Method of manufacturing a medicated porous metal prosthesis
US6240616A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 15, 1997 |
| Grant date | Jun 5, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 15, 2017 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T428/12479
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method of manufacturing a medicated prosthesis such as a stent. The method includes forming a stent out of porous metal and loading a therapeutic agent into the pores of the metal. In one embodiment the stent is formed from a sintered metal wire, sheet, or tube and can include adding a coating to the stent. When the stent is implanted into the vasculature of a patient, the therapeutic agent in the stent dissipates into the tissue of the vasculature proximate the stent.
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