US 12,447,237 B2
Application of antimicrobial agents to medical devices
Murtaza Y. Amin, Farmington, UT (US)
Assigned to C. R. Bard, Inc., Franklin Lakes, NJ (US)
Filed by C. R. Bard, Inc., Franklin Lakes, NJ (US)
Filed on Aug. 23, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/237,354.
Application 17/843,851 is a division of application No. 15/085,463, filed on Mar. 30, 2016, granted, now 11,413,376, issued on Aug. 16, 2022.
Application 18/237,354 is a continuation of application No. 17/843,851, filed on Jun. 17, 2022, granted, now 11,759,551.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/140,206, filed on Mar. 30, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2023/0398263 A1, Dec. 14, 2023
Int. Cl. A61L 29/10 (2006.01); A61L 29/06 (2006.01); A61L 29/16 (2006.01); A61M 1/36 (2006.01); A61M 25/00 (2006.01); A61M 39/02 (2006.01); A61M 39/16 (2006.01); A61M 39/22 (2006.01); B29C 45/00 (2006.01); B29C 70/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61L 29/106 (2013.01) [A61L 29/06 (2013.01); A61L 29/10 (2013.01); A61L 29/16 (2013.01); A61M 1/3659 (2014.02); A61M 25/0009 (2013.01); A61M 25/0045 (2013.01); A61M 39/0247 (2013.01); A61M 39/162 (2013.01); A61M 39/22 (2013.01); B29C 45/00 (2013.01); B29C 70/00 (2013.01); A61L 2300/404 (2013.01); A61M 2025/0056 (2013.01); A61M 2039/0258 (2013.01); A61M 2039/0273 (2013.01); A61M 2039/0285 (2013.01); A61M 2207/00 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49885 (2015.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of making an implantable access port, the method comprising:
compounding a polymer with a copper salt to provide a forming material;
melting the polymer of the forming material; and
forming at least a portion of a fluid path of the implantable access port with the forming material, the forming material being substantially non-eluting with respect to copper of the copper salt thereof.