layer at the least one surface of the structure by introducing at least one gas into the plasma chamber, whilst maintaining the plasma chamber under seal from the atmosphere. A medical device including a bulk material and an oxide layer disposed over at least one surface of the medical device. The oxide layer is substantially pure and free from contaminants.

A biocompatible membrane composite that can provide an environment that is able to mitigate or tailor the foreign body response is provided. The membrane composite contains a mitigation layer and a vascularization layer. A reinforcing component may optionally be included to provide support to and prevent distortion of the biocompatible membrane composite in vivo. The mitigation layer may be bonded (e.g., point bonded or welded) or adhered (intimately or discretely) to an implantable device and/or cell system. The biocompatible membrane composite may be used as a surface layer for implantable devices or cell systems that require vascularization for function but need protection from the host's immune response, such as the formation of foreign body giant cells. The biocompatible membrane composite may partially or fully cover the exterior of an implantable device or cell system. The mitigation layer is positioned between the implantable device or bioactive scaffold and the vascularization layer.

The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing an artificial vascular graft, which comprises implanting a bioactive metal into an expanded polytetrafluoroethylene (ePTFE) surface without an interface by performing plasma etching using a bioactive metal target, and an artificial vascular graft with improved blood compatibility, which is manufactured by way of the method.

Disclosed herein are a biodegradable polymer microparticle for a filler, a freeze-dried body including the same, a manufacturing method thereof, and filler injection including the freeze-dried body. The freeze-dried body includes hydrophilic surface-treated biodegradable polymer microparticle and a biocompatible carrier, wherein the hydrophilic surface-treated biodegradable polymer microparticle has an average particle diameter (D.sub.50) of 20 to 50 μm and is polydioxanone which has a carboxyl group on the surface thereof. The hydrophilic surface-treated biodegradable polymer microparticle is a plasma surface-treated product or a base surface-treated product using discharge of the biodegradable polymer microparticle. The content of the biocompatible carrier is 1 to 5 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the freeze-dried body.

An implantable delivery device and method for utilizing the device to delivery a bioactive agent to a subject in need thereof is described. The device includes a pattern of structures fabricated on a surface of the device to form a nanotopography. A random or non-random pattern of structures may be fabricated such as a complex pattern including structures of differing sizes and/or shapes. The device may be located adjacent tissue such as an endovascular implant or a perivascular implant, and may deliver the bioactive agent without triggering an immune or foreign body response to the bioactive agent.

Methods are provided for modifying a porous surface of an implantable medical device by subjecting the porous surface to a modified micro-arc oxidation process to improve the ability of the medical device to resist microbial growth, to improve the ability of the medical device to adsorb a bioactive agent or a therapeutic agent, and to improve tissue in-growth and tissue on-growth of the implantable medical device.

The invention relates to a dental implant having various regions with different degrees of surface roughness.

An absorbable implantable device, including an iron-based substrate, and a zinc-containing protective layer and a corrosion promoting layer provided on the iron-based substrate. The iron-based substrate has an outer wall and an inner wall. The zinc-containing protective layer covers the outer wall and the inner wall of the iron-based substrate. The corrosion promoting layer covers the zinc-containing protective layer. The thickness ratio of the zinc-containing protective layer located on the outer wall to the corrosion promoting layer located on the outer wall is less than the thickness ratio of the zinc-containing protective layer located on the inner wall to the corrosion promoting layer located on the inner wall. The absorbable implantable device has a low risk of thrombosis and can meet the requirements of early support and later rapid corrosion.

A surface coating structure of a surgical prosthesis according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure may include: a first coating layer formed on the surface of the surgical prosthesis and including an amino compound for surface adhesion; a second coating layer formed on one side of the first coating layer and including a fluorine compound conferring hydrophobicity to the surface coating structure of the surgical prosthesis; and a third coating layer formed on one side of the second coating layer and including a lubricant component for preventing adhesion of a biomaterial existing in a subject into which the surgical prosthesis is inserted.

Anti-biofilm osseointegrating and/or tissue-integrating implantable biomaterial devices that optionally can elute therapeutic ions such as magnesium, silver, copper and/or zinc. In certain embodiments, the devices are engineered to produce structures suitable as implants having a relatively high surface population of zeolite. Methods of producing the devices are also disclosed.