Vascular implant

US5674177A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Kernforschungszentrum Karlsruhe GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Christoph Hehrlein · Glückstadt, DE
• Peter Fehsenfeld · Blankenloch, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 17, 1995
• Grant date: Oct 7, 1997
• Expiry date: Jul 17, 2015

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61L2300/44
• WIPO field: Pharmaceuticals
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

In a vascular implant for the prevention or elimination of vascular restrictions a tubular body to be inserted into a body vessel includes at least a first nuclide species which has a half life in the range of 7 hours to 7 days and a second nuclide species which has a half life of more than 100 days. Instead of providing a second nuclide species, the first nuclide species may also decay into the second nuclide species thereby providing a high initial radioactivity for a relatively short period and a relatively low radioactivity over a relatively long period.