Stents with a radioactive surface coating, processes for their production and their use for restenosis prophylaxis

US6709693B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• SCHERING CORPORATION · US

Inventors

• Ludger Dinkelborg · Berlin, DE
• Friedhelm Blume · Berlin, DE
• Christoph-Stephan Hilger · Berlin, DE
• Dieter Heldmann · Munich, DE
• Johannes Platzek · Berlin, DE
• Ulrich Niedballa · Berlin, DE
• Heribert Miklautz · Berlin, DE
• Ulrich Speck · Berlin, DE
• Stephan Duda · Lörrach, DE
• Gunnar Tepe · Tübingen, DE
• Bernhard Noll · Michelbach an der Bilz, DE
• Heidemarie Goerner · Dresden, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 27, 2000
• Grant date: Mar 23, 2004
• Expiry date: Jan 27, 2021

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61L2300/606
• WIPO field: Pharmaceuticals
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The invention relates to radioactive stents, characterized in that the stent is coated on the surface with the radioactive isotope, as well as processes for their production.