Bare metal stent with drug eluting reservoirs

Implantable medical devices may be utilized to locally delivery one or more drugs or therapeutic agents to treat a wide variety of conditions, including the treatment of the biological organism's reaction to the introduction of the implantable medical device. Upon implantation, between seventy...

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Main Authors Nguyen, Thai Minh, Parker, Theodore L, Shanley, John F
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
French
German
Published 11.01.2017
Subjects
BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS
DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF,TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, E.G. STENTS
FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS
FIRST-AID KITS
FOMENTATION
HUMAN NECESSITIES
HYGIENE
MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE
ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES
PROSTHESES
TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS
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Summary:Implantable medical devices may be utilized to locally delivery one or more drugs or therapeutic agents to treat a wide variety of conditions, including the treatment of the biological organism's reaction to the introduction of the implantable medical device. Upon implantation, between seventy and eighty percent of the abluminal surface is bare metal and between thirty and twenty percent of the abluminal surface comprises the reservoirs at least partially filled with the at least one base composition inlay and the at least one top composition inlay.
Bibliography:Application Number: EP20110152966