Patent ID: 9440003
Filing Date: 2016-09-13
CPC Classification: A61L,B82Y

Claim Text:
1. A medical device comprising: (a) a polymer or metal substrate; (b) a particle-containing region on the substrate that forms a layer, said layer comprising particles of one or more materials or particulate forms, said layer including a layer surface, and the particles being particulates having a minimum dimension of at least 0.5 nm and a maximum dimension of 1000 microns or less and comprising carbon particulates, (c) said layer being a component of an mechanical actuator system that is configured to electrochemically generate bubbles within the particle-containing region when a voltage is applied, said system further comprising an electrolyte in said particle-containing region, a pair of electrodes and a separator, and (d) a porous diamond-like coating layer on the surface of said particle-containing region.