A protective stent coating

SiC protective coating for photovoltaic retinal prosthesis.

OBJECTIVE To evaluate plasma-enhanced, chemically vapor deposited (PECVD) amorphous silicon carbide (α-SiC:H) as a protective coating for retinal prostheses and other implantable devices, and to study their failure mechanisms in vivo. APPROACH Retinal prostheses were implanted in rats sub-retinally for up to 1 year. Degradation of implants was characterized by optical and scanning electron mi...

Low-Temperature Self-Healing of a Microcapsule-Type Protective Coating

Low-temperature self-healing capabilities are essential for self-healing materials exposed to cold environments. Although low-temperature self-healing concepts have been proposed, there has been no report of a microcapsule-type low-temperature self-healing system wherein the healing ability was demonstrated at low temperature. In this work, low-temperature self-healing of a microcapsule-type pr...

Ultra-thin plasma polymerized allylamine films for cardiovascular stent coating

Prevention of restenosis by a novel drug-eluting stent system with a dose-adjustable, polymer-free, on-site stent coating.

AIMS Drug-eluting stents (DES) represent a major advance in interventional cardiology. Along with the success shown, current DES also present limitations related to the presence of polymer-coating, fixed drug, and dose used. With the ISAR (Individualized Drug-Eluting Stent System to Abrogate Restenosis) project, a DES system has been developed that permits individualized choice of the drug and ...

Beneficial effects of Y2O3 dispersion on Al2O3 protective coating

We have studied the mechanism by which dispersed Y 2 0 3 exerts beneficial effects on the oxidation protection of an A1203 coating (film) on the basis of the following models: 1) Y2O3 suppresses surface segregation of S by trapping it in the alloy matrix and accordingly suppresses spalling of the A1203 film; 2.1) The diffusion of alloying elements into the N2o3 film is retarded by dispersed oxi...