A composition comprising an alginate and a gelatin that is useful as a bioscaffold for the infarct region of a heart or as a coating on a biomedical device (e.g., stent or pacemaker lead).

Use of an organic precursor compound for the formation of a homogeneous organic film on a (semi)conductor electric surface; useful for microelectronic components and biomedical devices.

A method for manufacturing biomedical devices (e.g., contact lens, stent, catheters, intraocular lens and implants) involving contacting the surface of the device with humectants and using ultraviolet radiation to produce a stable hydrophilic and antimicrobial coating.

New functionalized drugs useful for treating and preventing cancerous disease, reducing pain and inflammation, and in implantable biomedical devices and polymeric compositions, such as bioabsorbable chewing gum.

A micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) switch for biomedical devices, etc., with a movable conductive plate positioned between upper and lower electrodes, and vertical posts coupled to rings that are integral to the conductive plate.

A prepolymer used for hydrogel copolymers, with a polymerizable ethylenically unsaturated radical, diradical residue of diisocyanate, diradical residue of polysiloxane diol and diradical residue of diol; useful for increasing oxygen permeability, tensile modulus and water content in biomedical devices, especially ophthalmic devices such as contact lenses, intraocular lenses and ophthalmic implants.

A voltage-rectifying circuit with a source signal input coupled to an input-judgment circuit and a switching circuit, where the switching circuit has switching units that are transistors; for use in implantable biomedical devices.

A method for improving parylene-to-parylene adhesion in, e.g., a biomedical device, comprising providing a device having multiple parylene layers on a substrate in a vacuum chamber, and heating at least two adjacent parylene layers to a temperature that is greater than a deposition temperature at which the parylene layers were formed to enhance adhesion of the parylene layers.

A method for the production of a fluoride-coated biomedical device, comprising exposing a surface of biomedical device to a plasma in presence of solid source of fluorine; useful particularly in implantable orthopedic devices such as knee, hip, shoulder and elbow prostheses.

A nanotube/polymer composite resistant to ionizing radiation, produced by sonicating single-wall carbon nanotubes, introducing polymethylmethacrylate into the nanotubes to form a polymethylmethacrylate/single-wall nanotube mixture, and sonicating the mixture; used in the manufacture of biomedical devices.

A fine-structure transfer device with opposing substrate and stamper that are mounted on a temporary mounting surface, so that storage elements move to the same planar position as the substrate mounting surface; used for transferring fine structures (e.g., integrated extra sub micron pattern during fabrication of DNA chips, biodevices, semiconductor multilayer interconnection structures, printed circuit boards (PCB), micro electro mechanical systems, etc.).