Method for making a biodegradable stent
US5968092A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | May 22, 1998 |
| Grant date | Oct 19, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 22, 2018 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S623/901
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method for making a biodegradable stent for insertion into a lumen, the method involves the casting of a film including a matrix of collagen IV and laminin, drying the film, casting a film containing polylactic acid onto the first dried film to form stent material, drying the material formed and forming the biodegradable material into a stent.
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