* Databases searched: US-G, US-A, EP-A, EP-B, WO, JP, DE, GB, FR
* Search scope: Claims
* Years: 19911981-July 2008
* Search query: ureter* AND (stent* OR catheter*) AND (*microb* OR *bacter*)
* Results: '''82 103 patents (41 48 unique patent families)'''
==== Sample patents ====
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|[http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=6468649.PN.&OS=PN/6468649&RS=PN/6468649 US6468649 B1]
| SCIMED LIFE SYSTEMS INC
| Antimicrobial adhesion surface
| The present invention provides an implantable medical device having a substrate with a hydrophilic coating composition to limit in vivo colonization of bacteria and fungi. The hydrophilic coating composition includes a hydrophilic polymer with a molecular weight in the range from about 100, 000 to about 15 million selected from copolymers acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, isocrotonic acid and combinations thereof.
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== Phase 2: Deeper Dive - Design History File Review ==